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Wellbeing support: SSCE Cymru network webinar

Date: 6th April 2022

Time: 14:00-16:30

Platform: MS Teams

 

AGENDA

1. RSLO support

  • Case management
  • CPD training

2. Network member presentations/workshops:

  • Little Troopers: Wellbeing course
  • Forces Fitness: Health, Wellbeing and Resilience programme
  • Making Generation R: Resilience through inspiration
  • Relate Cymru

3. Good practice examples

  • Pembrokeshire County Council: Forces Fitness project

4. Funding opportunities

  • Armed Forces Education Trust

5. Panel Q&A

Very beneficial, lots to take away, lots of links to other support.

Loads of information and support.

Really enjoyed the presentation by Tuey about Making Generation R.

1. RSLO support

Case Management support

Caitlin Woodland, Former Regional School Liaison Officer for Service children in East Wales

CPD training

Yasmin Todd, Regional School Liaison Officer for Service children in West Wales

2. Network member presentations/workshops

Little Troopers: Wellbeing course

Louise Fetigan, Operations Manager

Forces Fitness: Health, Wellbeing and Resilience programme

Sean Molino, Managing Director

Making Generation R: Resilience through inspiration

Tuey Critchfield, Project Manager

3. Good practice examples

Pembrokeshire County Council: Forces Fitness project

Kelly Hamid, Strategic & Operational (responsible for service children)

4. Funding opportunities

Armed Forces Education Trust

Charmian Hickman, Chief Executive

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