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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><h2 dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(127, 17, 70); text-align: center; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(127, 17, 70); text-align: center;">Computer Science GCSE Syllabus</h2></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The GCSE Computer Science Tutor Syllabus is designed to provide tutors in England with a comprehensive framework for teaching the GCSE Computer Science curriculum effectively. This syllabus aims to equip tutors with the necessary knowledge and skills to support students in their understanding and application of core computer science concepts.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 1: Introduction to Computer Science</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Overview of computer science and its relevance in today&#39;s world<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Understanding the components of a computer system<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Introduction to algorithms and problem-solving techniques<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Exploration of programming languages and their uses</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 2: Computer Hardware</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Understanding the main components of a computer system, including CPU, memory, and storage devices<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Exploring input and output devices and their functionalities<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Understanding the role of operating systems and software in computer systems</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 3: Software Development</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Introduction to programming concepts and languages (e.g., Python or Java)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Understanding variables, data types, and operators<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Building algorithms and logical reasoning skills<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Introduction to flowcharts and pseudocode<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Implementation of simple programs and debugging techniques</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 4: Data Representation</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Understanding binary, hexadecimal, and denary number systems<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Representation of text, images, and sound using binary<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Introduction to data compression and encryption techniques</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 5: Computer Networks</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Understanding the basics of computer networks, including LAN, WAN, and the Internet<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Introduction to network topologies, protocols, and security<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Exploring the impact of digital communication on society</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 6: Cybersecurity and Ethical Issues</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Understanding the importance of cybersecurity and data protection<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Introduction to common threats and vulnerabilities<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Exploring ethical issues related to computer science, such as privacy and intellectual property rights</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 7: Algorithms and Programming Techniques</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Advanced programming concepts, including conditionals, loops, and functions<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Introduction to sorting and searching algorithms<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Exploring data structures, such as arrays and lists</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 8: System Architecture</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Understanding the structure and function of a CPU<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Introduction to memory hierarchy and cache<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Exploring the Von Neumann architecture and its limitations</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 9: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Advanced problem-solving techniques using computational thinking<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Introduction to algorithms for complex problems<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Exploring algorithmic efficiency and optimization techniques</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Module 10: Exam Preparation and Revision</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">- Reviewing key concepts covered throughout the syllabus<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Practicing past exam questions and providing guidance on exam techniques<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">- Supporting students with exam preparation strategies</p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please note that the duration and depth of each module can vary depending on the level of expertise required and the specific needs of the learners. Additionally, it&#39;s important to adapt the curriculum to the learners&#39; proficiency levels, whether they are A Level/GCSE students or adult learners with different experience levels.</em></p></div>

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<p><strong>&lt;&lt; Family Support Worker &gt;&gt;</strong></p><p>Learn new skills and expand your professional knowledge with our <strong>Family Support Worker</strong> course, which you can complete from the comfort of your own home at your own speed. The Family Support Worker Course has been skillfully created for you to complete through distance e-learning and achieve a professional certificate without ever leaving your house!</p><p>The <strong>Family Support Worker</strong> will teach you the legislation that underlies many of family support workers' responsibilities and the interpersonal skills required to make a difference in this field. By the end of this course, you will master the skill set needed to assist all types of families in overcoming their problems.</p><p>Enrol in our <strong>Family Support Worker</strong> Course today to gain access to high-quality training modules that will cover the important topics you need to thrive in your chosen field and help you get closer to your ideal career!</p><p><strong>8 Courses Family Support Worker Bundle Courses Are</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Course 01:</strong> Diploma in Family Support Worker</li><li><strong>Course 02: </strong>Diabetes Awareness Training</li><li><strong>Course 03: </strong>Care and Support for Vulnerable Children</li><li><strong>Course 04: </strong>Safe Handling of Medication in Health &amp; Social Care</li><li><strong>Course 05: </strong>Level 2 Health &amp; Care<strong><br /></strong></li><li><strong>Course 06:</strong> Level 3 Award in Health and Social Care Course</li><li><strong>Course 07:</strong> Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support</li><li><strong>Course 08:</strong> Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management</li></ul><p><strong>[ Note: Free PDF certificate as soon as completing the Family Support Worker course ]</strong></p> <p><strong>&lt;&lt; Family Support Worker &gt;&gt;</strong></p><p><strong>Course Curriculum</strong></p><p><strong>Family Support Worker</strong></p><ul><li>Module 1: A Quick Overview of Family Support Work</li><li>Module 2: A Theoretical Basis for Family Support</li><li>Module 3: Understanding the Legislation, Policy and Guidance</li><li>Module 4: Parents and Mental Health</li><li>Module 5: Identifying Alcohol and Other Drug Use</li><li>Module 6: Comprehensive Family Assessment</li><li>Module 7: Solving Family Issues</li><li>Module 8: Helping Children and Families Deal With Divorce and Separation</li><li>Module 9: Safeguarding - Assessing Need and Providing Help: Part-1</li><li>Module 10: Safeguarding - Assessing Need and Providing Help: Part-2</li><li>Module 11: The Building Blocks of Healthy Family Relationships</li></ul><p><strong>Assessment Method</strong></p><p>After completing each module of the <strong>Family Support Worker</strong> Course, you will find automated MCQ quizzes. To unlock the next module, you need to complete the quiz task and get at least 60% marks.</p><p><strong>Certification</strong></p><p>After completing the MCQ/Assignment assessment for this <strong>Family Support Worker </strong>course, you will be entitled to a Certificate of Completion from Training Tale which is completely free to download.</p> <h2>
        
