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Youth Mental Health Day
Tuesday 19 September is Youth Mental Health Day, which encourages understanding and discussion of mental health in young people, enabling them to live happy and healthy lives all year round.
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Special school to reopen after RAAC closure
A special school in Southend-on-Sea, which has been closed by the Department for Education because of safety concerns over RAAC can finally reopen to students.
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Key Southend buildings and landmarks to be lit up in September to encourage people to talk about preventing suicide
From the 4th to the 10 September, organisations, people and communities across Essex are lighting up buildings and landmarks green.
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Neighbouring school helps Kingsdown after temporary closure
Community spirit is strong in Southend as a neighbouring primary school is offering unused classrooms to students at a special school that has been closed due to concerns over crumbling concrete.
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SEND Area Partnership Network event - 6 October
Parent carers of children and young people with SEND and stakeholders are invited to attend an event on the morning of Friday 6 October.
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Kingsdown School Update
The Southend SEN Trust and council are continuing to work together with the Department for Education (DfE) to get pupils back into education at Kingsdown School.
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Know Your Numbers Week 2023
Find out how you could safeguard against a heart attack or stroke as part of ‘Know Your Numbers Week’.
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DfE tells special school to close immediately due to risk of crumbling concrete
A special school in Southend-on-Sea has been ordered by the DfE to close its main building with immediate effect following concerns about crumbling concrete.
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Local NHS urges residents to be prepared for double impact of forthcoming industrial action
Consultant doctors have announced 48 hours of continuous strike action from 07:00 on Thursday 24 August until 07:00 on Saturday 26 August 2003.
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Southend Volunteer Hub Launches New Social Media Channels to Support Organisations with Volunteer Recruitment
Following on from the successful launch of the Southend Volunteer Hub service, SAVS are excited to share that they now have their very own Southend Volunteer Hub social media channels.
