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Who are we?

The Children's Society Include Project is home to four strands of work:

The National Young Carers Initiative which works nationally to promote good practice for young carers and their families, this involves working with policy makers in Local Authorities to put into place guidance to support young cares and their parents, providing training to statutory services and resources to agencies and individuals supporting those working with young carers.

The Hampshire Young Carers Initiative which works within Hampshire to promote good practice and works to support professionals working with young carers and their families with substance misuse issues, mental ill health problems and disabilities. They also help shape policy and have recently been involved in the creation of a new pan-Hampshire protocol for Substance Misuse and Mental ill health.

The Leading Edge Project works with young refugee and asylum seekers supporting them to be inclusive in education.

The Family Inclusion Project works to support young carers who are refugee and asylum seekers focusing on inclusion in health services to prevent them providing inappropriate support such as translating for medical appointments.

It receives funding from the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Health. It is also funded by Hampshire County Council to deliver development work across Hampshire.

All of our strands are underpinned by our work with young carers projects and other organisations to develop good quality support and Information for young carers, their families and those who work to support them. The work of the Include Project is carried out in consultation with young carers and their families and those who work to support them.

The people who work at the Include Project are:

Jenny Frank - Programme Manager

Gill Jeal - Administration Manager

Toni-Marie Smith - National Information and Resources Administrator

Helen Leadbitter - Senior Project Worker - National Family Inclusion Project

Helen Windebank- National Leading Edge Family Inclusion Worker

Michelle Lineros - National Development Worker
 
Jenny Hine - Senior Project Worker - Hampshire

Gunhild Chifunda - Education Development Worker- Hampshire

Jo Petty - Children's Services Development Worker- Hampshire

Christine Slatcher-Adult Services and Health Development Worker-Hampshire

Media

Media Enquiries contact David Hudi-Dinnage, Media Officer on 020 7841 4400