Local Services

Need SEND support and advice? Attend a free drop-in SEND Surgery. Monthly SEND Surgeries offer a chance to get advice and information from a range of experts. SEND Early Years, Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), Lighthouse ASD/Jigsaws, Oral Health, and Local Offer teams will be available at this

From banking to shopping, streaming to social media, people are spending more time than ever online. Cyber security is an important part of daily life and it’s essential we learn all we can to keep ourselves, our money, our treasured memories and our family and friends safe Drop by one of the forth

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Essex Police's Cyber Protect Team return to Southend Libraries for a series of Pop-up Cyber Security sessions. From banking to shopping, streaming to social media, people are spending more time than ever online. Cyber security is an important part of daily life and it’s essential we learn all we can

Timetable for February at Age Concern, Hamlet Court Road The Haven Community Hub – Age Concern Southend

If you are a parent carer of a child or young person with SEND and have questions or need some advice, come along to a monthly SEND surgery. The surgeries are hosted at schools, but anyone can come along to any surgery – your child doesn’t have to go to the school the surgery is held at. Future su

Free short courses around wellbeing are starting in January at Southend Adult Community College - Ways2Wellbeing Southend Adult Community College offers a friendly and supportive environment for people who may experience mental health difficulties. The aim of every session is to try something new i

Send The Right Message are in partnership with IndiRock to provide free bouldering sessions for Neurodivergent children and young people living with disabilities. STRM Support – Send the Right Message 

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HAF is a free and exciting holiday programme for children and young people aged 5 to 16 who get benefits-related free school meals. HAF codes will be issued to eligible pupils from 13 March 2025 via their schools. You can book a maximum of 4 sessions on the  Livewell Southend website. Sessions will

Storyrhymes is a 30 minute, free activity that includes songs, rhymes, instruments and stories. It runs weekly by Bookstart Southend at Southend Libraries. Storyrhymes is back for the Spring term, please note the dates and contact details for each branch: Kent Elms Library - Mondays from now until

Beginning this month, Southchurch Library will be welcoming Hearing Help Essex on every first Monday of the month from 10am - 12pm, to assist and advise people with Hearing Aids in the maintenance and cleaning of their hearing device. Please contact the team on 01245 496347 to book your free appoint

Children’s Mental Health Week is celebrated from 3rd February – 9th February, with the aim of empowering and giving voice to children in the UK. This year’s theme is ‘know yourself, grow yourself’. Studies have found that reading can increase ‘mental resilience’ to anxiety and anxious feelings and t

Do you need support with education, employment or training? Southend Connexions advisers can offer one to one information, advice and guidance on CV writing, covering letter, vacancy information, interview techniques and finding the right courses. Book an appointment with Connexions SEND champion,

Please visit Home - Everyone Health Southend-on-Sea or call 0333 005 0095 for more information

Freedom is a specialist service provided by Dogs Trust. If dog owners plan to find safety from domestic abuse but are unable to take their dog with them, Freedom provides a temporary home for their dog with a loving foster carer until their owners are settled and ready to have them back.   Their ser

Southend Adult Community College offers a friendly and supportive environment for people who may experience mental health difficulties. The aim of every session is to try something new in a non-pressured and supportive environment. They offer educational provision in a friendly and fully supportiv