OXPIP Newsletter
Greetings from OXPIP
2013 has been an incredibly busy year for
OXPIP and we are delighted to update you on
what we are doing. With the appointment of our
Executive Director Adrian Sell, almost two years
ago and new Trustees on the OXPIP board,
OXPIP has seen considerable growth and
development over the last twelve months on a
number of fronts.
We have ongoing support from a number of major
trusts and foundations including Impetus-PEF,
Department for Education, Henry Smith, Children
in Need and others. This funding, alongside
funding for our therapeutic work in Oxfordshire
has enabled us to increase our reach and offer
permanent contracts to an increasing number of
therapists.
We are also one of the founders of PIP-UK a new
charity seeking to support the development of
parent infant work across the country. We are
supporting PIP-UK by training new therapists and
sharing our learning with other areas. We are also
members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group
and signatories of the 1001 Critical Days
Manifesto (a cross party paper highlighting the
importance of conception to age 2).
However there is considerable uncertainty
regarding funding locally, which risks undermining
our progress, so we continue to need and be very
grateful for our local support.
This newsletter is also a guide to some of the
events coming up in the next few months and
some of the developments that are underway. We
hope that you will consider coming to some of
these events and supporting OXPIP in 2014.
Our work in Children’s Centres
OXPIP continues to provide individual sessions
for parents and babies as well as therapeutic
groups, mostly in our eight partner Children’s
Winter 2013/14
Centres. We have secured a year’s contract from
Oxfordshire County Council to continue our work.
“I did not know we can look like a happy
family; that is what you usually only see in
books.” Photo Monika Celebi
We are supporting the campaign to protect the
Children’s Centres. If you would like to show your
support then please write to your county councillor
or sign the online petition
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/saveourchil
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Two new Clinical Directors, Jake Spencer and
Harriet Calvert now oversee a team of ten
therapists working in Children’s Centres and on
outreach projects. The team includes Jo Tucker,
Helen Callaghan, Monika Celebi, Bobby Taylor,
Hilary Wright, Jan Tomlinson, Becky Saunders, Jo
Chapman, Linda Manning, and Ailsa Lamont.
Four new parent infant therapists are on course to
qualify in the spring of 2014.
Outreach Projects
OXPIP runs two Outreach projects in Oxfordshire.
Jan Tomlinson has set up the Asian Outreach
Project, which runs groups in the city centre and
has seen the percentage of Asian families we see
rise from 1% to 8%. Ailsa Lamont is now helping
with this project.
Hilary Wright sees families in Rural West
Oxfordshire and has seen an increasing number
of clients in recent months.
Military
OXPIP has been running two projects on military
bases and are hoping to expand our work in this
field. Bobby Taylor has been working with families
at Dalton Barracks since 2011 and Becky
Saunders has started a pilot project at RAF
Benson. We are looking for longer term funding
for this work and to spread to other Oxfordshire
military bases, particularly Brize Norton.
OXPIP Training
We continue to develop our training capacity and
are now training social workers in Assessing
Parent Infant Relationships in Buckinghamshire
as well as Oxfordshire.
Merton College Carols
Sunday 1st December 2013, 5.45pm, Merton
College Chapel, Oxford
Merton College are donating the proceeds of their
first Advent Carol Service to OXPIP. This is a
candlelit service, led by their outstanding choir
and has always been a beautiful and moving
event. Arrive early (5.15pm) to get the best seats.
Penelope Leach Lecture
Friday 6th December 2013. 1 – 3pm, Maison
Française, 2–10 Norham Rd, Oxford, OX2 6SE
As part of our Parent Infant Therapist training,
OXPIP organizes six lectures each year that are
open to the general public as well as health care
professionals. This 2013’s final lecture is by
developmental child psychologist, Penelope
Leach. The title of Penelope’s lecture is
“Neurobiology and babycare: childrearing in
the context of contemporary neuroscience.”
Doors open 12.30pm. Tickets cost £20 and are
available from www.oxboffice.com or via the
Oxboffice hotline 0845 6801926.
OXPIP lecture series 2014
OXPIP’s Friday afternoon lecture series enters its
third year. Confirmed dates and speakers are:
7th February, Ann Alvarez
21st March, Harriet Calvert
2nd May, Graham Music
20th June, Caroline Gluckman
3rd October, Jane Barlow
21st November, Maria Pozzi
The venue for all six lectures is Friends’ Meeting
House, 43 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LW. Tickets are
available from Oxboffice as above. The lectures
run from 1-3.00pm.
Sue Gerhardt to open OXPIP
Practitioner Conference 2014
Sue Gerhardt, OXPIP founder and author of Why
Love Matters is giving the keynote address at our
first OXPIP Practitioner Conference on Friday
28th February 2014. This conference will be of
particular interest to those currently working in
early years settings. For tickets and information
contact www.oxboffice.com.
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OXPIP Opera
New Chamber Opera will be giving OXPIP the
proceeds of their performance of Joseph Haydn’s
L’Infedeltà delusa on Tuesday 15th July 2014.
Set in the Warden’s Garden, with a break for a
picnic supper, it has become a traditional OXPIP
supporter event. For tickets please contact
ursula.Saunders@oxpip.org.uk
New Website
OXPIP has a new website which we are improving
and updating regularly. Please have a look at
www.oxpip.org.uk and do get back to us with any
comments.