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National Association Of Child Contact Centres (NACCC)

national association of child contact centres (naccc)

4.3(9)

Nottingham

The National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) was founded in Nottingham in 1991 with the establishment of the first Child Contact Centre. It is a registered charity, and an umbrella organisation which sets the National Standards to which Child Contact Centres must work. Child Contact Centres are neutral places where children of separated families can enjoy contact with non-resident parents and sometimes other family members, in a comfortable and safe environment. Every year, this national organisation via its member centres, support families and children in their local community. There are accredited member centres throughout England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. They are operated by a variety of independent organisations that form the membership of NACCC. NACCC is unique in the service it provides for local Contact Centres. Many of our members, provide ‘Supported Contact’ They are predominantly open on alternate Saturdays. These centres are only suitable for families that are deemed to present minimal risk of violence or abuse. In some cases, a higher level of supervision is needed because a child or parent is at risk of harm. These are ‘Supervised Contact Centres‘ and are used in these situations, but also can be used to reintroduce a child to a parent where there has been a substantial gap in contact. NACCC has an accreditation process which ensures members meet national standards. An assessor visits every three years to ensure that the centres comply with DBS checks, health and safety legislation, that HR practices are carried out appropriate, their financial situation, their operating procedures are in accordance with the standards, and safeguarding procedures are in place. The assessor then submits a report to NACCC. If the centre does not comply with all areas, an action plan is issued which is time limited. NACCC also delivers high quality training and support to ensure members are well equipped and knowledgeable. In addition, there is a helpline which centres, and parents can ring for advice and guidance, and a safeguarding helpline in the event of an issue arising at the centre.

Linda Clark - The Spotted Dog Flower Co

linda clark - the spotted dog flower co

4.8(69)

GAINSBOROUGH

My name is Linda and I have been working full time growing and selling flowers since 2014. Prior to this I worked in the constrution industry for many years, initially in administration and marketing, followed 12 years as PA to the Chairman, through the highs and lows building roads and sewage systems! Then a move into the IT department managing the teams installating IT and telecoms on big construction sites and a lot less exciting stuff resulting in spending far too much time on Doncaster railway station. Time for a change!! Joining the fledgling organisation Flowers from the Farm (FFTF) in 2012 when members numbered around 50, led to becoming co-ordinator for the East Midlands region in 2015 and Co-Chair for a two year fixed term 2018-20. Since I joined FFTF has grown to nearly 1000 members championing local grown flowers. My business increased from selling a few bunches of flowers a week to supplying flowers and floristry for weddings, funerals and in 2020 a big expansion in selling flowers to the general public, followed by a return to farmers’ markets in 2021 where from March to September you will find The Spotted Dog at Brigg, Lincoln and Saxilby. My flowers are grown with the environment in mind. The poly tunnel is unheated, the greenhouse uses electric for only two months of the year, the flowers pesticide free and tonnes of compost are supplied from our own horses and livestock every year, supplemented by bulk green waste. Flowers are supplied wrapped in kraft paper or re-useable vases or buckets depending on volume supplied! I use primarily British flowers, either grown by myself or sourced from other growers, locally in Lincolnshire and Cornwall early/late season. On very rare occasions I will use carefully sourced imported flowers if needed for the work being undertaken although more and more customers are requesting “only British” and are happy to work with the seasons. Media mentions have included BBC Radio 4 Open Country with Helen Mark on her programme ‘Inspired by Flowers in Lincolnshire’, Radio 4 ‘Farming Today’ during British Flowers Week, Radio Newark with Girls About Town, BBC television for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 when I was filmed cutting flowers to ready to transport to London for use in the Flowers from the Farm exhibit when the amazing team won a gold medal. There have also been articles in My Weekly Magazine, Flower Arranger magazine, The Gainsborough Standard, The Lincoln Business Journal and in 2020 The Daily Telegraph in an article about the flower industry during the Covid pandemic. In 2021 I was delighted to welcome Lizzie Musham from BBC Radio Lincolnshire for a field walk ahead of FFTF Flower Farmers Big Weekend and we met up again in November when she joined one of our wreath making workshops at The Cross Keys Stow and made a wreath live on air! I’m passionate about promoting natural funeral flowers suitable for green burial grounds, never use floral foam and in 2020 became an associate member of the Association of Green Funeral Directors. My wedding flowers have appeared on Love My Dress and Rock My Wedding blogs and I undertake weddings only within a 50 mile radius of my home.

