www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... off topic but I must have listened to Russell's Reith Lectures a dozen times. Mainly because they're interesting but also because I get ensorcelled by his voice.

@theresthistory.bsky.social just did a series on Mary and talked a lot about Jenny Wormauld's biography. Not read it myself but it sounded both good and excoriating!

Chuckling here in Bedfordshire. Tempsford literally has the A1 running through it. It's not Asgard.

Biased I may be but Camden young people really are something extraordinarily special. When the people closest to the system and the people most affected by the system come together to change the system, magic can happen. Cant wait to see where they take this next.

3. 'Showing by doing' matters a whole lot more in relational practice training than whatever you've written on a slide deck. You know relational practice when you see it and feel it. Same deal must apply when you're teaching it.

2. Our professional world in childrens services needs to shed its obsession with jargon and fancy words. We really really don't need it and we should examine why we think we do.

So much to reflect on but three things at the front of my mind:

1. Young people know what they want and need from relationships with professionals. They'll tell you about it if you create a space that privileges their voice and influence. Lundy principles help participatory design no end.

The young people are on a mission - to take Camden's relational practice framework, deconstruct it, and design a practice session they can deliver themselves.

Their motivation? To make sure women and girls in difficult situations get a positive experience of the professionals who want to help them

Today was the first collaborative session of a group of Camden Youth Assembly members, Camden Youth Service, Fitzrovia Youth In Action and the Camden Centre for Relational Practice. Young people initiated the project after leading a youth assembly on VAWG last year.

I'm so glad it's not just me, I keep expecting Steve Bunce to pipe up on the tiebreaks.

Came home from the big shop with a Biscoff vienetta. I have never been more popular.

You were in my mind today, Georgia. We were at the Living Centre with residents and children's services staff working together on our latest participatory design project. Think you would have loved it! Hope you and family are all well.

Might be of interest @cormacrussell.bsky.social @jamestplunkett.bsky.social @jimbaggaley.bsky.social

Every Child Matters. A real unifying vision for childhood that everyone could name and understand their part in it.And it was located in a broader range of cross-departmental policies that worked in service to it more often than not.