Colin and Elliot Newton worked with City of London Council officers to gather the opinions and to truly listen to the Voice of Unaccompanied Minors from Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan – settling in London. We used person centred process, props and graphics to help us overcome cultural and linguistic barriers to hearing them properly.
Nottingham Community Circle – in Basford – going really well! Trust building in new setting and wonderful offers and exchanges made including electric sewing machine, books, gardening offers and so much more!
Getting older comes with a very frightening and daunting set of challenges. However, as a society, we tend to overlook the challenges faced by the individual (the person who is living through the getting older part), and focus on the issues related to those around them. These are the issues we have both as individuals (now I need to take care of them too) and as a society (how much will it now cost to care for this person who can no longer contribute).
Sadly, this is not an approach we can change in our lifetime. However, that should by no means mean we shouldn’t do our best to facilitate a shift, as much as is in our power.
One of the first steps in empowering and enabling seniors to continue living their best lives is person-centered planning.
Have a look at the attached flyer or visit the website here. The sessions take place on the last Tuesday of every month, 7-10pm, at the Embankment pub and Kitchen near Trent Bridge. Part of Radford Care Group
Colin Newton and Claire Darwin provided Keys to Inclusion training to a range of Educators, SENDCOs, practitioners and LA officers in Suffolk.
Colin Newton provided training to educators in Huyton on creating Circles of Friends with a focus on using the process to move children out of special settings into mainstream.
Hostage negotiation and meeting social and emotional needs – Pastoral teacher – ex police hostage negotiator talks about the links between our work on fresh approaches to behaviour and relationships in schools with his own experiences as a hostage negotiator. Full of golden nuggets for educators! Building the golden bridge – saving face – building trust quickly, reciprocal relationships leading to change and much more!
Person Centred Planning – One Page Plans- delivered by Colin Newton and Claire Darwin PEP of Suffolk CC. Training went down well and was greatly appreciated by mainly secondary pastoral staff, college practitioners and family workers.
Fresh approaches to behaviour and relationships – Suffolk – This inclusive input was delivered by Colin Newton and Claire Darwin PEP of Suffolk CC. Well received by all those present from across the education sectors 0-24.