EPEC at the Sycamore Trust
Empowering Parents Empowering Communities (EPEC) is a peer lead parenting course delivered at the Sycamore Trust to help support parents and careers 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 others locally with the same age children going through the same challenges. We will be running two courses from January 2026 and are now looking for parents and carers, living in Barking and Dagenham, with a child 4 or under to join the programme.
Sessions are informal and provide parents and careers with a safe space to share and learn together. Topics covered include
- Being a parent
- Play
- Understanding children’s behaviour
- Communication and play.
The course will give you the tools to use at home to support yourself and your child.
Course details
EPEC Being a Parent
Who is it for? Parents/careers living in Barking and Dagenham with a child 4 or under
When? Wednesdays for 8 weeks. 10am -12.30pm starting on Wednesday 14th January and finishing on Wednesday 11th March (with no session on 18th February due to half term).
Where? Sycamore Trust UK offices, 27-28 Woodward Road. RM9 4SJ.
Please note there are no creche facilities available.
EPEC Autism
Who is it for? Parents/careers living in Barking and Dagenham with a child 4 or under who is autistic or experiencing social communication differences.
When? Thursdays for 10 weeks. 10am -12.30pm starting on Thursday 15th January and finishing on Thursday 26th March (with no session on 19th February due to half term).
Where? Sycamore Trust UK offices, 27-28 Woodward Road. RM9 4SJ.
Please note there are no creche facilities available.
Volunteer as a Parent Group Leader at the Sycamore Trust
Alongside the above we are also now recruiting parents & carers resident in Barking and Dagenham who would like to help deliver the above courses in the future. Parent Group Leaders will receive comprehensive training, ongoing supervision and support over the course of ten weeks.
Once training is complete Parent Group Leaders will be able to deliver the parenting programme to small groups of parents of children in early years to help them become more confident parents.
Please email epeclbbd@sycamoretrust.org.uk for more information and an application form for any of the above.
