Newsletter May 2020

Our most recent newsletter has been sent to all our EFS champions and is now available to read below.  If you would like to receive our newsletter via email please contact us.

Research

Alice Wignall, Trainee Educational Psychologist, is asking EFS Champions whether the EFS programme has had an impact in their settings. This research is being conducted independently from the EFS team, so any feedback will not impact on your EFS or accreditation status.

The anonymous online questionnaire (link below) should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. Participation in this research is entirely voluntary. The questionnaire will close on Friday 15th May 2020.

If you have any questions about this research, you can contact Alice (alice.tittle@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk) or Dr Catherine Kelly, project supervisor. (catherine.kelly@manchester.ac.uk).

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE QUESTIONNAIRE

Emotionally Friendly Settings Conference Update

As you may have anticipated, this year’s EFS conference on Tuesday 19th May has been postponed due to the current guidance around COVID-19. The conference will now take place on Tuesday 10th November, 2020, at Leigh Sports Village. The theme of this year’s conference is Emotionally Friendly Communities: Where Everyone Can Thrive.

Any bookings for the previous date in May will be automatically carried over, if you still wish to attend you do not need to complete the booking form again. However, if you can no longer attend, please let us know by responding to this email and we will cancel your reservation. If you are interested in attending our EFS Conference in November and have not yet booked a place, our booking is now open using the following link. Please note, all attendees must complete the form individually.

https://forms.gle/sHpo4CMqR9tkgvjx5

EFS Primary Manual

We are excited to announce that our NEW Primary EFS Manual is now available on the EFS website inside the members area, here: https://www.emotionallyfriendly.co.uk/members-area/manuals/. Please use your individual login details to access this area.

If you have recently received training and are waiting for your physical copy of the new manual, these will be delivered to you as soon as social distancing restrictions have been lifted.

If you already have a physical copy of our previous manual and would like to purchase a copy of our new manual, these are now available to order at an introductory offer cost of £80. These will also be delivered to you as soon as social distancing restrictions have been lifted

If you wish to order a new manual please contact us.

COVID-19 Resources

We now have a range of COVID-19 specific resources available on our website, https://www.emotionallyfriendly.co.uk/resources/. New content is continually being added, so please keep checking back for updates.

Additionally, attached to this email are a range of information posters from Kooth, a free, safe and anonymous counselling, information and online forum service for mental health that young people aged 11+ can self-refer into.