St Michael's Catholic Grammar School

st michael's catholic grammar school

London

Thank you for visiting our website and I hope you find the information you require here, although to get a true impression of the many strengths and outstanding features of St. Michael’s Catholic Grammar School – you will have to visit us at one of our open days! St. Michael’s is a very special place, it is first and foremost a Catholic school; the ethos implanted here by the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus who founded this school. The trustees, governors and staff remain committed to enabling our students become the person God intended them to be; supporting them to make sense of this complex world and to seek out their unique purpose in life. St Michael’s is a place of spiritual formation – we recognise that Jesus has taught us that we should “love one another as he loved us” – and this gives a focus to the pastoral support we offer our young people. St. Michael’s is also a place of intellectual exploration and achievement. This school is extraordinarily successful – this has been recognised by Ofsted on numerous occasions and every year our students achieve outstanding A Level and GCSE results. Whilst the results are impressive – the true value of these results is what our students are able to do with them. For our students, their A Level grades enable them to open doors to the most prestigious universities and courses. This school exists to enable its young people to move on to the next stage of life’s journey, equipped with the qualifications which will lead them to success, but also the skills and attitudes which will enrich their life and enable them to take up positions of influence in our society – and so change it for the better. If you visit us, the first thing you will notice is the calm atmosphere around the school site and especially in the classrooms. We have very considerate and hardworking students as well as highly capable and caring teachers. In all schools, the success of any child depends upon the partnership between parents, teachers and child – and at St. Michael’s there is not just a partnership – but an active and effective commitment to what is being achieved for our young people.

Immaculate Services

immaculate services

London

We are pleased to introduce Immaculate Services as a Facilities Management company, managed by highly experienced team having invested decades working in hospitality industry, Human Resources and Public Sector. Having gained experience, both internationally and in the domestic sector for a period exceeding three decades, the team is inclined to serve our cliental suitably to very high standards, ensure safe working Practices and provide congenial atmosphere to make people feel welcome and cared for. Having been aggressively involved with the service sector for the last two-three decades, the team is determined to apply their experience to the fullest, in order to ensure efficient and effective services. The team works in coordination in all fields of service, hospitality, technical and legal matters in order to deliver its best. Team Heads having worked in Five Star Deluxe hotels and Cruise ships, Senior Positions in Public Administration, is well exposed to latest trends, customer requirements, safe environmental and code of safe working practices. Our company has one point goal of customer satisfaction and safe environment. The company is open to suggestions, quality improvement plan and value addition. We are open to changes as and when they come to ensure latest trends to keep abreast with changing times. We invest in learning latest technologies in order to provide a better and efficient service. We ensure employee verifications; enforce code of safe working practices to ensure safety of both employees and establishment. Multitasking and time saving measures are defined as per the site requirements in order to ensure cost efficiency. Out team consistently focuses on training to ensure healthy and safe practices. Follow 52 weeks schedules to ensure timely prevention and better service. We provide various services which an establishment needs, to ensure one point solution tailored as per the needs of our clients. Our team ensures that the services are cost and time efficient and best in the industry. Tools and supplies are supplied by us upon mutual agreement with the client as per specific terms and conditions. Our main focus is on providing efficient service at low cost and transparent dealings.

Bath Festival Orchestra

bath festival orchestra

Chippenham

The Bath Festival Orchestra is the future of classical music. We represent a new model for orchestras, placing the education and training of future audiences and musicians at the forefront of everything we do. Led by our values, we are committed to ensuring a sustainable future for classical music, and to creating impactful experiences that go beyond genre and traditional boundaries to encourage greater access to art. Our aim is to take classical music to diverse audiences in overlooked communities, by turn inviting them into some of the world’s finest concert halls to contribute, listen, see, feel and enjoy the exquisite music that has been and will be written for the orchestra. We are committed to innovation in the area of enhanced live performance, harnessing the creative possibilities of augmented reality, virtual reality and hologram technology. We will experiment with and explore new scientific capabilities to advance musical dialogue in the streaming and broadcast arenas. Founded in 1959 by Yehudi Menuhin, the Bath Festival Orchestra has long been established as the beating heart and resident ensemble of The Bath Festival. Our reach is now international, having used the power of digital media and technologies to establish ambitious collaborative projects for worldwide audiences. Collaboration, access to music at every level, and cross-genre collaboration, are values of our Founder and remain interwoven into the orchestra’s identity and work. We relaunched during the Covid-19 pandemic, in a move indicative of our devotion to offering opportunities for all, and amplifying engagement in the arts. We are flinging open the doors to classical music, providing open access at every level. We are led by a dedication to seeing our audiences and musicians reflect the society we live in – to truly diversify the socio‐demographics of our industry. Our first engagement, following our relaunch, was an education project to give young people access to the best music training in schools. We are equally at home here as we are when connecting with audiences at live events, from those held at the recently refurbished Bath Abbey to those at the renowned Badminton House. We are looking forward to sharing our plans for 2021-22 in the coming months.

