by Yvonne Anderson | Mar 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
GUEST BLOG Renowned author, poet and mental health educator, Clare Shaw, has written a free book to help explain Covid-19 in a child friendly manner. Read about it below in our guest blog spot. Therapeutic stories Having read so many social media posts from parents...
by Yvonne Anderson | Mar 19, 2020 | Mind Of My Own, Safeguarding
Connect more With increasing numbers of people isolated because of quarantine and social distancing, COVID-19 is not the only public health threat we should be worried about. Loneliness and isolation are likely too, which is why we should stay socially distant but...
by Yvonne Anderson | Mar 12, 2020 | Foster care
Guest blog 6 minute read We are lucky to work with some fantastic organisations and recently started working with By the Bridge fostering, who went live on the 27January this year. They have had a fantastic first month, and we asked Caroline Hallett, Participation and...
by Yvonne Anderson | Mar 9, 2020 | Lived experience
Guest blog I am a social worker in a safeguarding team in the north west of England and would like to share my recent experiences of how Mind Of My Own apps have supported my practice and made for much stronger participation of children in safeguarding, child...
by Jill Thorburn | Mar 6, 2020 | Scotland
Voice of the child at the heart of service reform We love to promote Scotland’s approach to participation and children’s rights, so we were excited to see the outcome of the Scottish Care Review, published last week and including a ten-year plan. The review was...