by Fin Henderson | Dec 16, 2021 | Insights
The Week In Care As a children’s services organisation with a growing community, we want to use our platform to promote a resource to keep us all informed about what is in the news in our sector. The Week In Care is a compilation of all the stories featured about...
by Emma Thompson | Dec 15, 2021 | Insights, Mental health, Wellbeing
There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game It’s easy All you need is love by the Beatles, like any music, can transport us to a moment in our...
by Yvonne Anderson | Oct 21, 2021 | Insights, Lived experience, Mind Of My Own community, New Zealand
Māori language and culture Here at Mind Of My Own we recently attended an hour long session on Māori language and culture as part of our efforts to understand more about the people and culture of New Zealand (also known as Aotearoa). It covered a wide variety of...
by Yvonne Anderson | Jul 21, 2021 | Improving practice, Insights, Participation
Questions around safety Youth offending services have been prevalent in the news recently, with the highly publicised removal of all children from Rainsbrook. The transfer of the children that were held there has also raised concerning questions around the safety and...
by Emma Thompson | Jun 11, 2021 | Insights, Safeguarding
Peer-on-peer abuse going unreported Shocking accounts of peer-on-peer abuse were reported in the Guardian this week. Schoolchildren have told Ofsted inspectors that sexual harassment and online sexual abuse are such a routine part of their daily lives they don’t see...