Colin Smy

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

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

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[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

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.

[Better Start @CECDBlackpool]

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: https://t.co/LkjAn273th

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

Now that was a storyteller!! #BPLyouthpride2021
@CECDBlackpool @twguk

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

Busy start at #BPLYouthpride2021, with our friends from @HSBLACKPOOL
@CECDBlackpool

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

This is lancashire ☺️ with two children running off through the field and still not lost

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

@kieranders almost famous🤩

[Better Start @CECDBlackpool]

🔸Rebuilding the Future: Putting Babies and Children First🔸

✅Conference open to all. Register now: https://t.co/YEblGcE0qd

Contributions from @PeterWanless @ChildrensComm @salhogg @ElizabethRapa @KarenJBateson @HeatherWillis18 @kieranders @Brthcompanions @BpoolCouncil

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

Pumpkin picking is gonna be good this year at Revoe park 🤩🥳 is it Halloween yet?🎃 👻 @CECDBlackpool

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

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

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

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

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

Guess who back? @BetterStartBpl @Merle_CECD @clarellaw @ParkRangersBPL

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

@Merle_CECD @EmCECD @3PiersResearch @CECDBlackpool Nature AND nurture 😉

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

@Being_Dads Best part of the day is bedtime, my youngest is 8 and I still have to sit with her while she settles down to sleep. Best conversations of the day happen then 🤩 💫

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

@ScottMoseley3 I do believe this could be you @ScottMoseley3 🙌 we just need to get you a dog🤔

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

@Merle_CECD @CECDBlackpool @BpoolLibraries I do believe this is where our bus shelters idea started from? Stay tuned this year for a resurgence in it though hopefully👍

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

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...

[Better Start @CECDBlackpool]

‼️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: https://t.co/hLzZA5Y0Ud
Please share @BlackpoolHosp @BFC_CTrust @BpoolLibraries @BpoolCouncil @VolunteerBWF #TalkingDads #DadsMatter

[Colin Smy @Colin_CECD]

We were only supposed to put a shelf up about 4 years ago and now @ScottMoseley3 has mastered plumbing for children’s outdoor play 🙌

[scottmoseley3 @ScottMoseley3]

Finished mud kitchen water supply

[Better Start @CECDBlackpool]

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

[Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde @VolunteerBWF]

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 https://t.co/uhlNhODnLS