Transitions

13/10/2022

We absolutely understand that it is a difficult time financially for people at the moment, so please only donate if you can.

We were lucky enough to get through the nomination stage of Mudcontrol’s charity campaign. There are 2 weeks left if you would like to buy us a mat! These mats make such a huge difference to both people and animals at Transitions and we really appreciate each and every donation!

Transitions CIC is a Yorkshire based community interest company founded by Hannah Brown.Transitions aims to provide a safe, supportive and stimulating space, where individuals and groups can engage with activities that facilitate physical, mental or emotional development.​We bring together people,...

01/03/2022

We are recruiting! Our Alternative Provision is expanding and we are looking for an experienced practitioner to join our team. If you're passionate about working with young people, are qualified to lead outdoor learning or equine therapy and you would like to join the Transitions team we would love to hear from you.
For more detail and how to apply follow the link
https://1drv.ms/b/s!Ag0H_ZjJjnMZhnnvrhJksTyxwUpG?e=QwRSMf

10/12/2021

Do you know of anyone living in York who is struggling with mental health or social isolation?

Our ‘Well-being Through Connection’ project could help. We are combining 1:1 Equine Therapy with group outdoor well-being sessions. This is an opportunity to connect with yourself, other people, horses and nature.

This project is kindly funded by the JRHT York Committee and Awards for All. Places are free of charge and we are specifically aiming to reach people who would otherwise be unable to afford this type of support.

If you would like more information please do get in touch at info@transitionscic.co.uk

10/12/2021

Our herd enjoying some summer sun and blue skies this morning whilst munching on their breakfast. We love our hard standing area and highly recommend mudcontrol mats! Mudcontrol

06/11/2021

How we make sense of a child's difficulties can have a huge impact on how we support them. This formulation tree is great graphic shorthand for all the areas to explore and think about when trying to make sense of what is going on.

14/10/2021

Thought for the day 💕 we still have places available for our ‘well-being through connection project’. Please do reach out if you feel we can help.

13/09/2021

Do you know of anyone living in York who is struggling with mental health or social isolation?

Our ‘Well-being Through Connection’ project could help. We are combining 1:1 Equine Therapy with group outdoor well-being sessions. This is an opportunity to connect with yourself, other people, horses and nature.

This project is kindly funded by the JRHT York Committee, places are free of charge and we are specifically aiming to reach people who would otherwise be unable to afford this type of support.

If you would like more information please do get in touch at info@transitionscic.co.uk

30/07/2021

In August we are launching our ‘Well-being Through Connection’ project, aimed at supporting adults in York who are struggling with social isolation and/or mental health. This project combines 1:1 Equine Therapy with group outdoor well-being sessions and offers a space to connect with yourself, other people, horses and nature. This project is kindly funded by the JRHT York Committee, places are free of charge and we are specifically aiming to reach people who would otherwise be unable to afford this type of support.
If you would like more information please do get in touch at info@transitionscic.co.uk

23/07/2021

We have had a very busy few months! In April Transitions became an approved Alternative Provision through York City council. We have had a wonderful term working with our students doing Equine Therapy, Thrive and Forest school. We wish them all a wonderful summer!

Friday Thought 💭

To everyone breaking up over the next week or so, we wish you all a wonderful, relaxing and well-deserved summer holiday - enjoy!

Credit: Charlie Mackesy

16/07/2021

🌳We still have some places available for our summer holiday Forest Schools days ☺️Carlshead farm on 27th, 28th July and 17th, 18th August. 🌳
These sessions take place in a beautiful private woodland and are a chance for children to explore, play, learn and make new friends. Activities include; fire lighting, tree climbing, tool use, hammocks, crafts, woodland games, using ropes and den building!

https://buytickets.at/transitionsyorkcic

06/07/2021

🌳 Summer holiday Forest School @ Carlshead farm. 27th & 28th of July and the 17th & 18th of Aug. Email info@transitionscic.co.uk for more information or book here https://buytickets.at/transitionsyorkcic 🌳