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<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Never before have so many children been labelled with ADHD &ndash; not just labelled but also given powerful amphetamines as a &lsquo;treatment&rsquo;. ADHD is described as impacting on school-aged children and resulting in restlessness, impulsive actions, and lack of focus impairing their ability to learn properly.</p>

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<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Behaviour and Relationships
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<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Autism and Communication</p>

<h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Description</h3>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Never before have so many children been labelled with ADHD &ndash; not just labelled but also given powerful amphetamines as a &lsquo;treatment&rsquo;.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">ADHD is described as impacting on school-aged children and resulting in restlessness, impulsive actions, and lack of focus impairing their ability to learn properly.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">It is the most commonly studied and diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children, affecting about 3 to 5 percent of children globally and diagnosed in about 2 to 16 percent of school-aged children.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">30 to 50 percent of those individuals diagnosed in childhood continue to have symptoms into adulthood.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Adolescents and adults with ADHD tend to develop coping mechanisms to compensate for some or all of their impairments.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">ADHD is diagnosed two to four times more frequently in boys than in girls.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">ADHD management usually involves some combination of medications, Applied behaviour analysis (ABA, the new term for Behaviour modification), lifestyle changes, and counselling.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">ADHD and its diagnosis and treatment have been considered controversial since the 1970s. The controversies have involved clinicians, teachers, policy-makers, parents and the media. Topics include ADHD&rsquo;s causes, and the use of stimulant medications in its treatment.</p>

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/COWb-fk0yko" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></iframe></p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span fr-original-style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;">So join us on a reflective, creative day where we look deeper at this whole area &ndash; seeing what we can learn from other areas that may help us in our understanding and inclusion of children and young people with this label</span></p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Learning Objectives</h3><ol fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Increased confidence and understanding regarding ADHD labelled pupils and their inclusion in mainstream schools</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Access to a wider range of practical strategies to impact on movement and behaviour issues</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">New skills and processes to strengthen the inclusion of young people with ADHD labels in all settings</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opportunity to reflect and understand more deeply what might be happening in situations for someone labelled ADHD</li></ol><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Who Is It For ?</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Any professional, carer or parent concerned with the education and inclusion of children labelled ADHD</p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Content</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">We will explore what is known about:</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Movement differences and accommodations for these &ndash; starting, stopping, switching, continuing, combining and so on&hellip;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anxiety and its link to activity levels</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Emotional roots to activity &ndash; the Circle of Courage will guide us</li></ul>

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<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">In line with OFSTED expectations make sure NQTs are up to speed on effective behaviour management and relationship building in the classroom.</p><p style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"></p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Category</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Behaviour and Relationships<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Meeting emotional needs<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Inclusion</p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Description</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">This is our lead workshop/training day on behaviour and relationship work aimed at NQTs.</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Recent OFSTED changes make Behaviour and Classroom management of NQTs a particular focus for inspections.</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Are your NQTs teaching the behaviours children need to succeed?</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Can they articulate these behaviours?</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">This training provides a values primer and a practical guide to successful innovative strategies for improving behaviour and strengthening relationships for challenging children and young people of all ages.</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Not just another day on &lsquo;Behaviour Management&rsquo; &ndash; our day goes well beyond a rewards and sanctions approach to &lsquo;behaviour&rsquo;. We will be focused on those young people for whom rewards and punishments do not always work and who confuse the adults who work with them. We aim to take a relationships based approach and to give those attending an opportunity to think more deeply about why young people do the things they do and what our part as adults is in creating, sustaining and changing these behaviours.</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">The day gives those present opportunities to reflect on their attitudes and practice in relation to children&rsquo;s behaviour and relationship building. If your usual approaches to managing behaviour aren&rsquo;t working with particular individuals then take a tour through this range of cutting edge strategies for bringing about positive behaviour change, and for meeting challenging emotional needs.</p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Learning Objectives</h3><ol fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Reinforce and affirm good practice</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Re-energise, stimulate and challenge thinking about inclusion of challenging young people and children</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Increased understanding about behaviour and emotions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Increased confidence in managing challenging pupils in childcare settings mainstream schools</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Access to a wider range of practical strategies to impact on behaviour problems</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opportunity to reflect on professional attitudes and behaviour towards families and children and young people</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Learn new skills and processes to make inclusion successful</li></ol><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Who Is It For?</h3><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Primary and secondary NQTs</li></ul><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Content</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">The course answers the questions:</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Are there any new ways to include our most challenging young people?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Should we focus on behaviour or relationships?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How do we go about including high profile children or young people?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Can we find an alternative to exclusion? &ndash; What would a relationship policy look like?</li></ul><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">The following are some of the key themes and tools we are likely to explore during the day</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Getting the welcome right for the most challenging Encouraging</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Getting the best from the most challenging</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Circle of Courage</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Belonging</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Achievement</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Generosity</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Independence Active listeningV</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Listening to the person underneath the behaviour</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Compass of Shame &ndash; which directions do children and young people head when they feel shame?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">And what helps children work through these feelings in more healthy ways?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Involving other children and young people in solutions and interventions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Circles of friends:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peer support</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Counselling and mediation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Team Problem Solving</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Solution Circles:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A 30 minute group problem solving process to get Teams &lsquo;unstuck&rsquo; and to generate positive first action steps</li></ul></li></ul>

NQT TRAINING – BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">This workshop gives an opportunity to focus on the emotional needs of boys and how to meet these. We lift the lid on an emerging urgent inclusion issue,namely meeting the emotional needs of boys. Everyone knows a boy. They may be pupil, son, brother, parent or partner. Boys when they become adults are over represented in the prison, and mental health system.</p><p style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"></p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Category</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Meeting emotional needs</p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Description</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">This workshop gives an opportunity to focus on the emotional needs of boys and how to meet these. We lift the lid on an emerging urgent inclusion issue,namely meeting the emotional needs of boys. Everyone knows a boy. They may be pupil, son, brother, parent or partner. Boys when they become adults are over represented in the prison, and mental health system. In one recent year 1300 young men committed suicide in the UK. In the UK the commonest cause of death among those aged 16-35 is suicide. Three men for every one woman kill themselves every year (Guardian, June 2006). 1 in 4 women experience domestic violence and 2 women a week are killed by a current or ex partner. Boys and men are a major concern. We need to find ways to allow them to unclench their hearts and learn to experience, process, communicate and manage their own emotional lives for their own and for the good of the wider community.</p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Testimonials</h3><blockquote fr-original-style="" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; color: rgb(94, 53, 177); box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;Thanks for a super day, lots of good ideas for our citizens of the future. We need to offer them the best and what we would offer our own children&rsquo;??</p></blockquote><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oQ2f0tf5M3A" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></iframe></p><blockquote fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;Enjoyed the day very much. Brilliant ideas and lots of food for thought. Will use the solution circle. A great tool!&rsquo;</p></blockquote><blockquote fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;went well and the ethos/participation was commendably facilititated. well done&rsquo;.</p></blockquote><blockquote fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;Wonderful day!&rsquo;</p></blockquote><blockquote fr-original-style="" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; color: rgb(94, 53, 177); box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;Still getting lots of positive messages this end.&rsquo;</p></blockquote><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Learning Objectives</h3><ol fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Increased understanding of boys&rsquo; emotional needs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Access to a wider range of practical strategies to impact on meeting emotional and behaviour problems</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Deeper understanding of core values surrounding inclusion of boys</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opportunity to reflect on professional attitudes and behaviour towards boys and their emotional challenges</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">New skills and processes to make boys&rsquo; inclusion and achievement more successful</li></ol><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Who Is It For ?</h3><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Early years and school based practitioners</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Key workers</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Teaching Assistants with support roles</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Heads and deputies</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">SENCOs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Advanced skills teachers</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Primary and secondary classroom teachers</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Parents</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Local authority support services</li></ul><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Content</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">The course explores the questions :</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is there a problem with boys?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What can we do to meet the emotional needs of boys?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What helps?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What should our priority be with boys?</li></ul><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">This workshop will explore:</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cultural and historical expectations of boys in our society</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shared experiences of teaching and parenting boys</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Circle of Courage as away of understanding emotional needs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fathers, mothers and sons</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Drinking and drugs: filling the emotional void</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Depression and suicide</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anger and violence</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Solution Circle Problem Solving around boys needs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What boys really need</li></ul>

BOYS’ EMOTIONAL NEEDS

<p fr-original-style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); text-align: center;" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); text-align: center; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Peer Support as an anti-bullying strategy for schools is now routinely recommended by the DCSF and Ofsted. Many schools in the UK have individual schemes which show good practice within their own setting. However, it is rare to find co-ordination of multiple schemes within a Local Authority , or part of a Local Authority, or even within families or clusters of schools.</p><p style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"></p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Category</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Behaviour and Relationships
<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Inclusion
<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peer Support
<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Meeting emotional needs</p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Description</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Peer Support as an anti-bullying strategy for schools is now routinely recommended by the DCSF and Ofsted. Many schools in the UK have individual schemes which show good practice within their own setting. However, it is rare to find co-ordination of multiple schemes within a Local Authority , or part of a Local Authority, or even within families or clusters of schools.</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Coordination of schemes provides opportunities for networking, sharing ideas, and mutual support amongst both adults and young peer supporters creates excellent practice.</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">This approach also leads to:</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;">
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stability and consistency of training</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A wealth of back up materials for adults and young people</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Consistent telephone and email support</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opportunities for professional development for teachers, Teaching assistants and Learning Mentors</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opportunity for national accreditation from MBF</li>
</ul><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Testimonials</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">The Mentoring and Befriending Foundation described this scheme as&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;">&ldquo;a benchmark for Local Authorities</em></p><p fr-original-style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); text-align: center;" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); text-align: center; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><em fr-original-style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WZyP_0odau4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></iframe></em></p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Learning Objectives</h3><ol fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To discover how a centrally led Peer Support scheme enhances and promotes anti-bullying work across a number of schools.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To take away from the day the means and the inspiration to set up a local scheme.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To deepen insight into impact of strategic approach to peer support</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To learn about a real way of reducing bullying across a Local Authority</li></ol><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Who Is It For ?</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Suitable for</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Anti-Bullying Leads</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Behaviour Support staff</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">CAHMS</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">TAHMS</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Learning Support and Guidance Staff</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Childrens Services Support Services</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Educational Psychologists</li></ul><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Content</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">The training day will be led by Inclusive Solutions, and a representative from a Local Authority who has successfully managed such a scheme for 10 years. This will be an interactive day with lots of opportunity for questions and exploration.</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">What the day includes:</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How this work fits with an Inclusive Local Authority</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Key aspects and issues in running multiple Peer Support schemes from the centre</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Graphics workshop</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The 3 legged stool of Peer Support: Selection, Training and Supervision</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A chance to view and purchase some of the nationally accredited materials successfully used and developed over many years.</li></ul><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">f you liked this course you may well like:</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" href="https://inclusive-solutions.com/training/peer-counselling-as-an-anti-bullying-strategy/" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer;">PEER COUNSELLING AS AN ANTI-BULLYING STRATEGY</a></p><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></p>

PEER SUPPORT AS AN ANTI-BULLYING STRATEGY AT LOCAL AUTHORITY LEVEL

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">This training gives an opportunity to focus on how to embed effective approaches to meeting emotional needs in schools. We explore &nbsp;a range of ways into meeting emotional needs of pupils across a school. We focus on including pupils with extreme emotional needs.</p><p style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);"></p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Category</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Meeting emotional needs</p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Description</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">This training gives an opportunity to focus on how to embed relevant ideas and &nbsp;materials in schools. We explore how to make these materials really come to life as we explore a range of ways into meeting emotional needs of pupils across a school. We focus on including pupils with extreme emotional needs. There are lots of opportunities for personal and professional reflection on engagement with challenging pupils as we provide processes to support reflection, visioning and problem solving.</p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Testimonials</h3><blockquote fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&lsquo;Thank you so much for the work you did with us yesterday &ndash; I have since been in 2 schools today and have spoken to an number of other colleagues who were present &ndash; all were totally overwhelmed by the session &ndash; they loved it.&rdquo;</p><small fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119) !important;" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119) !important; box-sizing: border-box;">NOTTINGHAM SEAL COORDINATOR</small></blockquote><blockquote fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&ldquo;I was totally blown away, when I realised how passionate people were about SEAL&rdquo;</p></blockquote><blockquote fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&ldquo;So nice to reflect and realise what a long way we have come&rdquo;</p></blockquote><blockquote fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-left: 2px solid rgb(94, 53, 177); margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 5px; box-sizing: border-box;"><p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&ldquo;That was so powerful and motivational&rdquo;.&rsquo;</p></blockquote><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Learning Objectives</h3><ol fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shared vision of a school that is truly meeting all social and emotional needs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Access to a wider range of practical strategies to impact on meeting emotional and behaviour problems</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Deeper understanding of how to embed positive Mental Health approaches in a school</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opportunity to reflect on professional attitudes and behaviour towards children with emotional challenge</li></ol><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Who Is It For?</h3><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">All practitioners who are leading on Mental Health work in schools or on behalf of a Local Authority</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Full range of agencies committed to meeting social and emotional needs in schools</li></ul><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Content</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">The training explores the questions:</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What would a school look like when Mental Health &nbsp;was truly part of everything that was happening, a shared vision?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How can we truly embed Mental Health approaches and &nbsp;materials in our school?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">What can we do to meet complex and challenging emotional needs in schools?</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Can we learn a process to understand at a deeper level highly complex social and emotional needs?</li></ul><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">This training will cover:</p><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bringing positive Mental Health approaches to life in schools: creating a shared vision and a set of grounded goals together</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" href="https://inclusive-solutions.com/product/circle-of-adults-live-demo/" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer;">Circle of Adults</a>&nbsp;process for self-reflection and understanding emotional needs of high profile pupils. We will model and teach how this process links in and strengthens PSHE work in schools.</li></ul><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">If you liked this try:</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" href="https://inclusive-solutions.com/training/behaviour-fresh-approaches-to-behaviour-and-relationships/" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer;">FRESH APPROACHES TO BEHAVIOUR AND RELATIONSHIPS</a></p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">or:</p><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" href="https://inclusive-solutions.com/training/restorative-justice/" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer;">RESTORATIVE INTERVENTIONS</a></p>

MENTAL HEALTH – MEETING EMOTIONAL NEEDS IN SCHOOLS  

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Whatever your position in the team, good communications skills are vital. They are at the centre of every work place interaction and can make a real difference to your work environment. Here&rsquo;s a worthwhile day to increase your skills in this area. These skills will not only help your personal growth but they will increase job satisfaction and in turn relationships with adults and children.</p>

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<h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Category</h3>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Team Building and Leadership
<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Visioning and Problem Solving
<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Strategic Work
<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Early Years</p>

<h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Description</h3>

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<p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">&ldquo;The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say &lsquo;I&rsquo;. And that&rsquo;s not because they have trained themselves not to say &lsquo;I&rsquo;. They don&rsquo;t think &lsquo;I&rsquo;. They think &lsquo;we&rsquo;; they think &lsquo;team&rsquo;. They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don&rsquo;t sidestep it, but &lsquo;we&rsquo; gets the credit&hellip;. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.&rdquo;</p><small fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119) !important;" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119) !important; box-sizing: border-box;">PETER DRUCKER.</small></blockquote>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Whatever your position in the team, good communications skills are vital. They are at the centre of every work place interaction and can make a real difference to your work environment. Here&rsquo;s a worthwhile day to increase your skills in this area. These skills will not only help your personal growth but they will increase job satisfaction and in turn relationships with adults and children. With these new skills you will also increase your abilities in co-operative partnerships and network building.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Communication is at the core of what you do; it&rsquo;s how we influence people. We use it for persuading others, creating alliances, gaining support, motivating others and teaching. Being good at communicating with others will allow you to influence them and this in turn will make you more effective whilst making your job easier.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">A lot of our time at work consists of acting, taking or giving instructions. Past research shows that lack of good communication at the work place is not uncommon. This has a high cost including tension amongst staff and lower trust levels and effectiveness. Problems can be caused when communication problems result in instructions being misinterpreted. A simple discussion can be turned into a conflict just by poor communication.</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">What communication skills are needed in the 21st century for the most effective leaders and managers of schools, colleges and early years settings?</p>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Would the following qualities make sense to you in describing your communication with staff, parents and your wider community?</p>

<ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;">
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">a high concern for both people and outcomes</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">a style motivated by relationship building</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">the flexibility to change leadership styles depending on the challenge</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">the ability to follow as well as lead</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">a team leadership style&lt;</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">able to communicate and engage the emotional support of staff</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">quiet leadership with restraint, modesty and tenacity</li>
</ul>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Perhaps you would add to or challenge this list of attributes?</p>

<ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;">
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How do you deal with &lsquo;yes buts&rsquo; and those who don&rsquo;t do what you ask them to do?</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How do you motivate?</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How do you encourage?</li>
</ul>

<p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">During this training we will explore your communication in a range of challenging situations and build consensus around desirable communication skills.</p>

<h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Testimonials</h3>

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<p fr-original-style="" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Be the first to comment on this training&hellip;</p>
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<h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Learning Objectives</h3>

<ol fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;">
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To explore effective communication skills for leaders and managers</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Self reflection and feedback opportunities</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">To develop and extend your repertoire of communication skills</li>
<li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Deepen your understanding of team members who don&rsquo;t do what you ask and expect them to do</li>
</ol>
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<h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Who Is It For?</h3><p fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">Leaders and managers of schools, colleges and early years settings</p><h3 fr-original-style=" color: rgb(71, 199, 245);" style="color: rgb(71, 199, 245); box-sizing: border-box;">Course Content</h3><ul fr-original-style=" color: rgb(119, 119, 119);" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Exploration of typical challenging situations- skill practice</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Building Shared Vision for communication</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Opportunities to develop and extend your communication skills for leadership in a safe environment</li></ul>

COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS FOR LEADERS

<p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This course is aimed at those who would like to work as a learning support assistant in a school or further education setting. Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning will give you an understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to support learners in the classroom and offers 5 additional units to the Certificate in Supporting Teaching &amp; Learning so can be a progression route for those who have already completed the L3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching &amp; Learning</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></p><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Course Summary</span></h2><table style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; border-collapse: collapse; empty-cells: show; max-width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Level</strong>: 3</span></td><td fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Duration</strong>: 36 weeks</span></td></tr><tr fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Start Date</strong>: Ongoing</span></td><td fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Type</strong>: Online</span></td></tr><tr fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="2" fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Location</strong>: N/A</span></td></tr><tr fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Price</strong>: &pound;2225</span></td><td fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Age Range</strong>: 19+</span></td></tr><tr fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Funding</strong>: Loan</span></td><td fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Awarding Organisation</strong>: NCFE</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></h2><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important;">Who is this course for?</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This course is aimed at those who would like to work as a learning support assistant in a school or further education setting. It will give you an understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to support learners in the classroom. It can also be a progression route for those who have already completed the Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching &amp; Learning.</p></div><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important;">Entry Requirements</h2><p style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);">There are no formal qualifications required to undertake this course. Although we would recommend that you have completed a Level 2 course before starting a Level 3. To secure your place, please return the completed&nbsp;<a href="https://stepintolearning.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SIL-application-form-2-11.docx" style="color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important;">application form</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:info@stepintolearning.org.uk" style="color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important;">info@stepintolearning.org.uk</a>. After which, we will send you an assessment to complete online. Following completion of the online assessment, we will either be in touch if we have any questions or we will give you access to the online portal so that you can begin your qualification. You will be allocated a tutor who will be able to support you if you have any questions.</p><p style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);">As learners need to show competence in both skills and knowledge, they will need to be employed or working voluntarily on a placement during their programme of study. Therefore, if you are not currently working in an educational setting you will need to secure a work experience placement supporting children or young people in an educational setting, such as supporting reading, in a school or college.</p></div><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important;">Why should I do this qualification?</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">If you would like a rewarding career working to support learners with additional support needs in a classroom setting then Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning is the qualification for you.</p></div><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important;">What will I learn?</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">You will learn about child development, safeguarding, supporting positive behaviour and how to maintain relationships with children and young people amongst others.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</p><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important;">Course Units</h3><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 1: Schools and colleges as organisations</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 2: Support health and safety in a learning environment</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 3: Understand how to safeguard children and young people</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 4: Develop professional relationships with children, young people and adults</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 5: Understand how children and young people develop</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 6: Support positive behaviour in children and young people</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 7: Support children and young people during learning activities</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 8: Support English and maths skills</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 9: Support the use of ICT in the learning environment</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 10: Support assessment for learning</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 11: Engage in personal and professional development</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 12: Support children and young people&rsquo;s speech, language and communication</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 13: Understand how to support bilingual learners</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 14:&nbsp;<span dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Understand how to support learning of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities</span></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 15: Support children and young people during transitions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Unit 16: Support the role of play, leisure and extra-curricular activities for children and young people</li></ul></div><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(255, 75, 0) !important;">How will I be assessed?</h2><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">All units will be internally assessed using a range of methods which could include: written assignments or tasks such as designing a leaflet or booklet, charts or diagrams or setting up an information board.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(105, 98, 98); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(105, 98, 98);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div>

Step Into Learning

This course is aimed at those who would like to work as a learning support assistant in a school or further education setting. Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning will give you an understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to support learners in the classroom.

Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning ​

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR:</strong> ADULT FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Laura studied law at university and spent over 20 years at Virgin Atlantic which allowed her to indulge her passion for reading whilst travelling.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">On deciding to pursue a career in publishing, Laura joined the Darley Anderson Agency where she worked across the Women&rsquo;s Fiction list, reading submissions, handling contracts and supporting authors on their path to publication and beyond.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She co-founded Greenstone Literary with Tanera Simons in 2024 and is excited to build a list of authors.</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Laura is looking for commercial crime, thriller, suspense, bookclub, historical and romance fiction as well as select non-fiction.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Above everything she wants to be entertained. Laura is looking for a book you can&rsquo;t wait to talk to someone about, in the same way as a new film or the latest release on Netflix. A book that engrosses her from the first page to the last, desperate for someone she knows to read so they can discuss as soon as possible.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">It will always be an original hook that draws Laura in, a whole concept that can be summed up in one line that immediately stops her in my tracks and makes her think.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Character and voice is also crucial. Laura is a huge fan of Mick Herron&rsquo;s Jackson Lamb, Richard Osman&rsquo;s <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thursday Murder Club</em> cast and Lynda La Plante&rsquo;s Jane Tennison. She would really love to see more strong, memorable women in crime. In bookclub fiction, voices that have stayed with her are Adduni in <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Girl With The Louding Voice</em>, Cyril in <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Heart&rsquo;s Invisible Furies</em> and Molly in <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Maid</em>. Recently, Kitty in <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">How To Kill Men and Get Away With It</em> had Laura secretly rooting for her serial killer antics.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Laura loves to be engrossed by a pacy, twisty, surprising plot. It doesn&rsquo;t need to be overly complex &ndash; sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. She wants to be thrown curveballs she never saw coming and be kept guessing until the last page. Books Laura has devoured are <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nightwatching, The Housemaid</em>, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Last Mrs Parrish</em>, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fourth Wing</em>, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">None of This is True</em> and<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;American Dirt</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Books that play with genre also capture Laura. Novels such as <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wrong Place, Wrong Time</em> which combined a crime mystery and the story of a mother&rsquo;s love with a speculative element and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Time Traveller&rsquo;s Wife</em>, a high-concept love story which crossed time and age.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Laura is a huge fan of true crime and would love to read a fiction version of podcasts she has been gripped by. She really enjoys cold cases being reopened as a result of new evidence or technology which exposes past injustices such as on <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bone Valley</em>, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In The Dark</em> or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Who Killed Emma?</em>&nbsp;She is particularly drawn to stories of deep deception or &lsquo;scams&rsquo; such as those by Anna Delvey or Coco Berthmann, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tinder Swindler</em> or <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fyre Festival.&nbsp;</em>Laura is always intrigued by anything involving investigation into cults, such as in BBC Sound&rsquo;s <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">World of Secrets</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She also loves nothing more than sobbing her heart out over a book and being left emotionally wrung-out! Whether it be a devastating historical tragedy or star-crossed lovers torn apart by destiny. &nbsp;Books that have broken her heart include <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Bridges of Madison County, The Kite Runner,</em>&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo</em>, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Birdsong</em>, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">My Sister&rsquo;s Keeper</em>, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cilka&rsquo;s Journey</em>&nbsp;and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Four Winds</em>.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">In non-fiction, Laura is looking for an untold story or perspective or an unexplored area where you have expertise or real-life experience. As a reader of non-fiction she wants to be &nbsp;engaged in a relatable, accessible way. She loved the evocative settings and personal journeys in <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Salt Path</em>&nbsp;and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Wild Other</em>. The laugh-out-loud <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">More Than A Woman</em> had her ordering this for many friends. <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Three Women</em> and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Educated</em> are brilliant examples of non-fiction books that read like fiction. The awe-inspiring <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do No Harm</em> stayed with Laura long after reading.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Laura is not looking for poetry, novellas, screenplays, or children&rsquo;s books.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Laura would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your completed manuscript in a single word document.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Laura is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers.&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Thursday 12 September 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION
Laura studied law at university and spent over 20 years at Virgin Atlantic which allowed her to indulge her passion for reading whilst travelling.
On deciding to pursue a career in publishing, Laura joined the Darley Anderson Agency where she worked across the Women’s Fiction list, reading submissions, handling contracts and supporting authors on their path to publication and beyond.
She co-founded Greenstone Literary with Tanera Simons in 2024 and is excited to build a list of authors.
Laura is looking for commercial crime, thriller, suspense, bookclub, historical and romance fiction as well as select non-fiction.
Above everything she wants to be entertained. Laura is looking for a book you can’t wait to talk to someone about, in the same way as a new film or the latest release on Netflix. A book that engrosses her from the first page to the last, desperate for someone she knows to read so they can discuss as soon as possible.
It will always be an original hook that draws Laura in, a whole concept that can be summed up in one line that immediately stops her in my tracks and makes her think.
Character and voice is also crucial. Laura is a huge fan of Mick Herron’s Jackson Lamb, Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club cast and Lynda La Plante’s Jane Tennison. She would really love to see more strong, memorable women in crime. In bookclub fiction, voices that have stayed with her are Adduni in The Girl With The Louding Voice, Cyril in The Heart’s Invisible Furies and Molly in The Maid. Recently, Kitty in How To Kill Men and Get Away With It had Laura secretly rooting for her serial killer antics.
Laura loves to be engrossed by a pacy, twisty, surprising plot. It doesn’t need to be overly complex – sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. She wants to be thrown curveballs she never saw coming and be kept guessing until the last page. Books Laura has devoured are Nightwatching, The Housemaid, The Last Mrs Parrish, Fourth Wing, None of This is True and American Dirt.
Books that play with genre also capture Laura. Novels such as Wrong Place, Wrong Time which combined a crime mystery and the story of a mother’s love with a speculative element and The Time Traveller’s Wife, a high-concept love story which crossed time and age.
Laura is a huge fan of true crime and would love to read a fiction version of podcasts she has been gripped by. She really enjoys cold cases being reopened as a result of new evidence or technology which exposes past injustices such as on Bone Valley, In The Dark or Who Killed Emma? She is particularly drawn to stories of deep deception or ‘scams’ such as those by Anna Delvey or Coco Berthmann, Tinder Swindler or Fyre Festival. Laura is always intrigued by anything involving investigation into cults, such as in BBC Sound’s World of Secrets.
She also loves nothing more than sobbing her heart out over a book and being left emotionally wrung-out! Whether it be a devastating historical tragedy or star-crossed lovers torn apart by destiny. Books that have broken her heart include The Bridges of Madison County, The Kite Runner, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Birdsong, My Sister’s Keeper, Cilka’s Journey and Four Winds.
In non-fiction, Laura is looking for an untold story or perspective or an unexplored area where you have expertise or real-life experience. As a reader of non-fiction she wants to be engaged in a relatable, accessible way. She loved the evocative settings and personal journeys in The Salt Path and The Wild Other. The laugh-out-loud More Than A Woman had her ordering this for many friends. Three Women and Educated are brilliant examples of non-fiction books that read like fiction. The awe-inspiring Do No Harm stayed with Laura long after reading. 
Laura is not looking for poetry, novellas, screenplays, or children’s books.
Laura would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your completed manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Laura is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Thursday 12 September 2024

