So over the past couple of weeks I have been really busy looking at our organisations safeguarding, reviewing cases and consulting with our staff. I have developed some bespoke training sessions for our teams and have really focussed these upon training gaps and reoccurring challenges in responding to safeguarding concerns. I have delivered four…
YMCA Liverpool and Sefton have signed up the Liverpool’s Safeguarding Pledge 2020. Check out this video of our Chief Executive Ellie McNeil reading aloud part of the pledge, along with fellow members of Liverpool Safeguarding Adults Board: https://youtu.be/v_q9jtkFyag For more information about Merseyside Adult Safeguarding Board visit: https://www.merseysidesafeguardingadultsboard.co.uk/ #SafeguardingAdultsWeek #MakingSafeguardingPersonal
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance an annual observance honouring the memory of transgender & gender diverse people whose lives have been lost during the last twelve months in acts of anti-transgender violence. A total of 3664 trans and gender diverse people were reported as killed in 75 countries between January 2008 and September 2020….
Our colleague Cheryll has written a blog about their brother Charlie! People who know me, know I am super proud of my brother Charlie. Over the last couple of years Charlie has grown into a wonderful man and I’ll tell anyone who will listen how amazing he is and about his trans journey. So I…
Our Director of Homeless Services Hayley Jones is delivering a spotlight session at 3pm today to mark #AdultSafeguardingWeek. To watch, click this link or copy and paste into your browser: http://Click here to join the meeting
“When I was 21, I met Charlie, he was happy, relaxed and looked free. I met Charlie when I needed him most. I was slowly running out of labels to help on my way to be happy, tomboy, lesbian, butch, female…. Charlie opened my eyes and showed me the way. When I was 21,…
Today marks the beginning of National Safeguarding Adults Week 2020. One of the most important roles of YMCA Liverpool & Sefton is to ensure that the adults we support are safe from abuse, exploitation and harm. This week is a great opportunity for us to raise awareness and show you how we ensure that our…
Growing up mixed race in Britain can mean different things to different people. To me, it has brought the benefit of the influence of different cultures and countries, but it has also brought the pain of the intergenerational trauma of racism and a feeling of growing up like I somehow don’t fit in. But these…
It feels amazing to be back at YMCA Liverpool & Sefton, returning following maternity leave after having my beautiful daughter Edith! I have returned to my role albeit on a part time basis as my ace ‘oppo’ Becky is covering the other elements of staff Learning & Development and is doing a brilliant job…
YMCA Liverpool & Sefton has been on a journey to become a psychologically informed service using Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) as our means to understand service users, processes, people, teams and systems spanning over 5 years. Beginning as one off training and emerging into CAT case management throughout our services and systems has been enlightening,…
