Family Liaison Practitioners
To buy your ticket, you can either scan the QR code or click on the link below:
Upcoming Family Liaison Activities
Full image can be downloaded here!
Zumba Classes
Just Say's Meetings
HEAT: Get Support with Energy Bills
You can download the file below with information on how to get support with your energy bills:
Community Chest Project
Starting in a few weeks is our #communitychest project:
💜 WOMEN DESERVE SAFE SPACES TO HEAL, GROW & THRIVE 💜
Too many women are carrying stress, money worries, self-doubt, loneliness, or pain in silence.
That’s why we created the Community Chest Project — a welcoming space where women can come together to connect, heal, build confidence, and grow stronger together.
✨ Imagine a room full of encouragement instead of judgment
✨ Conversations that uplift instead of drain
✨ Practical support for money confidence and wellbeing
✨ Real connections with women who truly understand
This is more than just an event.
It’s a community.
It’s a fresh start.
It’s a reminder that no woman should feel alone.
At our inspiring in-person sessions, women will:
💡 Tackle money matters in simple and stress-free ways
💡 Build confidence and self-belief
💡 Learn tools for healing and personal growth
💡 Laugh, connect, and support one another in a safe space
Whether you are rebuilding, rediscovering yourself, or simply looking for positive people around you — you are welcome here. 💜
📍 Spaces are limited (and for London Borough of Barking and Dagenham)
📅 Join us and be part of something transformational!
👉 Sign up at https://justwomen.eventbrite.co.uk/ or send us a message to learn more.
Please share this post — you never know which woman may need this support today. 🌸
You can find our leaflets in the Gascoigne Primary School Front Offices:
The leaflet document (shown above) can be downloaded below:
Being a parent is extremely rewarding and enjoyable, but it is not always easy.
It can also be demanding, frustrating and exhausting!
Even more so at times when you may be experiencing additional challenges alongside being a parent.
Marie and I fully understand this through our lived experiences in our personal lives and through working with many families; we have had the pleasure of working alongside and supporting them during our time of over 20 years working at Gascoigne Primary School.
We both feel everyone needs some form of support during their life, and it is a strength to seek support both for yourself and your family.
Our role within the school as Family Liaison Practitioners (FLP) is to work alongside families to provide both emotional and practical support and enable families to feel happy and safe during their time at Gascoigne Primary School.
Both Marie and I will always try our very best to provide the individual support you may need.
Types of support we can offer:
- Managing challenging behaviour.
- Routines and boundaries.
- Fussy eating.
- Toilet training.
- Parenting Courses
- Support with improving attendance.
- Housing
- Financial hardship.
- Domestic Abuse.
- Signposting or accompanying parents and young people to other services within the area.
Every Wednesday morning from 9:00-10:00 a.m. in our Family Liaison room on the Gascoigne Road site we have our coffee morning. This is a great opportunity to come and meet new friends and learn new skills.
We are also here to listen if you feel you would just like someone to talk to!
Kelly McKinnon - kmckinnon@gascoigne.co.uk 07951 898669
Marie Attard - mattard@gascoigne.co.uk 07496 473838
Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Helpful Links
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Links
Young Carers
- https://www.youngcarerscentre.org.uk/make-a-referral
- http://www.youngcarerscentre.org.uk/
- Job Centre Near Me
- B&D Family Hubs A place to go, a place to do, a place to connect!
- ESOL Barking & Dagenham Adult College
- Barking Learning Centre
- Refuge
- London victim and Witness service
- Mental Health Support
- Healthy Lifestyles Team Email: healthy.lifestyles@lbbd.gov.uk
SEND
- SEND Local offer
- Sycamore Trust
- HAF Programme | Free holiday activities | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
- EXCEL Women’s Centre
- Talk to Someone we believe you LBBD
- The Source (Barking & Dagenham collective)
- Shpresa Programme
- Hasan Ozcan weekend school
- Triple P online
- Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities
Below are some PDFs that have advice on Toilet Training and Healthier Snacking:
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B&D Young Carers Project Leaflet
Emergency Contact Numbers
NHS (Non-Emergency Matters): 111
Emergencies: 999
Samaritans: 116 123
Mental Health Crisis: 0800 995 1000
LBBD Out of Hours: 0208 594 8356
National Links
- The Department of Education
- School and College performance
- Government information and services
- Office for National Statistics
- Schools, colleges and children's services
The Department of Education – Charity Links
Other Links
Gascoigne Primary School – Family Liaison Practitioners
Marie Attard & Kelly McKinnon
Direct Work
Targeted Practical and Emotional Support
Parenting support:
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- Weekly Coffee mornings 9-10am
- Craft Activities
- Wellbeing and Exercise activities
- Guest Speakers
- PAT Therapy Dog Sessions
- Community Engagement Events
- Barking & Dagenham Carnival
Internal Events
- Harvest Festival (Hope Family Elim Foodbank)
- Multicultural Celebrations
- Christmas Festivities
- Raffles
- Summer Fete
Charitable Events
- MacMillan Coffee Morning
- Red Nose Day
- Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day
- Young Carers Awareness Day
