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Posted: 15th January 2026

Limited spaces remain for EPEC Being a Parent course

Empowering Parents Empowering Communities (EPEC) is a peer led parenting course delivered at the Sycamore Trust to help support parents and carers living in Barking and Dagenham on their parenting journey. The aim of the course is to equip parents/carers with practical parenting skills and meet oth ...

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Posted: 9th January 2026

Early start!

The Autism Ambassadors wasted no time in getting back into the swing of things after the Christmas break.  They were invited to deliver their CPD-accredited training to staff from the LBBD Early Years Language and Communication team on the morning of Wednesday 7th January at the Sycamore Trust ...

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Posted: 7th January 2026

A very Happy New Year!

What an incredible start to the new year at the Sycamore Trust! We’re delighted to share some fantastic news that we received just in time for the Christmas break. As 2025 wrapped up, we learned that we’ve been awarded a generous £30,000 grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation t ...

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Posted: 5th January 2026

New helpline for Barking and Dagenham families

It's the new year and we have a new service for Barking & Dagenham families at Sycamore Trust. Starting today (5th January 2026) we now offer a helpline for parents and carers of children with social communication differences aged 0-6 in B&D, for help with a range of issues, including be ...

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Posted: 17th December 2025

Christmas survival hints and tips

Christmas survival hints and tips When thinking about Christmas we generally think about families snuggled up together watching Christmas films, eating lots of indulgent foods, playing games and generally having fun. However, this is not the reality for many of our families. Christmas can be a stre ...

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Posted: 12th December 2025

2025, a year to remember!

Last Friday we celebrated some of the young people that have made 2025 a year to remember, as we held our annual awards ceremony at our Dagenham premises. Each year, we select a group of young people to receive a Jack Petchey Award and this year was no different. The Jack Petchey Achievement Awa ...

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