Hamish & Milo Families

 We are very excited to announce our new families programme; Hamish & Milo Families. 

A programme of 10 workshops working with families every Thursday throughout January and February.

If you are interested in finding out more, and want to join our next cohort of families please get in touch and take a look at the resource below. 

Suffolk Safeguarding Hub

At St Mary’s, we recognise the importance of supporting our children and their families. Often a little support put in place quickly is most effective.

To do this we need to work together. Although we are an Academy, we are still able to access the wide range of agencies and support networks provided by Suffolk County Council as outlined in the document ‘Prevention and Early Help Strategy’. If you or your child needs some support, you can access early help provision by contacting the school and speaking to the Principal, SENCo or Designated Safeguarding Lead. You can contact some of these agencies yourself if you wish and sometimes they will ask the school for a referral or more information. Examples of the help available can be found here.

St Mary’s Academy Website:
Click on the yellow Thrive Support button on the front page of our website for parenting tips and ideas for family activities at home.

Mildenhall Food Bank:
The foodbank is in operation in Mildenhall. Vouchers or referrals will be required to collect food. As a school, we are able to issue vouchers but please note there is an
allowance of up to 5 referrals per person. After this, clients are required to have a minimum of six weeks without food from the bank, to reduce dependency from this
service. If you are concerned about access to food, please contact the school office via email and we will be in contact.

Housing
Should you find yourself in a situation where you are needing advice regarding housing, you can seek advice from the West Suffolk Housing Team: https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/housing/ 
Telephone: 01284 763233

Mental Health and Wellbeing Services:
Young Minds a mental health support site for both young people and their parents: https://youngminds.org.uk/  The Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing Hub provides a helpline and referral service for those concerned about the mental health of a child or young person aged 0-25.  If you or your child feel you are in urgent need of mental health support, please contact their helpline on 0345 600 2090. Please be aware that it may take longer for them to reach your call or referral.
Suffolk Mind offer resources and a place to talk about and taking care of mental health with healthy mind counselling: https://www.suffolkmind.org.uk/ 
Telephone: 0300 111 6000
Suffolk School Nursing teams are part of our Health and Children's Centre Service providing a range of services to help you and your family stay safe, happy and healthy:
https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/childrens-health/school-nursing/ 
Suffolk Health Visiting Service: For children aged 0-5 years of age https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/children-families-and-learning/childrens-health/health-visiting 
The Samaritans offer emotional support without judgement, incomplete confidence: https://www.samaritans.org/branches/bury-st-edmunds/ 
Telephone: 116 123

Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership:
As a member of the public, if you have a concern about the wellbeing of a child or a young person, you can contact the Suffolk Multi Agency
Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Customer First Number: 0808 800 4005

For futher signposting please refer to the resources below. 

Teenage Mental Health - Click Here