National Leadership Network (NLN) which Staf are lead hosts of alongside our partners at CYCJ, Columba 1400, Resilience Learning Partnership and Who Cares? Scotland.
National Leadership Network Year 1 report
We have just produced an easy-to-read report for the first official year of the Network.
Steering Group
The Steering Group are continuing to develop a process for how this year’s funding should be allocated. Deciding on how all Steering Group decisions are made and communicated is the main priority for the group just now. They have decided on how a small pot of money earmarked for individual grants will be spent and will start to work on how this is monitored, evaluated, and reported on. At the most recent meeting the group gave feedback on the trauma training they recently did with RLP and were considering an opportunity to support work with CYCJ.
National Leadership Network Consultants
One of the NLN Consultants is working with a member of the Steering Group on developing volunteering within the National Leadership Network.
Another Consultant is working on how best to promote the learning resource that the NLN has made in partnership with CELCIS.
They are working on supporting the next roadshow session which will hopefully take place with National House Project (Fife).
They have just ordered 50 x NLN hoodies. These will be for Steering Group members, consultants, hosts, and staff. But please look out for the chance to win a hoodie via our social media platforms soon!
Finally, they are working on a presentation to tell the story of what the Consultants achieved when they were known as the NLN Interim Oversight Board which will go alongside a podcast .
Engagement with partners and allies
NLN staff attended a Mindset in Social Care session in Stirling this month which was hosted by Winning Scotland. This was a great day to hear about projects with a focus on growth mindset developing in residential and secure care settings.
It was fantastic to catch up with Thomas Carlton from The Promise this month. This was a great opportunity to give updates on both projects and it was great to hear Thomas talk enthusiastically about the way the NLN is developing. It was heartening to hear Thomas say that he felt the NLN was not only doing its bit to Keep The Promise, but it was actually building on The Promise.
This month staff from the NLN took part in research regarding the development of a learning channel which is another strand of the Life Changes Trust legacy.
To mark Foster Care Fortnight the NLN and The Fostering Network (Scotland) are putting on a fun quiz with prizes to be won. For more information and to register to join the quiz, click here.
Comms
This month the NLN comms team met to develop a plan for year two of the project. There were also fruitful discussions on the Year 1 report, external feedback, and key messaging within the project.
Training and Development
Working with the Staf staff team Gary and Lisa have recently taken part in NES Trauma Training. This along with previous training with Resilience Learning Partnership has been a great foundation in the National Leadership Network developing trauma informed principles in practice.
Gary and Lisa also attended Each and Every Child reframing training this month hosted by Staf.
Life Changes Trust legacy leads
This month the lead staff from the LCT legacy projects met and gave updates on all the projects. There were also discussions on year 1 reporting for all the projects and the possibility of one of the NLN Consultants supporting LCT legacy work.
External feedback
A report has been produced on external feedback received on the first official year of the National Leadership Network. 15 individuals from various projects and organisations took the time to reply to four questions via a questionnaire. The NLN Consultants are currently reviewing all the information compiled.
For more information contact gary@thenln.org
