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6/16/2022 0 Comments

CFF is proud to support the Leicester Youth Forum

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Hattie Allen, one of CFF's Youth Workers, will be working with the Leicester Youth Forum to offer support and guidance to young people who are attending the group.

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10/13/2021 0 Comments

Employment rights in pregnancy

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By Kate Harris, Project Manager at CFF

We need your help to spread the word to all pregnant working women about their employment rights.

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9/14/2021 0 Comments

School anxiety

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By Daisy Edwards, Student Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

​The Young People’s Groups at CFF provide lots of psychoeducation for the young people and most importantly, it helps them feel less alone! The majority of the young people who attend the groups have anxiety around school. 

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7/30/2021 0 Comments

The ABC model

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By Henry Charles, Project Manager 

As you may or may not know,  CFF was established in 1990. Over the years, CFF have not only worked directly with Young People, but also offered parallel services to their parents/carers. From the original long standing ‘Living with Teenagers’ groups to the more recent anxiety sessions,  the ‘ABC model’ has remained a core concept used within all of the parenting groups.

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7/21/2021 0 Comments

Staff wellbeing at CFF

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By Stacey Chambers - Project Manager 

For many years CFF have been supporting young people and families to manage their mental health and wellbeing. However, supporting the wellbeing and mental health of its staff and volunteers is also hugely important to CFF.

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7/13/2021 0 Comments

Making the most of every conversation

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By Jayne Ballard, CEO 

Here at CFF we have recently attended essential safeguarding training. For some of us a refresh and for others attending for the first time. In my CEO and Designated Safeguarding lead role I was struck by three key areas, although not new I welcome the opportunity to reflect and consider how we can make the most of every contact and seize opportunities however small as we begin to navigate our way out of the very different behaviours that have established for us all during the pandemic. 

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6/11/2021 0 Comments

Refocussing techniques

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By Daisy Edwards, Student Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner 

From time to time, everyone will experience the feelings such as stress, anxiety and worry. It can feel very overwhelming and can even take over our lives. Not only does this affect us emotionally, but also our thoughts, bodily symptoms and the way we behave. Therefore, we need to acknowledge when we have these emotions and take control! 

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5/27/2021 0 Comments

A listening heart

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By Beatrice Obigbesan, CFF Administrator 

In my administrative role, I have engaged in various telephone conversations with people of dissimilar backgrounds. On answering a telephone call, I have come across individuals who were in a livelier mood and simply keen for casual discussions. Others had more of a concerned or anxious disposition. Therefore, they needed a sympathetic listening ear or voice to assure them that their mental health support would be provided swiftly.

Indeed my role generally involves the extraction of relevant information from people; either to provide answers or form the basis of an enquiry for a colleague. However, such act must be achieved in a careful; yet considerate manner. You have to be personable and communicate to people that there is a listening ear at the other end of the line. Also, it is important to demonstrate a willingness to provide direction, clarification, information, reassurance and solutions in a professional and friendly manner.  

Effective communication is not merely about clear speech, the finest phraseology or hearing the words of the speaker. Over time, I realised that people are actually in need of what I call “a listening heart”. A listening heart is an inward posture which starts with an intentional attentiveness that transcends the use of words at face value; and progresses into a deep understanding of the speaker’s actual need.

This realisation became solidified about two weeks ago when I received a call from a parent. On that afternoon, the CFF telephone rang and I picked up. Then, I heard an automated electronic voice message saying "This is a telephone call from a Hearing Impaired Caller". Although the message was successfully conveyed, it took me sometime to assimilate what was about to happen. My initial thought was that I was receiving an automated commercial call.

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5/21/2021 0 Comments

Practicing what you preach

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By Hattie Allen, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner 

In my role at CFF I work with young people who are struggling with their mental health, specifically around anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. When working with young people I stress the importance of; self-love, self-care and focus on strategies they can use to promote their wellbeing. If I had a catch phrase it would absolutely be, “Be kind to yourself!” 

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5/12/2021 0 Comments

Young fathers to be

...​and their right to be included from the start

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By Kate Harris, CFF Project Manager 

​We have had the privilege of working with a number of young fathers to be through our antenatal work with young parents, delivering the Bumps to Babies programme.

What always strikes me is their thirst for knowledge. I get a real sense that they want to learn all they can in order to get it “right” for their babies and partners. Often feeling an overwhelming sense of responsibility and pressure. 

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