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Let's invest in our children and...
It’s that time again when we will soon find out what budget challenges we will face going forward and what if any good news may come to enable...
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The power of reconnection
This week saw the first gathering in person of ADCS colleagues for 18 months, when we held our Council of Reference meeting in the reassuringly...
Read More Never stop caring…
I tend to think of myself as a “glass half full” person (those of you who know me, feel free to disagree), who makes the best of whatever...
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A Double Taboo
As I prepared to write this, I reminded myself that today is World Suicide Prevention Day. A day set aside by several groups, including the World...
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Holidays, hope, and happiness
I am just back from a short camping trip in neighbouring Dorset, not quite the same as a holiday abroad this year but we had a close encounter...
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Life starts all over again when it...
By the time you read this, summer will be on its way out and we’ll be inexorably heading into autumn - when ‘leaves chase warm buses’ and...
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The truth about change
I’ve recently been thinking about what it’s like to be a social worker, or indeed any other profession within the children’s workforce, in...
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Summer 2021: Hotter, Wetter,...
This summer has been momentous, if for no other reason than the publication of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
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A remarkable response
Although it has already been said many times and in many ways, I feel it is important for me to once again acknowledge the remarkable response...
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