Do you prefer watching videos or reading blog posts? This time round you have a choice! Click on the image below to hear what Caitlin has to say about the Safe Place Guided Meditation exercise. Or scroll down to read the blog version if text is more your thing. Either way, don’t forget to download […]
Safe Place Guided Meditation & 5 things to consider BEFORE you try it! Read More »
In January, Dr Carolina Llanes, the first vice president of the Supreme Court of Justice and minister in charge of the jurisdiction of children and adolescents led a delegation from Paraguay to visit SFAC and those involved in child care and protection in Leeds, England. Less than two months after the visit Dr Carolina has
We’re back! Our News in Brief posts took a longer than planned hiatus over 2023 while our tiny team worked at maximum capacity on other projects but with our now not-so-new Comms Officer, Sam, settling in nicely, we’re starting to get our rhythm back. Now, it’s over to Sam! Here’s a taste of what’s been
News in Brief – Vol 8 (Jan 2024) Read More »
Adapted from a post we shared on Facebook on World Children’s Day (November, 20th) last year. What are your thoughts on sharing children’s stories as part of fundraising efforts to ensure more children have a better future? 🧒🏾👶🏻👧🏿 On #WorldChildrensDay last November the theme was “A Better Future for Every Child.” We invited our
Telling children’s stories – Respecting their right to privacy and avoiding poverty porn Read More »
⁉️ The question we’re all asking… ⁉️ Was all that walking in the rain back in May worth it?! 🌧 The short answer: YES! 🎊 Together we raised over £2000 🎊 A total of 17 SFAC Superstars (including a duo and a team, lots of extra cheerleaders and 5 🐕) have walked over 1000 collective
News in Brief – Vol 5 (July 2021) Read More »
If you’ve read our 3 Practical Coping Strategies post you’ll know our wonderful brains have a tendency to focus on the negative (It’s all because they’re constantly on the lookout for threats so they can keep us safe from them!). Sometimes they need some help to remember all the good stuff going on. We
Tiny Triumph Awards – Sidestep the brain’s negativity bias and celebrate some wins! Read More »
It’s been 12 whole months since Mick boarded a flight to Brazil – little did we know that would be the only overseas visit by SFAC for the year. The world went into lockdown just after Mick returned (we don’t think the two things are connected!!) But that has not meant things have stopped, although
News in Brief – Vol 4 (April 2021) Read More »
Our second international Protective Behaviours Foundation Level course is getting underway next week. We were really excited to have people joining us from 10 different countries for our first course back in September. Participants learnt how to help themselves and others recognise when they’re not feeling safe and how to take action so they can
News in Brief – Vol 3 (Feb 2021) Read More »
We hope everyone is keeping safe during these strange times. It certainly stretches our ‘capacity to cope’ and feel and be safe. These are words and phrases that have been used a lot in SFAC in September as Caitlin launched SFAC’s first Protective Behaviours Foundation Course to 16 participants in 10 countries over 4 mornings
News in Brief – Vol 2 (Oct 2020) Read More »
Lockdown might have confined us to our homes but somehow it hasn’t slowed us down – so far it’s been quite a year! 🤝 Look at what you achieved! 🤝 We’re grateful for every single one of you because at very short notice, in last week’s #twopointsixchallenge you helped SFAC raise £1000 👏 Our staff members and
News In Brief – Vol 1 (May 2020) Read More »
