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 [...]
We were delighted to be invited by Worcester Virtual School to deliver our post 16 smash life into independence project to young people in the care system. The four days were fun and full of education , we forcussed on lots of topics for the young people like healthy eating, budgeting, car maintenance, relationships, managing loneliness and mental health, team building games, inspirational talks [...]
Well we are gearing up for our third year of running our Smash Life & Bridge Cheese Funday event on Saturday 20th June 2026 in Shropshire! Working closely with Bridge Cheese a company with a huge heart and Telford & Shrewsbury Virtual School Teams our staff team can't wait to support the day . Creating memories for children in care who may never had the [...]
We are delighted to announce that we are delivering a keynote talk at the MAT Networking event at the Shrewsbury Town Football ground - we can't wait to network and inspire professionals who work in the educational sector within multi academy trusts! 100 professionals will be attendance and we can't wait! Matt is also appearing on a virtual masterclass alongside other care experienced young [...]
Yesterday Andy & Matt travelled to knowsley council to deliver x 2 2 hour keynote / training for social care, teachers, professionals from Knowsley Council It was a brilliant day engaging over 300 practitioners ensuring the session was engaging, interactive, real, informative and also FUN - YES we need to see more fun in social care as well as raise great practice and people [...]
Yesterday Director Matt was on the road at 5am, travelling solo to Barnsley, booked by the Youth Justice Team at Barnsley Council to deliver Smash Life training on the power of language and the words we use with young people and the words we write about them in reports. Andy who usually joins Matt was also booked to deliver training elsewhere that day so this [...]
Director Matt was flown to Poland by The Informed Perspective (Jenny & Penny) to host a conference at the American school of Warsaw - Jeremy Indika delivered the conference and it was entitled 'Are You Really Listening?' - tickets were bought by parents and young people . It proved to be a powerful event where Matt not only hosted but shared elements of his journey [...]
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 [...]
Affinity’s Got Talent !! 🎤🎶🎸 Matt woke up super early and travelled down South heading to Ingatestone Hall the home of the fantastic AFFINITY FOSTERING SERVICES LTD as he was booked by this amazing company to deliver a motivational interactive talk to all the foster / birth children from the families that this super company that goes the extra mile support ! The weather was [...]
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 [...]
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