The Warwickshire County Council Green Shoots Community Climate Change Fund provides grant funding to community projects to mitigate against, and adapt to, the impact of climate change. It is aimed at community and voluntary organisations.

The fund is designed to support community projects and initiatives that aim to achieve the following:

• Increase the adaptability and resilience of Warwickshire to the effects of climate change
• Reduce impacts on the environment, particularly regarding climate change
• Ensure funded projects benefit the wider Warwickshire community

Warwickshire School Admissions Service: parent/carer feedback questionnaire

Warwickshire County Council is reviewing the way its School Admissions Service works. The aim is to ensure every child in Warwickshire is allocated a safe and purposeful place in an education setting as quickly as possible. As a parent or carer your feedback will play an important part in the redesign of the service to try and ensure your needs are met. Share your experience of the service, provide feedback and identify areas for development.

The survey is open until the 7th March 2021. All responses are anonymous. 

A short film to help bereaved children & families to understand grief

Child Bereavement UK has produced an animated short film to help bereaved children and families to understand their grief and how to manage it. Based on The Invisible Suitcase by Ian Woodroffe, the film uses the metaphor of an invisible suitcase to show how we all carry our experiences and emotions through life.

None of us can control how our ‘suitcase’ is packed and when it might spring open, with our emotions being triggered sometimes when we least expect, but we can learn how to react when this happens.