We archive our previous Resilience Forums and conferences as many have associated resources that are still useful, such as slides you can download, blogs you can read, films you can watch, links and suggestions for further reading.
Rethinking preventative wellbeing – 13 February 2018 – Blackpool Resilience Forum
Emotional distress is high among those experiencing financial strain. This talk reconceptualises much of the preventative work that happens in community settings beyond the confines of experts, psychiatrists and psychologists and their discourses.
Mentoring for professional resilience – 1 February 2018 – Brighton Resilience Forum
Mentoring can be a powerful tool for professional resilience. In this Resilience Forum we collaboratively looked at the concept of mentoring and how we can use mentoring for professional resilience and well-being in the workplace.
Hobbies, resilience & extracurricular activities – 5 December 2017 – Brighton Resilience Forum
We know a great deal about the benefits of developing a hobby, but we know less about how they are initiated and sustained, especially for children experiencing adversity in their young lives.
Children’s Communities – 20 November 2017 – Blackpool Resilience Forum
Karen will explain the concept of Children’s Communities, and present her experiences of being involved in their development in the North East of England. She will facilitate discussion about what messages are relevant to Blackpool.
Using technology to support resilience – 25 October 2017 – Brighton Resilience Forum
The aim of this Resilience Forum is to show and discuss what role ICT can take as a media to train and support individuals in adopting and implementing the Academic Resilience Approach in schools.
Our South Africa Experience – 29 September 2017 – Blackpool Resilience Forum
Come along to HeadStart Blackpool’s Resilience Forum to hear all about our experience in South Africa. The forum will show highlights from the Pathways International Resilience Conference which we were fortunate to attend.
British Science Festival – Redefining resilience – 9 September 2017 – Brighton
Being resilient isn’t about coping alone with a ‘stiff upper lip’. Rather being strong in the face of adversity involves accessing and using support. And sometimes it involves changing your socks not ‘pulling them up’.
Resilience and peer support in mental health – 20 July 2017 – Brighton Resilience Forum
Peer Support offers opportunities for those with ‘lived experience’ to provide services to those facing similar mental health challenges. Recent research suggests that peer support may increase resiliency and improve health outcomes.
COPs and Social Learning Theory – 30 June 2017 – Blackpool Resilience Forum
In social learning theory, learning is viewed, not merely as the acquisition of information and skills, but primarily as our changing ability to participate in the world: participation is not merely a context for learning, it is its core constituent.
Arts activist approach to drought resilience – 9 June 2017 – Brighton Resilience Forum
This theatre workshop focussed on “the self as a starting point” using mapping to explore, communicate, share and make sense of personal narratives in relation to wider issues of human security, such as drought.
Resilient Therapy – Does it work? – 15 March 2017 – Brighton Resilience Forum
Helen introduced what life was really like in her family before her involvement in the world of resilience, and how she and her boys have, separately and together, progressed along their life journeys over the last 10 years.
Resilient young parents – 21 February 2017 – Brighton Resilience Forum
A brief summary of the Family Nurse Partnership and highlights of the evidence that it can make a difference for vulnerable mothers and their children.