BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1997@hcpc.scot DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260303T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260303T113000 DTSTAMP:20260302T124453Z URL:https://hcpc.scot/courses/community-of-practice-children-young-peoples -voices-bernadette-cairns-lou-kinnear/ SUMMARY:Community of Practice - Children & Young Peoples Voices - Bernadett e Cairns & Lou Kinnear DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first Community of Practice Session with speci al guests Bernadette Cairns and Lou Kinnear\; learn about why embedding th e strategy is so important and how some of our children from Armed Forces Families have been involved since it launched.\nConnect with practitioners across Highland\, and hear from local and national voices\, to explore ho w we can meaningfully embed the Highland Children &\; Young People Part icipation Strategy in everyday practice.\nLou Kinnear leads Highland Counc il’s MLG (Education) partnership\, a tri service collaboration establish ed in 2018 that brings together Armed Forces representatives\, specialist services\, third sector partners\, and\, most importantly\, children and y oung people.\nLou is the co author of My Rights to Wellbeing\, a training resource designed to help educators amplify pupils’ voices and strengthe n emotional literacy\, resilience and empowerment. Over the past 15 years\ , she has worked across Early Years\, Primary and Secondary contexts withi n Highland Council\, specialising in supporting children and young people with complex Additional Support Needs and social\, emotional and behaviour al needs\, and providing advice\, guidance and training to staff.\nMonthly sessions will include:\n\n\n Presentations from local or national speake rs\n Q&\;A to deepen understanding\n Time for conversation\, networki ng and informal sharing to support collaboration across Highland\n\nTogeth er\, we’ll look at how others are working with children and young people to bring the Strategy to life and strengthen participation across service s.\nOur work is underpinned by the Lundy Model of Participation\, the UNCR C\, GIRFEC\, and The Promise.\nSupporting rights‑based\, inclusive and r elational practice.\nOpen to all practitioners engaging with children and young people across Highland.\nThis session is suitable for all sectors an d any practitioner or manager working or engaging with Children and Famili es in Highland.\n\nThis is an online event.  Format will be presentation (presentation recorded only cameras and mics will be switched during this period)\, followed by question and answer session and group discussion (no t recorded).\n\nBooking link will be sent on confirmation of booking. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR