FreeBird Associates

09/10/2026

Carers, Promas has some spaces left on our FREE course looking at sadness, pain and grief in your caring role.
Being held at Camborne Community Hall. You will need to attend all three sessions which run 10am-2pm. 0n the 20th oct and 3rd and 17th of Nov.
Don't miss out and BOOK NOW.
What are carers saying about this course;
🔵Excellent presentation. A lovely safe space created for us to grow and develop
🔵Being able to explore and reflect on difficult feelings, with others who understand, and with professional and compassionate guidance, has been really helpful
🔵Made me realise I need to access more help. Understanding I’m feeling “normal” 🙂🙂

30/09/2026

STOP PRESS!
I’ve just had two cancellations on Well Led starting 8th October. If anyone is interested in either of the places please let me know by emailing me at [email protected].
Cheers
Anna
A cute picture of Izzy to gain attention

22/09/2026

I’ve just had a great conversation with a Registered manager about how to challenge effectively.

We talked about how it’s not necessarily about ‘being assertive’ but how do we recognise and manage our response to whatever is causing us to feel the conversation is difficult. By doing that we can then have great conversations without ripping into each other.

I have facilitated sessions for various organisations on compassionate conversations over the years, all of which have evaluated well.

I now have interest to explore the possibility of running it as a multi agency session in the new year.

Aims of the program:
for colleagues to be competent and confident in their skills to meaningfully challenge appropriately, at both inter & intra agency.
Learning outcomes, by the end of the session participants will have,
Identified barriers to building meaningful relationships with people they perceive to be difficult.
Explored a range of models/skills that help build a maintain positive meaningful relationships.
Identified their responsibilities with being professionally curious.
Reflected on own and others practice using the skills explored
Identified personal actions to embedded learning into practice.
It’s a half day.

If you are interested in this workshop please get in touch . If I have sufficient interest i would be looking at putting this on in January.
Cost will depend on venue and numbers but aiming for between £50-£75pp

Look forward to hearing from you.

18/09/2026

Final Call for well led October intake: 3 places remaining -

due to cancelations a few places remain on both ell Led and Lead to Succeed.

14/09/2026

Places available.
Hey everyone
I’ve had a couple of cancellations across Well led and lead to succeed.
Well led
8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th October
2 places

Lead to succeed 28th October, 4th,11th 25 November and 2nd December
1place

Get in touch if you would like more information and or to book a place.
Remember both courses are eligible to reclaim costs from LDSS.

Mca/ adult safeguarding 7th December now full but do have a waiting list. If sufficient interest I will put on an additional date .

Izzy’s exhausted from telling people they should book on 🤣🤣

07/09/2026

Ohhh I had just posted about running this again in December and up pops a post from Kerensa Care & Support telling you all about it.
Thanks for the lovely comments , it was great working with your managers.

If you want to know more about this course, get in touch today.

Some of our Managers recently joined FreeBird Associates for their "Life After Cheshire West" training session. 📚

This was an excellent update on the ruling and helped to further clarify our role as care providers within the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Mental Capacity Act (MCA).

As always, Anna delivered an engaging and empowering training session, providing supported learning that encouraged reflection and professional growth. We would highly recommend this training to all care providers. 👏

💭 One of our biggest takeaways from the session was reflecting on how we undertake Mental Capacity Assessments for the people we support.

The training reminded us that while safety is important, empowering individuals to make their own choices and maintain their independence is equally vital.

Thank you, Anna and Freebird Associates, for another insightful and thought-provoking session!

07/09/2026

Edit; course full. Will keep a cancellation list, so do get in touch if interested.
Edit: 1 place remaining
Edit; date confirmed 7th December
Last week I facilitated a day of Mca: life after Cheshire West and Adult Safeguarding for managers and leaders.
I’ve been asked to run it again and I have 3 people on a waiting list.
I need to couple more to make it viable, the learning as well as the cost.
Looking at the second week of December ( 7th or 10th) depending on room availability.
Cost will be £75 pp.
If you are interested please do get in touch.

This is Laya, Izzy’s French cousin. Who like Izzy, thinks you should come and play.

06/09/2026

Final Call for October intake: Well Led - *|URL|wellled-leadtosucceed-l2s-21553425

06/09/2026

Izzy is keen to tell you that there are still places available on Well Led starting 8th October.
Eligible to reclaim cost of course via LDSS.
Get in touch today to find out more.

30/08/2026

Well Led , 4 day leadership programme. Funding available ( via LDSS)
Roche, Cornwall
6 places available.
8th, 15th 22nd and 29th October
Get in touch today