A Break ‘Silver Lining Award’ is recognition for a group, individual or organisation that has achieved outstanding results* for Break Charity through key initiatives, helping the charity to #changeyounglives. This year is the first of these awards, sponsored by Aspiration Europe and Smith & Pinching, in conjunction with Ruth Elizabeth Events. The 'Silver Lining Awards' will be presented to the winners at a special 'Silver Lining Gala Evening' on Friday 14 October at Sprowston Manor, Norwich. The award categories and finalists are as follows: 1. Fundraising ‘Team of the Year’ Awarded to a group of people, of three or more, who have gone the extra mile to support Break Charity. This category is not judged purely on income raised. The judges will use the following criteria to judge this category:
Alan Boswell Arnolds Keys Colemans Opticians Leathes Prior Scouts The Cottage Hair & Beauty 2. Award for Innovation Awarded to a group, individual or organisation that has implemented a new initiative that has helped to promote the charity’s work, added value and profile of a shared event or helped to raise funds. The judges will use the following criteria to judge this category:
Archant Chapelfield Dipples Forum Jarrolds Longwater Construction Stephen Bourne (Mill House) Riverside 3. Corporate Partner of the Year Awarded for an outstanding partnership between a business and Break Charity, working together across a broad range of initiatives over a period of time. The judges will use the following criteria to judge this category:
Aspiration Europe Adrian Flux Almary Green Brandbank Ridgeons Shredstation The Beeston Group: Tim Haye 4. Silver Lining Long Term Supporter Award Awarded to a group, individual or organisation that has supported Break for a period of more than five years; making a significant input into the charity in general and the fundraising team specifically to enable growth and sustainability Nominees: Bawburgh Golf Club/Barnard Charity Golf Day Clapham and Collinge Dipple & Conway Prospect Handling Ribs of Beef Stody Estate For more information please contact Sarah Bunn on 07826 893368 or emailsarah.bunn@break-charity.org Tables for this Gala Evening, hosted by Break Patron, Jake Humphrey, are £475 per table to include a wonderful three-course dinner,and dancing to Atomic. To book a table please click here or call 01603 670109 or email ruth.lowe@break-charity.org *Results are calculated as a combination of fundraised income and non-financial input from companies into Break (gifts in kind, volunteers and support at events), in the period of January 2015 to April 2016 (Long Term Supporter category is calculated from April 2011 to April 2016). Consideration has also been given to the size of the company in relation to the amount of support given. The judging panel is made up of a cross section of representatives from Break, including young people we work with. Source: http://break-charity.org The Alliance for Children in Care and Care Leavers is recommending a child-centred outcomes framework to promote children’s emotional wellbeing and their recovery from traumatic past experiences. We’ve published a new report on why this should happen and put forward some recommendations for Government. You can also read the Alliance’s A New Vision here. If you’ve been keeping up with our blogs, you’ll be aware that the vast majority of children who come into care have had to deal with neglect or abuse, as well as feelings of loss after being separated from relatives and friends. Unsurprisingly, these experiences can have a profound impact upon children’s healthy development, their relationships with others, their behaviour, and their ability to keep safe. They are also at increased risk of developing a mental health difficulty. Yet we are still not effectively supporting children to recover from the abuse and neglect they should never have had to suffer. For care to be the best it can possibly be, children must be helped to make sense of and move forward from such adverse experiences. This can be achieved through loving day-to-day emotional support with the help of specialist mental health services if needed. But how can we know if we’re doing right by the children in our care? How can we know if any changes have the desired effect? Measuring emotional wellbeing One solution is to start measuring looked after children and care leavers’ emotional wellbeing. This isn’t required at the moment, so we can’t answer the question, how good is care? We don’t know whether care in one local area is better than in others, or who’s doing a really good job and so could share great practice. By asking children and young people how they are feeling about the care they are receiving and making sure carers and social workers have a say about this too, we would have a way of assessing good quality care. It would also enable us to swiftly recognise when the care children are receiving needs to improve. What do we actually measure now? Mental health difficulties through the SDQ: At the moment, local authorities use the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) as a measure for emotional and behavioural health, primarily for children between the ages of 4 and 17. Results are included in national data collection. Questions that need to be answered as ‘Not True’, ‘Somewhat True’ and ‘Certainly True’ include:
Furthermore, the way in which it is used means the information it provides is not acted upon effectively. It is often not analysed, either for the benefit of the individual child or to create a picture of the needs of children in care in the local area as a whole. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) do not always receive SDQ results, preventing an effective response to looked after children’s mental health needs. What do we need to measure? Wellbeing measures are not currently being captured by national datasets, which of course shape and influence the policies which are designed to protect and nurture them. And they are vital because they tell us about children’s own experiences of being in care, and how they are feeling. There are brilliant wellbeing measures available, such as the Outcome Rating Scale. This clinically validated tool measures children’s self-reported wellbeing, asking children to rate their own individual, interpersonal, social and overall wellbeing. What needs to change? The Government should:
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