Loreburn Archers (Indoors)

loreburn archers (indoors)

We have always been known for being a fun and approachable club. Currently we have around 40 members shooting all styles of bows. The club primarily consist of recurve and compound archers. There are still the odd few who shoot longbow, bare bow and more traditional styles. Some club members also practice other types of archery such as Clout, Flight and Field but unfortunately the club does not have the facilities to cater for these. Over the years the club has produced several top archers. Some of our juniors shot on the Scottish squad and team, representing Scotland all over Britain. We have Scottish record holders, British record holders, even a British Under 15 Junior Boy champion. The seniors have represented the club over the years with Scottish, British and even Olympic champions. Loreburn Archers certainly does have a good pedigree behind it and it is something we are extremely proud of. The club practises all year round. Our indoor season runs from September through to March. We currently shoot at St Joseph’s College Sports Hall. The outdoor season runs from March to September. Through the summer we practise outdoors at the Crichton Playing Field, when it is not raining or too windy to shoot. Directions can be found on our contact page. If you are thinking about taking up the sport, we run a beginners’ course once a year. Completing the beginners’ course is the only way for a novice to join the club. However if you have been a full shooting member of a club in the past, please get in touch with us to inquire about joining. Archery is a sport that is open, to all irrespective of ability. We encourage anyone and everyone to come along and have a shot, the club’s minimum age limit is set at 12 years old. Each November the clubs runs an open indoor competition attracting up to 80 archers from all over Britain. Loreburn Archers also run a number of Come and Try sessions at local Gala days during the summer season which introduces archery to a wider audience as well as raising funds for the club.

Government Post Graduate College, Hisar

government post graduate college, hisar

Government College, Hisar is a premier higher education institution of Government of Haryana. It is a prestigious college established in 1950 and has continuously been maintaining its heritage of providing quality education to students since then. It is ‘A’ grade NAAC accredited HEI and is among the Model Colleges of Government of Haryana. It is an affiliated college and recognized by UGC under sections 2(f) and 12(B). Presently, it is affiliated to Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar. It is running from a sprawling campus of about thirty-four acres with a built up area of about 9575.99 square meters. It is situated at the central location of Hisar on Rajgarh Road. It imparts learning to about 5200 students from diverse socio-cultural background in twenty-three courses for eleven undergraduate programmes including four honours and six postgraduate programmes. A dedicated, scholarly and hardworking team of about two hundred teachers assisted by committed and industrious sixty members of non teaching staff is the mainstay of the college. The spacious classrooms with necessary teaching aids and the good network of well equipped laboratories are instrumental in imparting quality education to students. There is a separate block of Library within the main building consisting of well stocked two storied book space, a well equipped E-Resource Center and an extended reading lounge. The large eight acre multipurpose sport ground, the grounds for handball, basketball and badminton, the open gym and the facility of wrestling and boxing mats are the part of college sports infrastructure. The well furnished auditorium with good audio-visual facility provides ready arrangements for organization and rehearsal of different events. Other support facilities in the college include a well equipped Conference-cum-Activity Room, two permanent open stages, a Girls’ Hostel with the facility of mess, gym and recreational room and a modest Canteen. Government College, Hisar works as a strong powerhouse to instill in students profound academic and interpersonal skills and infuse in them intense positive energy so that they will join the bandwagon of progress and prosperity later in their career and prove themselves as real assets for the society.

AZBUKA Russian-English School and Nursery

azbuka russian-english school and nursery

AZBUKA is an international school and an important cultural and education project in London. Our teachers, students and their families come from different backgrounds where English, Russian, Bulgarian, French, American, Swedish, Italian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Latvian, Arabic, Romanian, Canadian, Dutch, German, Belgian, Estonian, Kazakh, Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Farsi, Belorussian, Georgian is spoken and cultures present. We believe in the enrichment value of linguistic and cultural diversity, benefits of bilingual education for children and an educational space where children and adults are learning, achieving, cooperating, living, working and thriving together. About Us – Our Vision AZBUKA Foundation The AZBUKA Foundation has been pioneering Russian-English bilingual education since its launch in 2000. The AZBUKA Nursery was opened in 2002 and became the UK’s first Ofsted registered pre-school, with a Russian curriculum for bilingual children... Ofsted_Good_GP_Colour «The school’s bilingual curriculum is a key strength. It is well planned and implemented. Pupils enjoy learning all subjects in Russian and English; they make rapid progress in both languages» Press Release AZBUKA has passed inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate 0.2Mbyte Graduation of first cohort of students from AZBUKA Anglo-Russian international School in London 0.4Mbyte Official Statement on Ukraine 0.5Mbyte ROMANOFF Foundation Launches SCHOLARSHIP for AZBUKA Students 0.2Mbyte GREG HANDS MP HAS BEEN NAMED PATRON OF AZBUKA 0.3Mbyte AZBUKA has received a fresh signal of support for its innovative approach for bilingual education through a new grant from THE GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION 0.1Mbyte AZBUKA Russian – English Bilingual School 1Mbyte AZBUKA Russian-English Bilingual School opening 0.4Mbyte AZBUKA becomes the UK’s first approved Russian-English bilingual school 0.7Mbyte Open letter Open letter. Maria Gavrilova – Founder of Azbuka Foundation. AZBUKA is AZBUKA Russian-English Primary School A full teaching programme for children aged between 5-10 years old... AZBUKA Nursery and Pre-school For children aged between 2-4 years old... AZBUKA Saturday School For children aged from 5 to16 year olds... AZBUKA Cultural Centre For children aged from 0 to 100+ year olds... AZBUKA Bilingual Education Resource For all children and families and the wider community... Term Dates AZBUKA Russian-English School and Nursery News