The Mulberry Bush

Your donations will be doubled ✨💙 Until Tuesday 10th December at midday, all donations to The Mulberry Bush will be doubled, up to our target amount of £40,000. Through the Big Give Christmas Challenge, you will be able to double your support and help transform the lives of children and young people who have been affected by substantial early years trauma Here are some examples of what your donations will be going towards ☺️ Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eT3nvyBy #mulberrybushcharity #biggivechristmaschallenge #charity #support #transformingtroubledlivestogether

I had the absolute pleasure of visiting The Mulberry Bush school yesterday and what an amazing place. A therapeutic school supporting many young people. It was inspiring and humbling in so many ways. Jessica Hooper thank you so much for having me. You and the team show passion, love and dedication to make the lives of the young people you support better and that there is some calm after the storm. I can’t even put into words the difference you make in their young lives and they will remember you forever. So sad that it’s needed but so glad that you’re there. HfL we need The Mulberry Bush in Herts

Today we had our annual Christmas lights switch on. The houses look beautiful and the hot chocolate was equally good!

One donation, Twice the impact 💙 The #BigGiveChristmasChallenge is now live. Your donations throughout this week will be doubled £1 becomes £2 £5 becomes £10 £10 becomes £20 Your donations directly support the vulnerable children we look after who have been affected by early years trauma. This year, the funds will go towards providing them outdoor play equipment and outdoor experiences they've never had the opportunity to have before 🌲🪵🏕 To donate, please visit https://lnkd.in/ehhiDQZR #mulberrybushcharity #biggive #onedonation #twicetheimpact #transformingtroubledlivestogether

Just in case you missed us, earlier this week, some of the Team were at the Conpass Jobs Fair We had two seminars on the day; Relational Practice in Therapeutic residential schools and Building resilient organisations: The role of reflective supervision when working with trauma 🩵 #mulberrybushcharity #compass #socialworkshow #childhoodtrauma #beingreadytolearn

Delighted to be attending the Children & Young People Now Awards tonight 😊🏆 Our level 4 in therapeutic childcare is nominated for the workforce award. Fingers crossed it goes our way 🤞 Win or lose this is a massive achievement to be nominated and reflects the amazing work and high standard of training our Outreach team provide 💙 #mulberrybushcharity #cypnow #childrenandyoungpeople #awards #nominated #proud #outreach #training

 Parikrma Humanity Foundation are having their own Champions League Football this week and we wish we could join in! While we are miles away, our children have been enjoying a game of football this week in the spirit of taking part ⚽ 💙 #mulberrybushcharity #parikrma_foundation #support #childwellbeing #teamsport

😮💨 A busy busy day! 3️⃣ school visits in one day! 🌿The first 2 half day schools visits consisted of school improvement partner visits with a specific focus on embedding Nurture and the 6 Principles of Nurture into whole school culture. I was so impressed with how well both schools are doing and it was an extra treat spending some time in one of the nurture rooms for a while! ☘️My final school visit was a twilight reflective forum with a staff team. We were able to think about the impact of working alongside a particular child, reflect on an observation I completed a few weeks ago and create a clear 6 stages of distress plan for all staff to use and refer too. It felt a really productive session which the staff shared ‘gosh, we needed this opportunity to just stop, think, share and be put back in touch with what the child may be telling us’. And that ladies and gentlemen is the day in the life of an Outreach practitioner… ☺️ The Mulberry Bush

What an achievement ✨🎉 Last week, we had the pleasure of attending the Princess Royal Training Award Ceremony to collect our award for our Foundation Degree. This is the 2nd time our Foundation Degree in Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People has won the award in recognition of its outstanding training and skills development. Head of our foundation degree Dawn Davidson, FdA tutor Colin Lutman and newly graduated FdA student Emily Payne were there on the day to meet the Princess Royal and collect the award. A huge congratulations are in order to everyone involved in with the Foundation Degree and winning this award. From our tutors and UWE Bristol to all of our graduates. We couldn't be more proud 💙 #mulberrybushcharity #awardwinning #training #foundationdegree #stafftraining #staffdevelopment #children #youngpeople