St Margaret's Education Services

09/02/2022

Are you looking for some high quality content to watch from the comfort of your own home and find out more about FASD? Did you miss our fantastic Understanding FASD webinar from last year’s Adoption Week Scotland? Then look no further than our YouTube channel! Like and subscribe now and start watching! http://ow.ly/iCp950HPh3S

11/11/2021

Thank you so much to Trinity High School for taking part in our Walk 1,000 Steps With St Margaret’s sponsored walk.

If your school would be able to take part please email [email protected] for a fundraising pack.

01/06/2021

For all teacher at in-service today – we hope you have a great day and feel inspired for the final few weeks of term!

25/05/2021

Quote from author Dr Brad Johnson who wrote ‘Dear Teacher’ and describes himself as being in the ‘trenches’ having taught for over 25 years.

At St Margaret’s we work with educational establishments to provide training to support those working with children to gain a better understanding of the long term impact of trauma and how to best to support them.

To find out more about the training we offer visit our website:
https://stmargaretsadoption.org.uk/educational-services/

22/02/2021

To all you teachers back to school today - we're thinking about you.

Good luck! We hope you have a great day back in the classroom!

01/01/2021

17/12/2020

St Ambrose High School, Coatbridge took part in our Walk 1,000 Steps With St Margaret's fundraising appeal.

Pupils from S1 and S6 completed the sponsored walk and raised over £2,400, which is incredible!!

Thank you so much to all the pupils who took part and all those who so kindly donated.

If you work at a school and would be interested in taking part in future fundraising – please email [email protected].

Donations fund our Extended Post Adoption Support Services (EPASS). These services including home visits, therapeutic playgroups, teenagers groups, peer support groups and family events are available to any adopted child across Scotland who may have experienced trauma and neglect and adoptive families for as long as people need help.

16/12/2020

Thank you to everyone at St Margaret's Rc Primary School the first school to kick off our Walk 1,000 Steps With St Margaret's school fundraising appeal. The pupils took part in the sponsored walk and raised an enormous total of over £2,300!!

Any school interested in a last-minute fundraising activity before the end of term can email [email protected] for a fundraising pack.

All donations fund our Extended Post Adoption Support Services (EPASS). These services are available for life to any adopted child across Scotland who may have experienced trauma and neglect and adoptive families.

26/11/2020

THANK YOU to St Margaret's Primary School who kicked off our 'Walk 1,000 Steps With St Margaret's' schools fundraising appeal!!
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If you work at a school or know a school who would be willing to step up to the challenge which can be completed any time before the end of term – please email [email protected] for a fundraising pack.

We've launched the challenge to help plug a major gap in our funding this year.

For the past 65 years, we've relied on donations to our Christmas ‘Crib Appeal' collection’ boxes placed in churches during Advent. This year with many unable to attend due to Covid19 restrictions we could lose up to £100k in funding.

Donations fund our Extended Post Adoption Support Services (EPASS). These services are available to any adopted child across Scotland who may have experienced trauma and neglect and their adoptive families who come from any faith and none. In Scotland, the standard post adoption support lasts one year, our EPASS services extend far beyond this, for as long as people need help.

Donations to St Margaret's fund:

£20 1:2:1 support session for a member of our teenagers
‘Connect Group’
£40 Two teachers receive training on the impact of trauma
£50 One ‘TherAdopt’ pack of resources to support a new
family in the early stages of placement
£100 Five children attending Therapeutic Playgroup for an
entire term
£250 One person's ‘origins journey’ - from their initial
enquiry,
public records search, communication between all
parties through to a reunion, where appropriate
£500 A block of individual therapy e.g. Art/Play Therapy for
an adopted child
£1,000 Specialized training for a staff member to support the
St Margaret’s families

A DUNFERMLINE school stepped up to help launch a nationwide fundraiser this week.

20/11/2020

Thank you to everyone who joined us online this morning for our free "Trauma and the Impact on Learning" training, as part of Adoption Week Scotland 2020. We had education staff, youth workers, social work students and more. For more information on our training please contact: [email protected]

16/11/2020

We've just launched the 'Walk 1,000 Steps With St Margaret's' school fundraising challenge to help plug a major gap in our funding this year.

For the past 65 years, we've relied on donations to our Christmas ‘Crib Collection’ boxes placed in churches across the country during Advent. This year with many churches closed due to Covid19 restrictions we could lose up to £100k in funding.

Donations fund our Extended Post Adoption Support Services (EPASS). These services are available to any adopted child across Scotland who may have experienced trauma and neglect and their adoptive families who come from any faith and none. In Scotland, the standard post adoption support lasts one year, our EPASS services extend far beyond this, for as long as people need help including home visits, therapeutic playgroups, teenagers groups, peer support groups and family events.

Our campaign launched on Monday 16 November to mark the Feast Day of St Margaret and runs until the end of term.

The challenge is simple – schoolchildren are asked to complete a 1,000 step sponsored walk (about ½ a mile) around their playground or school grounds before the end of term.

If you work at a school or know a school who would be willing to step up to the challenge – please email [email protected] for a fundraising pack.

Thank you!

16/11/2020

****UPDATED TIMING****

To everyone coming to our SOLD OUT online training session on the impact of trauma on children and young people this Friday.

PLEASE NOTE the session is 90 MINUTES LONG from 10am till 11.30am (instead of 11am as previously stated).

We do hope you will all still be able to join us this Friday!

Details on what we'll cover during the session at > https://rb.gy/atqpxr