Development Manager at Blackpool Better Start Views are personal and do not reflect those of the organisation

Joined May 2017
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19 Apr 2024
What a great two days. Blackpool, Lambeth, Bradford, Southend and Nottingham BetterStart all together for our Community of Practice. Not just some great ideas shared, some problems and solutions shared too. Always proud to show off our services and meet our families.
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Colin Smy retweeted
New online Dads’ training for Blackpool workforce. Together with @fatherhoodinst we’re offering an introduction to working with Fathers. Chance to learn about the reality & impact of fatherhood & recommendations on inclusive practice. Book 14 Sep here: bit.ly/3q2Y0xf
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Now that was a storyteller!! #BPLyouthpride2021 @CECDBlackpool @twguk
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Busy start at #BPLYouthpride2021, with our friends from @HSBLACKPOOL @CECDBlackpool
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17 Aug 2021
This is lancashire ☺️ with two children running off through the field and still not lost
Pumpkin picking is gonna be good this year at Revoe park 🤩🥳 is it Halloween yet?🎃 👻 @CECDBlackpool
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A lesson in park drainage at Revoe Park, powered by volunteers and Park Rangers🙌 that’s some graft🥵 There’s a level of satisfaction when you remember walking in 5 years ago to overgrown 5ft grass to what’s here today☺️@ParkRangersBPL @VolAcademyBWF @Dads4lifeB @CECDBlackpool
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28 May 2021
Felt great to show @PeterWanless around all the fantastic work done in Blackpool parks with the @ParkRangersBPL. Proud to talk about all the opportunities for early years we’ve created in open spaces around the town @Merle_CECD @BetterStartBpl
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13 Apr 2021
Guess who back? @BetterStartBpl @Merle_CECD @clarellaw @ParkRangersBPL
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16 Aug 2020
We’ve got some amazing dads waiting to work with some amazing people. If you want to know more then follow the link and join me Monday 24th August at 2pm on our Blackpool Better Start Facebook page to chat about those roles...
‼️Dads Community Connector Jobs are now live! We will be hosting a FB Live Q&A about the role on 24 Aug at 2pm.‼️ Find out more and apply: bit.ly/3fXkN2e Please share @BlackpoolHosp @BFC_CTrust @BpoolLibraries @BpoolCouncil @VolunteerBWF #TalkingDads #DadsMatter
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16 Aug 2020
We were only supposed to put a shelf up about 4 years ago and now @ScottMoseley3 has mastered plumbing for children’s outdoor play 🙌
Finished mud kitchen water supply
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Colin Smy retweeted
It’s the summer hols so Ep 7 of #TalkingDads will be about Dads making the most out of the amazing parks & green spaces in #Blackpool that our community help design. Excited to have one of our Early Years Park Rangers as a guest! @TNLComFund @thedadsnet @dad_matters @dadpaduk
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We want to make sure we give our Blackpool children a better start in life. If you have 0-4 year olds in your family then consider joining our Blackpool Community Voice Network. Join this growing network today by registering on our website buff.ly/2P7CyB5
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Colin Smy retweeted
Coming out on World Suicide Prevention Day - Sept 10th!!! Crazy to think that @WHO has nothing on Paternal Mental Health - but they do show that there are 600,000 male suicides each yea! - No mention on CG192 @NICEComms Either!!!! High risk in new father's!!! #HowAreYouDad
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24 Jul 2020
Just ‘get on with it’ is not an appropriate response in any stressful situation. So when you strip back the situation to it’s raw actions that some dads go through it would be classed as trauma from their perspective, so why look at it any differently? sbs.com.au/topics/voices/fam…
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24 Jul 2020
Better Start Blackpool - Dads' Joke Off | Facebook in support of Showtown, our very own Blackpool Museum, we brought some laughter to laughter week yesterday with a dad joke off🧔😂 take a vote for me, because I’m much funnier than that Manchester lot🙌 facebook.com/BetterStartBlac…
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