Please help at our summer residential. Over 200 children & carers impacted by #parentalimprisonment will come together, enjoying shared experiences,helping to dispel the shame, stigma & isolation.Please will you consider #volunteering by cooking a meals with colleague or friends?

Are you a care-experienced person? We want to hear from you 👥

As we continue our investigation into how Government could improve children’s social care, we want to understand more about your lived experience of social services.

Complete our survey 👉 forms.office.com/e/6QLpTBMkst

Based on our hugely popular university sessions, we are offering this 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 workshop, live and online, for anyone who is interested in understanding more about the life-changing impact of literacy education for learners with complex needs
Sign up here: ow.ly/QVzv50RajWo

Tickets going fast for the Attachment Aware Schools Research conference The Mulberry Bush Highly recommended, book here:
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Are you care-experienced and interested in a career in research / academia? We are advertising a paid research internship specifically for a care-experienced person (must be >18yo). Feel free to DM me with any qus Anna Freud UCL Psych & Lang Sci Lisa Holmes

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NEW PROJECT: collecting stories of the impact of literacy on learners with complex needs. Expressed in their own words and conveyed through their own voices.

Find out more and share you r learner's story here: ow.ly/jgcx50RahUr

New ideas that can improve children's lives are regularly met with resistance.
- Children harmed when sent up chimneys?
- Children harmed when sent early to boarding school?
- Babies feel pain & need anaesthetic?
All resisted.
Supporters of trauma-informed practice: Keep going.

Average energy prices

£2,585 - UK

€650 - France
€650 - Belgium
€620 - Spain
€558 - Germany
€558 - Denmark
€546 - Holland
€545 - Austria
€543 - Norway
€476 - Finland
€174 - Poland

Even after the Energy Crisis had ended in Europe it continued in the UK, it still does

We are excited to announce the upcoming publication of 'A Little Guide for Teachers: SEND in School' by Amjad Ali, which is a must-read for educators aiming to make a difference. #AutismAwareness Amjad Ali- Teacher, Trainer, Speaker

Find out more here shorturl.at/KMOP6

#CompassionEdRevolution

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Helpful new contribution to the inclusive schooling debate from Prof Mel Ainscow.
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In summer 2023, I started to summarise 25 years of #play scholarship into 1 article. I didn’t realise at the time the profound warning it would send to #parents , #teachers & #MentalHealth professionals; 1 we can’t continue to ignore. mdpi.com/2313-5778/8/2/…

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I've been a proud Trustee of Become since 2019, but now my commitments as VP of 🌈Updates from ADCS mean I have to step down.
So Become is looking for a new DCS Trustee, to join an excellent and diverse Board including those with care experience.

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'Recasting teaching as a collaborative profession, lifelong professional development, professional autonomy, and engaging teachers in decision-making are crucial...'

The UK has more Food Banks than it builds Social Houses in a year.

When discussing how humans treat other species...

🧵 The nations mental health is worsening 📉

Demand & waiting times for help continue to rise 📈

The economic & social costs are huge & are also rising 💷📈

Today our latest Centre for Mental Health analysis reveals that mental ill health costs £300bn every year.

Your kindness can kill a bumblebee 💔

📢 Please share! Bumblebee queens are starting to emerge from hibernation. British weather isn’t always ideal and people with the best intentions can cause more harm good. Let’s change that.

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Armando Iannucci derides Hunt’s policies, which continue to ignore 3.6 million children in poverty.

“It was hard from me to hear you use that phrase ‘carrot and stick’. Because the implication being that you need a stick to beat those on welfare…or those in poverty.”
#BBCLauraK