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SCiP Alliance Service children's support sector development day

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SCiP Alliance Service children's support sector development day

September 2023

The SCiP Alliance held their Service children's support sector development day in Leeds to get stakeholders together to explore ways to improve provision for children and young people from Armed Forces families.

Millie (SSCE Cymru Programme Manager), Emilee (East Wales RSLO) and Cara (North Wales RSLO) travelled to Leeds to participate in the SCiP Alliance Service children's support sector development day. It was a fantastic opportunity to get together and take part in some great activities with other stakeholders from different organisations, charities and education providers to hear about the work that is already being done to support Service children and young people and what could be done to further improve provisions.

As one of the SCiP Alliance Service Children Champions, Millie was part of the organising team and played a role throughout the day, leading activities and facilitating discussions / workshops.

A huge thankyou to the SCiP Alliance for putting on a fantastic event and allowing us the opportunity to be involved and share our passion and drive for supporting Service children and young people. 

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Service children’s quotes

"As soon as we get used to a house, you get moved - I’ve been to four schools and moved six times."

Aiden

"I lived in Nepal, then we went to Brunei, then Malaysia."

Ashim

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Chloe

"I’m used to moving now and mixing with the children... I’ve done it so many times, it’s just a normal thing now."

Chloe

"It's ok talking over skype and that, but sometimes you just want a hug when Dad is away."

Georgia

"I’ve enjoyed going around to lots of places around the world, it's adventurous and exciting."

Harry

"In my eyes, you have hundreds of friends in different places."

Ieuan

"My mum got a chalk board and it says how many sleeps on it with chalk, every minute it’s getting closer for him coming home."

Mia

"I don’t want him to get promoted... I want him to get promoted but I don’t want to leave."

Oliver

"I might be going to boarding school so that I don’t change schools every few years."

Ryan

"I've been to seven different schools; I’ve not stayed put in one school long enough."

Shana

"He has been away for six months and he is back for two weeks, then he goes away again."

Sianed

"My parents were in the Army. My mum is a like a nurse and my dad went to the war in Afghanistan. I actually didn’t really know what he was doing so I was like, ‘Cool Dad, go there,’ but then I found out and thought, 'Thank God he came back alive.'"

Sanjog

"He signed off last week, so he will be done by the end of this year. He’s done 24 years. I find that better because he will be around a lot. He likes watching us playing rugby, so he will get to see us more."

Lewis

"I’m going to a new place entirely. They don’t know anything about me and that’s a big restart and that’s really good for me."

Piaras

"I moved to Wales because my dad was posted in the Army. I thought I would get bullied and I was shy when you meet new people, but I made some friends."

Dan