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Service family support: SSCE Cymru network webinar

Date: 12th October 2022

Time: 14:00-16:30

Platform: MS Teams

AGENDA

1. SSCE Cymru support

·        Service Family guide

·        Information for Service children

·        Service children ambassadors

·        Learning Welsh

2. Network member presentations/workshops:

·        Armed Forces Families Federations

·        TGP Cymru

·        Reading Force

·        Royal Navy Family and People Support (RN FPS)

3. Good practice example

·        Mount Street Infant School, Powys

4. Funding opportunities

·        AFCFT: Forces for Change

5. Panel Q&A

1. SSCE Cymru support

Service Family guide

Yasmin Todd, Senior Regional School Liaison Officer for West Wales

Information for Service children

Emilee Kinsey, Regional School Liaison Officer for East Wales

Service children ambassadors

Joanna Wolfe, SSCE Cymru Participation Lead Officer

Learning Welsh

Cara Lloyd-Roberts, Regional School Liaison Officer for North Wales

2. Network member presentations/workshops

Armed Forces Families Federations

Naval Families Federation – Becky Lovell, Education & Childcare Policy Advisor

RAF Families Federation – Ali Stokes, Policy Advisor (Education and Childcare)

Reading Force

Elaine Boorman, Service Delivery Manager

Royal Navy Family and People Support (RN FPS)

Jo Gower, RN FPS Engagement and Communications

3. Good practice example

Mount Street Infant School, Powys

Delyth Marshman

4. Funding opportunities

AFCFT: Forces for Change

 

5. Panel Q&A

See more case studies here

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