Basingstoke show
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31st March 2025
Holiday Inn Basingstoke, Grove Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 3EE
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Our Basingstoke 2025 speakers:
Richard Daniel Curtis
AMHIE Chair, internationally renowned social, emotional and mental health expert and mentor.
National Trends in Mental Health Strategy – Here we discuss trends over the last two years covering Ethos and Environment, Leadership and Management, Student Voice, Parents, Carers and Families, Staff Development, Identifying Needs and Monitoring Impact, Targeted Support and Curriculum, Teaching and Learning. An insight to help benchmark your setting against the rest of the country. National data based on the free online audit tool (https://audit.mentalhealthlead.com)
Carly Seymour
Kooth Regional Lead
The impact of providing young people with online counselling tools – This seminar will discuss the data and evidence of the impact of providing online tools to support mental health. Kooth has been delivering NHS support since 2001 and has worked with over a million young people. This has given us a unique insight into the wellbeing concerns of young people and how we can support them.
Kathy Jones
Owner, Goodlife Psychology
Leadership coaching in practice: The leading lights brief coaching intervention for school leaders and aspiring leaders. What is it and what difference can coaching make for leadership – In this session Dr Kathy Jones, experienced Educational and Coaching Psychologist and Director at Goodlife Psychology Ltd. will talk about the Leading Lights coaching intervention she has designed and piloted. Leading Lights is an extremely powerful online, evidence-based and cost-effective, four-session coaching intervention designed specifically for school leaders and aspiring leaders.
Maxine Smith
Equine Facilitator for Human Development, The Boundaried Horse
Horses and Heads: Unlocking Wellbeing for School Leaders – Rediscover Balance, Build Resilience, and Lead with Confidence Participants will learn how equine-facilitated approaches foster a greater sense of self-awareness, improve work-life balance, and create a ripple effect of positive change for themselves, their staff, and their students. Leave with a fresh perspective, equipped to lead with clarity, compassion, and confidence.
Ian Jefferies
Accredited Practitioner Coach and the founder of Young Minds Coaching C.I.C. , Noble Manhatten
Coaching and Core Life Skills – Performance’s missing link? What is Mindset Coaching? How does it differ from other forms of coaching, from therapy, from teaching? How can we coach to enhance core life skills development, not only to strengthen today’s young and their mental health, but also for our own support as we strive to cope in this ever-changing world? This workshop will provide you with tools and encouragement to elevate and enthuse yourself, your students and others towards their performance goals – and higher…. no matter what the neuro-status….
Sian Stevens
Regional Lead, Nudge Education
6 Cornerstones of Positive Wellbeing & Mental Health in Education – A proactive workshop developing strategies to improve wellbeing for young people. At Nudge, our interventions centre on 6 cornerstones, which supports young people in a transition back to education or the world of work, #ForALifeWorthLiving.
Danielle Chandler
Lecturer, Faculty of Science & Health, School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences, Portsmouth University
Understanding Lies: Promoting Honesty and Wellbeing in Children – This workshop will explore the psychology of lying in children, examining why children lie and the impact it has on their wellbeing. You will learn the importance of promoting honesty in young people to improve mental health and emotional development, and learn effective, age-appropriate strategies for encouraging truthfulness. Additionally, you will gain deception detection tips to use in everyday situations.
Claire Cannon
Educational Leadership Coach | National Inclusion Consultant – INSET days and CPD | DISC practitioner | Experienced SENCO and senior leader |
Working with’ not ‘fighting against’ wellbeing needs – Claire’s immersive workshop helps you experience the seven types of rest and gives you a chance to reflect on how your awareness of these will help translate into pupil wellbeing.