Additional links
ACL - ADULT LEARNING COURSES
Please see the latest booklet with adult learning courses available through ACL. The Community & Family Learning Team offers free sessions and courses for parents and carers. Flyers can be found below. Theirmail address is aclfamilylearning@essex.gov.uk, please feel free to contact them if you cannot find the course/session you are looking for or have questions, etc.
ACL Community & Family
At ACL, we recognise that parenting is a journey filled with both joys and challenges. To support families along the way, we are pleased to offer a selection of free Parenting and Family Support Courses designed to help parents/carers feel more confident, connected, and empowered.
Below, you will find details of our upcoming courses that may be of interest. We have also attached flyers below.
|
Course |
Start Date |
End Date |
Venue |
Start Time |
End Time |
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FL Parental Mental Health |
09/10/2025 |
16/10/2025 |
Online Live |
09:30 |
11:30 |
|
FL Sibling Rivalry |
10/10/2025 |
10/10/2025 |
Online Live |
12:30 |
14:30 |
|
FL Family First Aid |
15/10/2025 |
22/10/2025 |
ACL Harlow & The Library |
10:00 |
12:00 |
|
FL Routines Rule |
17/10/2025 |
17/10/2025 |
Online Live |
12:30 |
14:30 |
|
FL Family First Aid |
20/10/2025 |
20/10/2025 |
Online Live |
09:30 |
11:30 |
|
FL Setting Boundaries |
21/10/2025 |
23/10/2025 |
Online Live |
09:45 |
11:45 |
|
FL Routines Rule |
22/10/2025 |
22/10/2025 |
Online Live |
19:00 |
21:00 |
|
FL Setting Boundaries |
23/10/2025 |
30/10/2025 |
Online Live |
10:00 |
12:00 |
|
FL Understanding ADHD in Children |
24/10/2025 |
31/10/2025 |
Online Live |
09:00 |
11:30 |
|
FL Understanding Big Emotions |
24/10/2025 |
24/10/2025 |
Online Live |
12:00 |
14:30 |
|
FL Managing Big Emotions |
30/10/2025 |
30/10/2025 |
Online Live |
19:00 |
21:00 |
|
FL Lego Challenges |
30/10/2025 |
30/10/2025 |
ACL Harlow & The Library |
10:00 |
12:00 |
|
FL Bringing Stories to Life |
30/10/2025 |
30/10/2025 |
ACL Harlow & The Library |
13:00 |
15:00 |
|
FL Understanding Children's Anxiety |
31/10/2025 |
31/10/2025 |
Online Live |
12:00 |
14:30 |
Rainbow Services
Rainbow Family Contact Centre is a registered charity who are offering a safe environment to enable contact between children and their non-resident family member/s. They have recently taken over Freshwaters Child Contact Centre. They provide a safe, neutral meeting place where children can meet with parents, grandparents or siblings that they have been separated from because of family breakdown. They operate one session a week on a Saturday morning, providing Supported Contact. If you would like further information on their services, the Contact centre office is open every Tuesday, telephone 01279 881378.
National Sleep Helpline
Please see here information that can help parents and children to learn more about their sleep and develop better bedtime routines. Sleep is essential to brain function, by helping children to sleep better, we can help them to succeed in school.
Ready Steady Sleep
See the ASD masterclass flyer for information on a free online Autism & Anxiety Sleep Masterclass taking place on Thursday 3 April 2025 at 8:00 pm via Zoom.
Please see below a link to the Red Cross who have developed a FREE resources marking Restart A Heart Day.
https://firstaidchampions.redcross.org.uk/about/news/restart-a-heart-day/