Viewing blogs by tag: resilience
Start how you mean to go on
Kieran Murphy | 6th September 2019
New school year, new start. A new start to me often feels like starting a new exercise book when I was at school, where I would promise to myself to keep this one neat, clean and tidy. Sadly it was something that I rarely managed. But I’m old and wiser (or at least I like to think so!). So how do we start the way we mean to go? How do we move from
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How do you do!
Elizabeth Feltoe | 23rd July 2019
I am a couple of months into my Phase job and the time has flown by. I am working in the office supporting with admin and comms stuff and generally helping things tick along. Things I have learned since arriving: Phase is super organised and focused on its reason for being here. I have worked in a few small charities and none of them have been qui
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Top tips to build resilience
Kieran Murphy | 27th June 2019
Resilience is a bit of a buzz word right now, but what is it, why is it needed and most importantly, how do we build it? In this blog post I want to answer these questions and give you 10 great tips on how to build your resilience whether your a teenager or a have few more years on the clock. What is resilience? Resilience is our abilty to cope wi
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Being Part of the Phase Team...
Hannah Dengate | 17th January 2019
You are meant to thrive, not just survive. On Monday 3rd September 2018 I started working for a charity based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, called Phase as their Wellbeing Lead. Before this I was in Christchurch, Dorset working as a Youth Worker for a Baptist church, whilst also studying on the MA Course at Moorlands Bible College. Why move 163 miles
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My return to work at Phase
Donna Wade | 20th July 2018
As many of you know, I went on maternity leave last year after giving birth to my beautiful little girl Juno (who is now a proper toddler...how did that happen?!) I returned to my job at Phase this year in February and since then have been trying to learn the art of juggling parenthood and work, learning much in the process. I have been exhausted
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How I won even though I failed
Sasha Austin-Seade | 29th June 2018
This post is supposed to be all about how I got on with the June Wellbeing challenge. I write them, I decide what we're doing, I even Instagrammed it and this is the point where I show you some amazing artwork 😳but he’s the thing I didn’t do it.🤭 Here's what happened. As much as I'd like to believe it, I'm not a superhero - now I can do pretty a
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Fair in the Square
Kieran Murphy | 8th September 2017
On Saturday 23rd September 10am - 2pm we have an exciting event happening in Hitchin - Fair in the Square! There will a whole host of stalls and activities to get involved with. There will be something for all the family - bake stall, great quality second-hand books and DVD's to buy, some physical challenges to pitch yourself against others, bounc
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Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund
Sasha Austin-Seade | 9th November 2016
Please support us by voting for PhaseHitchin in the Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund. http://www.galaxyhotchocolate.com/fund/profiles/phasehitchin We are developing our transition programme for year 6's and we would love to give each child a stretchy man to demonstrate and help them remember the importance of building resilience. This money can help us do
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