Cafcass 25 year celebration

This year Cafcass is 25 - lots has changed in this time, mostly for the better for children and hopefully this will continue, even as the pressure on this service continues to build.

I listened to this event as a recording and had time to think, reflect and draw. 

Not the usual mad scramble of live drawing, and I much prefer it!

Below is the full banner image with excerpts underneath. The contributions by the FJYPB https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/children-and-young-people/family-justice-young-peoples-board are my favourite and very much inform what I draw. My aim is to constantly put children and young people at the heart of these images, because their futures are dictated by the process of the family court.

Continuous learning and improvement at Cafcass

I have worked at the internal training event every year at Cafcass for the past five years. Every year is more ambitious! 5 intense days of learning, and for me, lots of digital drawing.

Here is a selection from this year, starting with the overarching themes:

And some of the individual sessions:

Phew, it's over for another year...but more roadshows, logo designs and workshops in the coming months. The need to keep developing never stops!

Merton Children’s Parliament

Had a lovely time yesterday, listening to children in southwest London in the Borough of Merton, as they were talking about their experiences of participating in the Children’s Parliament over the last couple of years.

The children were all around 11 and were really enthusiastic and very confident in speaking up, it was great to be a part of such a positive event. The Children’s Parliament will continue in the next academic year.

I was working digitally and prepared the first of the below images from briefing call notes and pre-designed the layout. The other 3 images were drawn directly from listening live.

Cafcass - Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

Just sharing some of the work I do for Cafcass. I illustrate situations and ideas that help the organisation communicate with children, young people and their parents/carers, and my drawings also help Cafcass gather feedback so that the people they work with are treated respectfully and are really listened to.

I also work as a live scribe to help Cafcass managers communicate more clearly with their staff, and promote better ways of working. Please click on the images and they will enlarge.

Slowly things are starting to change and the ripple effects will hopefully mean better outcomes for children and young people after their parents split up. 

I created these Practice Framework images - this is used to promote and share good practice and was specifically designed with children and young people in mind, in order to make it accessible to all:

I designed the Together logo. The concept of the Together Framework was created in order to promote the values that the organisation holds dear, and the champions within Cafcass try to share and promote the framework.

Some strategic leadership images, again used to promote best practice:

 

Digital Scribing - University of Winchester

Yesterday I was working as a digital scribe in Winchester. This event was titled 'Digital Health and Wellbeing' and the way the NHS is moving care to be more about self-managed care. There were clinicians, a computer scientist and patients, starting the conversations and learnings for the week - it's fascinating because it's the future of healthcare, but in many ways it's already here.

 Beautiful new building and calming central atrium space!

Happy New Year!

Wishing all previous and potential clients a great start to 2023!

Below is some work I did last year for the Council for Disabled Children, all about campaigns and raising your social media profile. Something on all freelancers' to-do lists as we head into another year!