Today’s guest blogger is Amy Glover. A few years ago, I started a new job and went in as Amy’s manager. The role was mad, and the teams were in a transitional period (is the polite way to say it). I would say within the first day of meeting Amy, I knew that this was…
Guest blog: Carly Adams Elias- Where is the Love?
Today’s guest speaker is my friend Carly. I remember the day I met Carly; it was my first day at work, and she was delivering training on contextual safeguarding. At this point in my working life, I had met few people who fully embraced contextual safeguarding, and I found this very frustrating. So when I…
Guest blog: Michael Issacs – Awkward Conversations
OK, gather round peeps. Today’s guest blog is my very good friend, Michale. Our children once played together as tots, and Michale’s wife and I have sometimes worked in the same school. Not many people know this, but I write and (sometimes) perform spoken word. Just by pure coincidence (Or not if, like me, you…
Guest Blog- Samantha Trew – A letter to my 35 year old self
It’s guest blog time, and today’s guest blogger is a lady who most definitely was instrumental in the path I took with my own spiritual journey. I don’t believe in coincidences, and the past that took me to Sam was not a pleasant one. I reached out to her begging for help for my daughter…
An act of kindness in hounor of Matt Gee – #BeMoreMatt
A message from Matt’s mum: On Wednesday, 23rd October, it will be 6 months since Matt took his own life. To honor him, I would like everyone who loved him to do an act of kindness in his name. I spoke in his eulogy about being #BeMoreMatt he showed such care and compassion towards everyone…
“Because you need the light off”- Neurodiversity sensory issues respected…at last.
Let me start at the start. Always Best I have just reviewed my blogs, and I don’t believe I have ever written about lights! I will have to check again because if I have not written about lights…crazy. Anyway…grab a drink, put your feet up, and let me tell you about me…lights…and the man who…
Sometimes, my mum would have a mental health crisis, a condition that made her believe she was a child. Mental Health Awareness 2024
Sometimes, my mum would have a mental health crisis, a condition that made her believe she was a child. What first thought comes into your head as I say that? Let’s do it again. Sometimes, my mum would believe she was a child and act like one. What’s your initial thoughts?Who helped her?Who helped me?Was…
Guest blog: “Feeling responsible for men’s feelings started early for me”
I would like you all to welcome our first guest blogger. She is a very good friend of mine, and I have had to lean on her many times. She is one of the few people who knows the real me and accepts me for who I am. We met through work but very quickly…
Guest blog season – Do you have a story to tell…..
It’s Guest blog season, so I think now is a good time to explain why I do it and how you can be involved. Most of the things I create in life result from watching or witnessing something that I don’t like or think I can do better. My blogs and subsequent guest blogs are…
Me….Director of Safeguarding and student experience…… and the women who helped me get there
Today is Sunday, 22/9/24, a significant day as it marks the eve of a major milestone in my career. I have just finished cooking dinner and am now writing this blog. Then, I will do nothing for the rest of the day. As I wake up tomorrow- Monday, 23/9/24- I will be stepping into the…
Out of the Shadows 