Peer support training

With Chesterfield now being at Tier 2 COVID alert, as a small volunteer-run project we have taken the difficult decision that we must now stop running the Consultant Appointments as well as the Library Sessions. We are not set up to provide you with the level of protection that we feel we have a duty…

In the light of the most recent government advice, that gatherings be restricted to 6 people, Chesterfield Sling Library and Chesterfield Venues (who run Hasland Village Hall) have agreed that the planned session for 18/09/20 should be cancelled. I will be in touch with each of you that had expressed an interest in attending to…

Every helper at every CSL session is there as a volunteer. Consultants, peer-supporters (aka Demonstrating volunteers), helpers, none of us are paid for our time. We do it because, hand on heart, we love sharing our experience and knowledge with each and every parent/carer who walks through the door and helping to make their journey…

Library in-person services remain closed for your and our safety. This includes Library Sessions, Workshops and Consultant Appointments. As a small volunteer-run not-for-profit community project we do not have the resources to offer a safe and consistent in-person service at present. Current loans: we are behind on admin due to our own family commitments and…

Thank you for your support during April. We plan to offer the same renewal options for May (standard fees, half fees or no fees depending on your family’s circumstances) or the option to return to one of our dropoffs or by post; watch out for your renewal text and reply to it. Where people have…

Thanks for bearing with us over the past few months. Admin has been a bit hit and miss, as have responding to messages and following up queries. But all of us who run CSL on a voluntary basis needed some time with our own families. I’m just about to start sending out the renewal/return texts…