Thriving Lives Toolkit CPD conferences
This project, funded by the Ministry of Defence's Education Support Fund, with match funding from Uni Connect, brings schools together to embed the SCiP Alliance Thriving Lives Toolkit. Conference resources and materials developed centrally are now being used by SCiP Alliance Hubs across the country to run virtual CPD conferences introducing schools to the Toolkit's evidence base and structure, and facilitating a range of practice workshops and discussions.
Details and recordings of all the conferences are available on this site's individual Hub pages.
Impact
Schools across the UK accessed not only the toolkit but the networking and support of their local Hub community. In addition to supporting completion of the toolkit, the conferences created connections and communities of practice across the network and brought Hub members together around the shared goal and success of hosting an online conference for their school community. Delegates completing evaluation forms and live polling on mentimeter agreed that the events had met the stated conference outcomes. 100% of delegates rated their event as excellent or good. 99% now feel confident to use the Thriving Lives toolkit, understand more about how to support Service children and know who else can help.
Delegates appreciated the range of information, the networking, the opportunity to hear from other practitioners and from children themselves and the space to reflect on their practice. Those new to the agenda or with a small Service population made connections with other schools and support organisations.
Next steps
The conference resources and learning are available on these pages and have been shared through the Hub network. The SCiP Alliance team remains happy to support further conferences using these resources.