29/05/2021

At Transitions our whole approach is based on ‘improving well-being one relationship at a time’. PACE is key in achieving this, whoever we are working with 🥰

PACE is an attitude that helps us connect with our children in a relational, rather than a behavioural way. It is useful whether we are parents or carers, or part of the team around the child. PACE stands for playfulness, acceptance, curiosity & empathy. It was created by Dan Hughes, the founder of DDP & based on what goes on between a parent and very young child. We are naturally PACE-ful with little ones. Imagine talking to a baby & the tone & language we might use. We’re animated, we chatter to them - wondering if they’re hungry, tired, happy. We connect with them emotionally as we think about their internal state, mentalising their experience. Curiosity & empathy is at the centre of this & total acceptance of emotions & thoughts - they’re neither right nor wrong, they just are. We’re being playful & delighting in them.
As our child gets older, somehow, we tend to lose this PACE-fulness. We have different expectations. We give more instructions & correction. Playfulness & mentalising are not at the centre of the relationship anymore. So, our emotional connection with our child rest on what we've done earlier in their life to communicate acceptance, curiosity & empathy. An older child still knows that we unconditionally love and support them – even when setting limits for them – because of that early relationship building.
Developmentally traumatised children don’t have this foundation of good early relationships. They missed out on early PACE-fulness & the secure sense of self & others that this provides. If their adoptive parent or carer gets impatient with them, they have no sense that their parent gets their internal experience & loves them. So, PACE is an attitude to adopt not as a technique but as a way of being. It's a way of being, designed to help the child feel more secure, not a technique to change behaviour. Persistent PACE-fulness & connection before correction to heal hurt hearts & minds.

29/05/2021

28/05/2021

🌳 We still have some places available for our Half Term Forest School club on 1st June at Carlshead Farm🌳
The day will involve a variety of activities including fire lighting, den building, games, using tools, craft, using ropes, lounging in hammocks and generally having fun!
Please get in touch by email if you would like more information or to book your place info@transitionscic.co.uk

28/05/2021

🥰 This underpins everything we do at Transitions 🥰

This week's Friday thought - the power of connection 💭

Credit: Brené Brown

21/05/2021

🌳 We have some places available for our Half Term Forest School club on 1st June at Carlshead Farm🌳
The day will involve a variety of activities including fire lighting, den building, games, using tools, craft, using ropes, lounging in hammocks and generally having fun! It will also probably involve getting pretty muddy if the current weather is anything to go by! 😩 🤣
Please get in touch by email if you would like more information or to book your place info@transitionscic.co.uk

06/03/2021

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In twenty years time...
People will not ask the children of 2020 if they caught up with their studies.
They will not ask them what grades they made, despite the year off school.
They will ask them with wonder ‘what was it like?’
They will ask them ‘how did you cope?’
‘How did you feel?’
‘What do you remember of those days?”
They will listen in awe to the tales of clapping on doorsteps for the medical workers.
They will sit open-mouthed to hear of daily walks being the only life we saw and how much we missed human contact and gatherings.
They will be amazed to know about empty supermarkets, online concerts, birthdays spent on a screen and a life lived inside.

They will listen, then sit back with amazement and say, ‘Wow. You went through so much.’

So think about what you would like your children to take away from this whole year.
Tell them they are not behind.
Tell them they are not missing out.
Tell them they are extremely special indeed and they will be forever made stronger by this unique time.
Tell them catching up is not even a thing because they have grown so much in so many other ways.

Remind them too of the fun stuff, the family jigsaws, the window rainbows, the zoom bingo.
The feeling of safety and togetherness amidst the chaos.

Let them take that thought with them through life.
Change the narrative now and it will travel far.

Tell the children they are not behind.
They are special.

They are special.

Donna Ashworth

Author of History Will Remember: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08BDWY9CP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_CDJ7HT21W7TT3ZGNN9D6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

And ‘to the women’ : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08LRGWY74/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_OYLVFbX4YR91V



Painting by Samantha Shirley