Cafcass: Practice Week 2023

Always a very intense week of learning, reflection and setting an intention for the coming period. 

Cafcass is an organisation that aims to protect the needs of children and young people when there is litigation due to a divorce or request for custody.

It's a difficult time for children and parents so anything that improves their experience during this process is plus.

Favourite sessions of the week were by Laughology on FLIP-it thinking and also the Being and Staying Resilient session run by an internal member of staff.

Open University and Bangla Housing Association

This is for an ongoing research project into elderly Bangladeshi people's housing situation in collaboration with the Open University and the Bangla Housing Association https://www.banglaha.org.uk/. 

This meeting was held over the summer, and the next meeting will be in November. It will be interesting to see how the project develops, it's great to be involved in a longer term project, rather than just being parachuted in for the day and then never seeing anyone again!

The lady in green was also used to recruit more people to get involved in the project. Such a friendly smiley crowd, and some delicious food for lunch :)

Image with Bengali translation to attract more people to take part in the research project.

Live Scribing for Kent County Council

I was back in Kent yesterday and last week for the second visit of two children's centres. I hope both these centres become thriving Family Hubs once the next phase of restructuring is over. 

The staff at both sites are just so dedicated and they serve a very deprived local demographic who are hugely grateful for their support.