Suitable for 0-1 years 'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet . . .' Join us as we discover all the different animals the zoo has sent – a monkey, a lion and even an elephant! Interactive session including storytelling and themed activities. Booking required. For more information please call your local hub.

Riverside Family Hub

South Tyneside Family Hubs

South Tyneside Family Hubs offer welcoming and friendly places where all children, young people, parents and carers can access support, information and help.

We are here for your whole family and will support you as your children grow, putting relationships at the heart of everything we do.

We are here to connect you to the right support, with the right person at a time that suits you.

Family Hubs provide a range of services in the local community, working with families to ensure that services meet the needs of infants, children, young people and parents and carers in the borough.

South Tyneside's Community Page is for all residents to find out what's going on and where. From arts and crafts, jobs fairs, mental health groups, training courses, children's groups, exercise classes, food support and more. If you're in South Tyneside and want to know which services, activities and support that is available to you, this is your platform to find it! Free and easy access to events ran by our community, for our community. Inspire South Tyneside are working in partnership with Plinth to ensure our community can find everything in one place for all needs. So no event or opportunities go unnoticed.

South Tyneside's Community Page

Here you will find local free training providers in South Tyneside. You will also have access to the LIO online VCSE training called Elements. 

Training for South Tyneside VCSE sector

Online courses available for South Tyneside's VCSE sector, covering subjects on Volunteer involvement, Safeguarding, Govounrance and more.

Elements Elearning Portal

Fully Funded training courses provided by EMS (Enterprise Made Simple)

Enterprise Made Simple 

South Tyneside's Care academy offers different training and courses aimed for individuals either in Social care roles, or looking to find pathways into Health and Social Care. This training is also provided through Training in Care. 

South Tyneside Care Academy 

South Tyneside Council's 'A Better U' Training programme (provided through First Contact Clinical). 

A Better U Training 

TEDCO offer courses and training workshops specific to South Tyneside CIC or Business Start ups. You must be a new start up organisation in South Tyneside to access this courses. 

TEDCO Start Up Work Shops

Inspire have gathered safeguarding information, advice and guidance specific to the voluntary sector. Take a look at these resources to support your organisations Safeguarding awareness and standards. 

Safeguarding in the VCSE sector. 

South Tyneside Council offer online E-learning training which covers both adult and children safeguarding subjects, through their virtual college. Various safeguarding topics covering sexual exploitation, vulnerable groups, mental health, understanding capacity, how to manage disclosures, and ranges from Levels 1-3. 

South Tyneside Safeguarding Adults and Children E-learning

The NSPCC have a helpful guide on safeguarding children, specifically aimed at the voluntary sector. 

NSPCC's Safeguarding Children in the Voluntary Sector

Safeguarding duty for charity Trustee's

Safeguarding for Volunteers

The Direct Gov have produced a DBS Quick guide that is a useful resource to consider when employing new staff or volunteers who may be involved in safeguarding roles with children and vulnerable adults. 

DBS Checking Quick Guide - Direct Gov

This section will offer you guides to volunteering, from policy guidance, templates, under 18's volunteering, how to conduct volunteering and more. 

Volunteering Guides

Here you will find our guide to creating Volunteer Inclusion Guides, how to support vulnerable volunteers, what inclusion plans should include, why they are important and a template example. 

Volunteer Inclusion Plan Guide

Inspires risk assesment template for Volunteering

Volunteer Risk Assessing

See Inspires template for a Volunteer Agreement Form

Volunteer Agreement Template

Take a look at Inspires guide on what to consider when adopting roles or placements specifically for young volunteers

Under 18 Volunteering Guide for VCSE and Businesses

Inspire's template of a volunteer induction checklist. 

Volunteer Induction Checklist Template

Singmeup.org have produced an descriptive and informative guide that focuses specifically on DBS checking for volunteers and charity's. It covers eligibility, cost, best practice and management for dbs checking with volunteers, the process, case studies and examples. 

Understanding DBS Checks for Charity Volunteers and Organisers in England

Browse this section to take a look at some supporting documents that will help your organisation strengthen it's internal policy, framework, funding and governing processes. 

Funding and Governance

Inspires guide explaining the difference between a CIC and CIO structure, how to start the process and what the process entails. 

Dear Zoo - Riverside Family Hub

Run by South Tyneside Family Hubs

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Dear Zoo - Riverside Family Hub

Run by South Tyneside Family Hubs

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