Welcome to Free to Fly! We are a company that’s passionate about changing children’s lives, freeing them from the impacts of pain, loss and trauma that might be holding them back in their lives.
We want young people to be ‘free to fly’ into the fullness of their lives, and all the opportunities waiting for them; we want to release the potential in all children to be most fully and authentically themselves.
TISCUK provides a wide range of training and support for people in schools and other settings in a trauma informed approach, built on the latest research and founded on the work of Dr Margot Sunderland.
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MSc Gestalt Psychotherapy, B.Ed. (Hons), Dip Gestalt Psychotherapy
I was a secondary school teacher, a Local Authority Advisor, Inspector, OFSTED Inspector, psychotherapist and Founding Director of Thrive.
As a teacher, for many years, I was always concerned for those young people we failed to reach. My training in Psychotherapy helped me to begin to refine my understanding about how we could do this and meet the needs of traumatised children more effectively.
I was part of a team of 4 who created Thrive; a project aiming to help adults meet the emotional developmental needs of children and young people.
I am delighted to be Director of Trainer Development & Quality Assurance of the inspirational TISCUK project because it aims to fundamentally change the life trajectory of children and young people who are in pain.
FREE TO FLY coalesces all of the above bringing together all my learning about education, psychotherapy and life. With Jill, I hope we have created an online tool to really support adults to meet the unmet needs of their children and contribute to healing their lives.
Jill draws on an extensive career in education, both in special and mainstream schools, across all key stages from Foundation to Key Stage Three, in both urban and rural settings.
She enjoyed a range of leadership roles, including being a headteacher for over fifteen years. At the heart of her leadership was a strongly held passion for quality education recognising the whole child, their social, emotional and academic learning and how these interweave.
Fully cognisant of the challenges facing schools and the need for inspiring and skilled practitioners to be working with children and young people, she is keen to bring her experience to support wherever possible. She delivers high-quality training and development as a Senior Trainer within the TISCUK team, as well as working as a Counsellor, supporting adolescents in a secondary school.
Creating Free to Fly in partnership with Julia Bird brings together our shared wealth of experience and learning, capturing our passion for this important work.
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