Why Business As Usual Isn't Working
The question many leaders are quietly asking Across local authorities, family hubs, education and children's social care, there is a growing sense...
The Healing Together Framework: a roadmap for sustainable trauma-informed practice
Why another framework? Across education, health and social care, there has never been greater awareness of trauma.
We’ve Had Trauma-Informed Training Isn’t a Good Commissioning Strategy
Because training attended is not the same as practice changed. If you work in commissioning, this will sound familiar:
How to Commission Implementation (Not Just Training)
Because training doesn’t change systems, implementation does.
What Are You Tolerating as a Commissioner That Needs to Stop
Because what we tolerate quietly shapes outcomes loudly. Commissioners are rarely short of responsibility, but they are often short of...
How Children’s Services End Up Busy but Not Effective
If you work in a local authority today, you don’t need another report to tell you demand is rising, complexity is increasing and scrutiny...
Commissioning a Service Isn’t Commissioning System Change for Children
You can meet every statutory duty, commission a “good” local provider, and still watch demand rise, crises spike, and scrutiny tighten. I...