2020. A year that started with so much promise and under-delivered in the most epic way possible. As physical barriers were thrown up for our protection, I looked for ways to connect with the new world we were living in. It began with a new follower on Instagram. @claw_global stumbled across my account on a…
Shining a light on role models in our community. This issue we have been joined by #teamkind founder Susie Hills, who shares her motivations, challenges, and mission to change the world through kindness. Tell us a little about yourself: I’m nearly 50…. Not sure how that happened, those who say that time goes faster as…
We all know that children and young people do well when they are supported by people who demonstrate love and acceptance. My role as Lead for Learning, Development and Wellbeing for an independent foster care agency, prompted me to explore how that needed to look for individuals. The outcomes for children and young people across…
There is a high bar to reach for a child to end up in foster care. Local authorities have limited resources and will only take a child into care to ensure that the child is safe. By then, the child will likely have endured prolonged neglect or abuse, often leading to developmental trauma. In many…
My name is Gethin Jones and I run a company called Unlocking Potential. The main purpose of my work is to break down the ‘them and us’ narrative between the professional and the client. I work within prisons, local authorities and charities. I deliver my work through inspirational talks, training and coaching, and my main…
My earliest memories were pretty traumatic. There were a lot of drugs and alcohol in my area, and my house was bare. We didn’t have carpets and the rooms were very empty. We went into care after my mum had been attacked. She’d been raped in an alley and stabbed in the eyebrow. At nursery…
Mental Health is an important buzz phrase at the moment in lots of circles, so we are making a difference to the many stigmas, fears and worries that are often attached to having poor mental health. Celebrities and high profile people are beginning to share their own personal struggles with poor mental health which tends…
I don’t know what it feels like to foster a child but I do know what if feels like to conduct a child protection investigation and to sit on a child protection hearing and be responsible for the decision to remove a child from a family who, for a myriad of complex reasons, are unable…
A Great Online Resource For All Ages *‘But I don’t like revising!!’* Yep… neither do I. In fact, I hate it with such a passion that I sit there for hours staring at a notepad and BBC Bitesize. And I know what you’re all thinking… “Just do it quickly and then it’ll be done.” Yes…
In recent years, foster agencies across the state and independent sectors have struggled to recruit foster carers. The average age of UK foster carers is now in the mid-50s and young people are not coming forward to replace carers who retire, mainly because of the need for guaranteed levels of income and housing realities which…