Board Manager's blog
Welcome
Each month our board manager, Walter Lloyd-Smith, writes a blog reflecting on work and experiences from the past few weeks.
Walter's April blog (just a 5 minute read) asks the question - what helps to make people feel safe?
2023 Blogs
December 2023 - Recharging the battery ...
November 2023 - A broken door handle …
October 2023 - My own family got scammed: help change a damaging narrative on scamming
September 2023 - An epic failure, confirmation bias and the Japanese art of kintsugi
August 2023 - How the fridge helps us think about the essential safeguarding skills
July 2023 - C is for … Conversations in safeguarding ...
June 2023 - Quiz question … in the six safeguarding principles, what does ‘P’ stand for?
May 2023 - Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) … what now?
April 2023 - an 'undercurrent of unease'
March 2023 - A shirtless dancing guy and first followers: How to strengthen a movement against abuse and harm of adults
February 2023 - ‘You’re wondering now what to do’ …volunteering and safeguarding
January 2023 - The cost of a pint of milk … the cost of living crisis, system pressures and safeguarding
2022 Blogs
December 2022 - A small act … thank you
November 2022 - A takeaway coffee and the feedback loop …
October 2022 - Hadrian’s wall, building blocks for safeguarding …
September 2022 - Daily stretching …
August 2022 - A slow cooker as a piece of safeguarding kit …
July 2022 - 10 in 18 months …
June 2022 - A CD sort out …
May 2022 - 6 minutes or less...
April 2022 - How beekeeping made me think about the safeguarding needs of Ukraine refugees…
March 2022 - Home is where …
February 2022 - Risk vs safety – decisions, decisions!
January 2022 - Looking Forward
2021 Blogs
December 2021 - Wanted: safeguarding ‘ecosystem’ builders
November 2021 - How are you shaping your organisation’s safeguarding culture?
October 2021 - Middle lane motorway drivers and petroleum panic
September 2021 - Can you help me move this wardrobe?
August 2021 - Aardvark, Dr Johnson and the idea of an adult safeguarding ‘dictionary’
July 2021 – ‘High Vis’ safeguarding
May 2021 – How would you measure up? A fitness test for safeguarding
April 2021 – Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties... 'shipping forecast' for adult safeguarding
March 2021 – Lights, camera and thinking about clear messages
February 2021 – Snowflakes, making 'it felt' and resilience in safeguarding
January 2021 – A trusted scheme
2020 Blogs
Reflecting on 2020 – Inside the washing machine
December 2020 – Light on the road ahead
October 2020 – The drive home
September 2020 – A safeguarding consultation
August 2020 – PAT testing
July 2020 – Small acts
June 2020 – Defrosting my freezer
May 2020 – Daily exercise
April 2020 – Behind closed doors
March 2020 – A new landscape
February 2020 - Conversations on the stairs
January 2020 – Drive the learning
2019 Blogs
December 2019 – Knitting a safeguarding jumper
November 2019 – Ten minutes
October 2019 - Champions
September 2019 – Non-engagement
August 2019 – One small step
July 2019 – Conversation starter
May 2019 – Gears
April 2019 – Straw
March 2019 – Two bits of string
February 2019 – Grand designs
January 2019 – Safeguarding haircut