Matt & Andy travelled up North to deliver some trauma informed training to a secondary school near Manchester to start off the new school term with a bang! The feedback from this day has been incredible from senior leadership teams. Smash Life does not only aim to deliver a powerful lived experience story of growing up in the care system but solution focussed messages [...]
Training “A Sibling Perspective” “An estimated 37% of children with a sibling – that is 20,000 children – are separated from a sibling when placed in care” - Children’s Commissioner 2023 This is stark reading. We ALL know that a sibling relationship can be a protective factor for children in care and it can often bring: - A strong emotional connection, with an emphasis on [...]
Directors & Smash Life Founders Andy & Matt have been out on the road during a packed out May 2026 delivering keynotes and training to thousands of professionals up and down the country. It has seen them deliver in Telford, Shrewsbury, Leicester, Rutland, Preston, Knowlsey and Norwich ! They have even delivered a virtual seminar for a huge fostering company Foster Network to 300 staff! [...]
Last week Matt & Andy travelled to Salford to provide training for social care practitioners from Salford Council. It was brilliant to have time to deliver interactive training, have some open and honest conversations, discover people’s why, raise each other with stories of hope and positivity and also collectively inspire and raise practice with strategies and ideas to connect and care - ultimately to [...]
Last week we made the long trip to Northumberland and provided a keynote speech at the @nlandcc virtual school conference. We presented on “Relationships and Language that cares” to professionals from social care, early help and schools from the area” We were able to weave stories, strategies and inspiration from: - Our childhood in care / lived experience (feeling how others connected and what they [...]
Andy & Matt had the privilege to travel to Wilmslow & attend Care Today Leadership conference and deliver a motivating and empowering keynote. It was lovely to be invited after a representative from Care today saw us deliver at the Children’s Homes Association conference earlier this year. Care Today are the largest family run residential childcare organisation in the UK and have been working extensively [...]
Last week Matt travelled to Barnsley and delivered to over 100 professionals at Barnsley Council social care staff development forum. The theme was Language, the words professionals use, how they write, record why it matters, how things are recorded & how it feels from a care experienced professional reflecting on what was said & written in our files - it becomes your internal voice… Matt [...]
Andy & Matt went down a storm at the first ever annual Gateshead Virtual School Conference ! The lads travelled up north to deliver a powerful and dynamic keynote talk to a room full of professionals and the feedback has been amazing ! The lads have been booked for lots of training and keynote talks in 2025/26 and can't wait to get out there and [...]
Smash Life We Really do appreciate this feedback from Shropshire Council Virtual School regarding our “woodland experience” for children We BELIEVE in not just talking about connection and relational approaches BUT modelling this when it matters the most - SO the children FEEL it. A connection is earned through repetition and the children feeling safe, secure, valued and around adults invested in them. We LOVE [...]
Foster Carer Training Feedback! Last Friday Matt & Andy we’re invited to spend the day with foster carers from Nexus Fostering in Telford We were able to use our lived experience and our many years in social care working alongside professionals and foster carers to deliver training which we hope educated, informed and inspired. We loved our time with the foster carers - sometimes like [...]
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