NEWS!
iDiscover Health Toolkit
iDiscover a fantastic tool for young people and their grown-ups created by NHFT is now live and we highly recommend it. The young person’s tool-kit has a focus on mental health and there’s lots more besides, including events and activities all to be found locally to Daventry. Parents of young people of all ages can also find help, advice and services that might be helpful. You can find this service and lots of other sites on our A-Z of Useful Resources section.
Click on the image to head straight to iDiscover.
March 2024
WE NEED YOU!
Our evaluation survey is now LIVE! Please take a minute to answer a few questions, whether you’ve visited Teen Clinic Daventry or not, we want to hear from you!
February 2024
200 Teens (and counting!) are Helped by Award-Winning Teen Clinic Daventry!
The award-winning Teen Clinic Daventry is celebrating the milestone of supporting 200 young people since it was founded. The clinic offers a free, confidential service for local teenagers, including access to a GP, mental health support, and advice around sexual health and contraception.
The clinic is part of Healthy Young Daventry, a Public Health initiative in collaboration with partners in health and education. The milestone of 200 young people using the clinic highlights the importance of this vital service, which was recently praised as ‘a remarkable centre’ by Chris Heaton-Harris, MP for Daventry. Teenagers can see more than one healthcare professional when they attend, so those 200 visits equate to around 300 clinical contacts.
Louise Townsend explained “Teen Clinic provides a safe space for young people to access a number of services under one roof. Our health professionals support direct referrals if needed, cutting down waiting times. The clinic is so important as it gives young people monthly support options, while they may be waiting for additional support from services that have very long waiting lists.”
This month, the Teen Clinic team will also be presenting a talk at Best Practice London, the leading event for the general practice and primary care industry. The hope is that more communities will be inspired to form their own clinics, helping even more young people access much-needed help and support.
The clinic is currently funded (2023/24) by Daventry Town Council, Public Health West Northants, Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership and Avon Fund for Women and Girls. The partnership is in the process of exploring funding options for 2024-25 to ensure the clinic can continue to support the health and wellbeing of local young people.
Teen Clinic founding team member runs London Half Marathon for Allergy Awareness
Tee Houghton has set herself an enormous physical challenge as she aims to run the London Half Marathon in March to raise money for charities close to her heart, Sadie Bristow Foundation and Natasha Allergy Research Foundation. Tee suffers with exercise-induced anaphylaxis, so the whole journey will definitely be a challenge! She explained “I hope to raise as much as I can for two foundations making a huge difference in the allergy space already”. And we all wish her huge amounts of luck and encouragment! You can do this Tee!!!
Tee’s donation page is here https://allergiesinbold.com/fundraising
And more information about the Half Marathon can be found here https://www.londonhalf.com/event/high-performance-london-half-and-10k-at-queen-elizabeth-olympic-park-2024/
December 2023
Teen Clinic is now Award Winning!!
Our fantastic Louise Townsend from The Parker E-Act Academy attended the Education Today Award 2023 in London on Friday 8th December and walked away with the Community Champion award for her work with Teen Clinic Daventry. We’re beyond proud and very chuffed!
October 2023
Teen Clinic First Anniversary !
A great time was had at our Teen Clinic Daventry Anniversary Event on Thursday, 26 October, when local teenagers joined us at The Arc Cinema Daventry to help us celebrate one year of the Daventry clinic dedicated entirely to teens.
11 - 18-year-olds were invited to a celebratory event during half-term event that included a free film screening of the 'Haunted Mansion' plus complimentary popcorn and a drink. We also gave out free goody bags, courtesy of generous donations from Sheaf Street Health Food Store Daventry, to the first 30 visitors.
Teenagers in attendance initially watched a short film made by the Teen Clinic Team, which gave insight into how the clinic came to be and were able to meet some of the clinic staff and collaborators. Visitors then enjoyed the primary film screening, described as a supernatural horror comedy, in readiness for Halloween.
Summer 2023
Teen Clinic Attends an Event near you!
Teen Clinic Daventry is going on the road! With lots of events happening in Daventry town, the clinic healthcare professionals and our super team of student volunteers will be attending an event near you this summer! The team will also be coming to school assemblies to share more about the project and answer any questions you might have. If you would like us to attend your event or school, just get in touch on social media.
One of the first events this year was Pride, held in New Street Park, Daventry. Our stall had opportunities for mindfulness and calming activities as well as the chance to speak with some of our professionals and learn more about the service from young people who have used it.
November 2022
Teen Clinic Daventry is GO!
The practitioners and students who are helping to design the service, look forward to welcoming teens to the first teen clinic at 3.30-6.30pm on Monday 7th November at Daventry Mind (Brook Street, Old Gas Works Car Park, NN11 4GG), a two-minute walk from Daventry High Street.
October 2022
Teen Clinic Launches!!
The Teen Clinic Daventry is about to open and in celebration, come along to our launch event, taking place during the October half term.
The free drop-in event will run from 12pm - 6pm on Wednesday 26th October at the Arc Cinema, (Mulberry Place, Daventry NN11 4GU) and promises to be a fun afternoon to mark the upcoming opening of the teen-patients only clinic.
