safeguarding
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They Asked for Help. They Were Told to Wait.
Twenty children. Twenty families. Twenty times the system had a chance to step in and didn’t. The Times investigation into the deaths of children with special educational needs and disabilities isn’t a sad one-off. It is a spotlight on something many of us have felt in our bones for years: mental health “support” in this…
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Andy’s Man Club is About the Team, Not the Title
Every Monday, across more than 330 groups, around 6,500 men walk through the doors of Andy’s Man Club. That doesn’t happen because someone ticked a box on a rota. It happens because teams show up. Yes, we need a Lead Facilitator. Yes, we need a Co-Facilitator, a couple of Sweepers, ideally 4 facilitators in the…
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When Peer Support Ends and You Drive Home Alone
There’s a moment that happens in peer support groups that nobody really talks about. A bloke shares something heavy. Not “work’s been stressful” heavy. Something that’s been buried for years. Something that took courage, or maybe just the right Monday night, to finally say out loud. The room goes quiet. You can feel it land.…