resilience

A collection of 25 posts

storytelling

Everyone is a Story-Teller

We often think of storytelling as something creative — a fun activity or a way to pass the time. But it can be so much more than that. For all of us – young and old – storytelling is a powerful tool for emotional growth, mental wellbeing, and resilience. And it’s never

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We All Need Role Models – Especially the Real Kind

Exploring the urgent need for authentic role models in a world of toxic influencers. Inspired by Gareth Southgate’s Richard Dimbleby Lecture and the Netflix docu-drama Adolescence, this piece dives into how we can build better communities, connection, and conversation with young people.

gratitude

An attitude of gratitude

What do you have to be grateful for? Seems like an odd question, right? But science has shown that practicing gratitude regularly has several well-being benefits. Whether you practice gratitude when you need a quick pick-me-up, when you can’t get yourself motivated, or when you just want to take

active

Take on a challenge for Phase

It's Easter weekend, spring has sprung AND for the first time ever next month is… *drumroll please* ...Phase Active April!!! Throughout the month we’re asking people to consider signing up for events or challenges taking place in the coming year from tough mudder to triathlon.  To start

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Resilient Women

Today is international women's day, a day where we celebrate women in our lives who guide us, lead us and have a special place in our hearts as well as highlighting the groundbreaking work of women across countless sectors, there are so many lessons we can learn from

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Building Our Resilience

I recently went to hear Patrick Regan (Founder and CEO of Kintsugi Hope) speak on his Tour of the Bouncing Forwards Book [https://kintsugihope.com/tour]. At Phase, we are passionate about building resilience in young people, so I always love to listen to other people who are passionate about

mental health

What is normal now...

Hello Phase friends Sending Spring good wishes to everyone. As I’m writing this it’s sunny and I’m in the warmest room in my house even though I know in real life it’s only 10 degrees outside! This week’s blog is a ponder on the unlocking.

anxiety

Looking ahead and moving forward...

Our Director, Kieran, takes stock of what we have ahead of us as a nation (and town of Hitchin) and offers practical advice for this last stretch of lockdowns and restrictions... It was exciting news from PM Boris Johnson as he announced the roadmap for the way out of lockdown

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Resilience in a Pandemic

> "We have all been in the same storm but not the same boat." We are all experiencing this pandemic, but our experiences will all be very different. Some of us would have experienced grief, loss, whether that’s loss of a loved one, loss of a job

mentoring

Mentoring

Why and How Mentoring works... At Phase we are passionate about equipping children and young people so that they don't just survive but thrive as they journey through life. We love to help children and young people build good wellbeing and resilience. At Phase we have the opportunity

learning

"The beautiful thing about learning is no one can take it away from you." B.B. King

Coronavirus

Finding your strengths

In the first of a mini-series from guest contributor Sarah Crittenden, we will explore what strengths are, ways to work out yours , and how to make the most of them, applying them in your daily life. Sarah is a strengths coach and knows her mustard! She helps people and teams

mentoring

Mentoring Online

At Phase we are passionate about equipping children and young people so that they don't just survive but thrive as they journey through life. We love to help children and young people build good wellbeing and resilience. At Phase we have the opportunity to do this in a

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Coping with Change

We are in a time where we are all having to adapt, find new routines and rhythms, as what we previously knew and understood has changed. As I was reflecting on how we cope with change, and what I have personally found helpful during this time, three things came to

6th form

Grow Workshops

Guest blog from Olivia Truscott, a sixth form volunteer for Grow. Over the past term, we have started a year 5 workshop series called Grow, looking at building resilience, understanding emotions, and managing change and disappointment. We have had an amazing team of 6th form students from local Hitchin schools

mentoring

Mentoring; a space to grow

What do you do if you don’t know how to do something, say some DIY? Perhaps you would look for some videos on Youtube [https://www.youtube.com], read some articles or even call a friend you know who has the knowledge you need. In a small way this

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R is for Resilience

How would you define resilience? This is the question that we get the students thinking about when we deliever our year 7 and year 8 resilience workshops. As part of the work of Phase, we deliver workshops to students in year 7 and year 8 looking at the topic of

perspective

Start how you mean to go on

New school year, new start. A new start to me often feels like starting a new exercise book when I was at school, where I would promise to myself to keep this one neat, clean and tidy. Sadly it was something that I rarely managed. But I’m old and

team

How do you do!

I am a couple of months into my Phase job and the time has flown by. I am working in the office supporting with admin and comms stuff and generally helping things tick along. Things I have learned since arriving: 1. Phase is super organised and focused on its reason

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Top tips to build resilience

Resilience is a bit of a buzz word right now, but what is it, why is it needed and most importantly, how do we build it? In this blog post I want to answer these questions and give you 10 great tips on how to build your resilience whether your

Young People

Being Part of the Phase Team...

You are meant to thrive, not just survive. On Monday 3rd September 2018 I started working for a charity based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, called Phase as their Wellbeing Lead. Before this I was in Christchurch, Dorset working as a Youth Worker for a Baptist church, whilst also studying on the

wellbeing

My return to work at Phase

As many of you know, I went on maternity leave last year after giving birth to my beautiful little girl Juno (who is now a proper toddler...how did that happen?!) I returned to my job at Phase this year in February and since then have been trying to learn

Art challenge

How I won even though I failed

This post is supposed to be all about how I got on with the June Wellbeing challenge. I write them, I decide what we're doing, I even Instagrammed it and this is the point where I show you some amazing artwork 😳but he’s the thing I didn’

fundraising

Fair in the Square

On Saturday 23rd September 10am - 2pm we have an exciting event happening in Hitchin - Fair in the Square! There will a whole host of stalls and activities to get involved with. There will be something for all the family - bake stall, great quality second-hand books and DVD&

funding

Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund

Please support us by voting for PhaseHitchin in the Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund. http://www.galaxyhotchocolate.com/fund/profiles/phasehitchin We are developing our transition programme for year 6's and we would love to give each child a stretchy man to demonstrate and help them remember the importance