I Am In Print

SOLD OUT! 25th September Laura Heathfield #Agent121. Looking for: ADULT FICTION

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<h1 id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">Online MHFA England Adult Mental Health First Aid Course.&nbsp;</h1><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.mindmapswellbeing.com/brochure-request/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">Download brochure for course details here.</a><a href="https://www.mindmapswellbeing.com/_webedit/uploaded-files/All%20Files/Online%20Mental%20Health%20First%20Aid.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">This online version of the mental health first aid course will offer the same learning outcomes as the face to face training, and every person who completes the course will be certified as a Mental Health First Aider. &nbsp;The Online Mental Health First Aid course is a blended approach of individual learning and four instructor-led live sessions, hosted on a new Online Learning Hub. &nbsp;As a training course, Mental Health First Aid teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue. The organisation&#39;s courses and resources also promote self-care as a vital way for people to help protect their mental health and prevent issues from getting worse. &nbsp;As with all our courses at Mindmaps Wellbeing, your course will be delivered by a Registered Mental Health Nurse, MHFA England Instructor and Open University Associate Lecturer and Practice Tutor experienced in remote teaching. Our live online learning will also include an assistant who is a MHFAider. &nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">Our fee is &pound;300pp Groups of 5+ contact <a href="mailto:info@mindmapswellbeing.com" fr-original-style="" style="user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">info@mindmapswellbeing.com</a>&nbsp;for reduced group fees.&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Live instructor led sessions;&nbsp;</strong></div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">10:00 &ndash; 12:30 &amp; 14:30 &ndash; 17:00 both days&nbsp;</div><div style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">Individual learning modules around these times. You will gain access to this on the Friday before your course start date.</div><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><u fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why choosing Mindmaps Wellbeing is a good choice for your training.</u></strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">The MHFA England RRP is &pound;325pp, our rate is &pound;300pp and our fee includes:</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Instructor led training sessions over two days</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Course Manual</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Workbook</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Handy Cue Card</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ MHFAider Certificate upon completion</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Plus, exclusively when you choose Mindmaps Wellbeing, it also includes:</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Your instructors are <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Registered Mental Health Nurses and Healthcare Educators</strong> (They of course have their own lived experiences too, which they bring to the course, ensuring the content is brought to life).</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Access to our online MHFAider peer support groups moderated by the instructor team.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Access to MINDWELL companion for resources, self-care, and ongoing guidance to support you in the role as a MHFAider.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Advanced Delegate Plan &ndash; This allows delegates to book onto our open courses on dates that suit, with the best value on course fees available.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">For a little extra:&nbsp;</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Quarterly Facilitated MHFAider Forum &ndash; to provide ongoing expert support and guidance.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">✅ Organisational MINDWELL Companion tailored for your workplace / organisation.</p>

Online MHFA England Adult Mental Health First Aid Course. 
Download brochure for course details here.  This online version of the mental health first aid course will offer the same learning outcomes as the face to face training, and every person who completes the course will be certified as a Mental Health First Aider. The Online Mental Health First Aid course is a blended approach of individual learning and four instructor-led live sessions, hosted on a new Online Learning Hub. As a training course, Mental Health First Aid teaches people how to identify, understand and help someone who may be experiencing a mental health issue. The organisation's courses and resources also promote self-care as a vital way for people to help protect their mental health and prevent issues from getting worse. As with all our courses at Mindmaps Wellbeing, your course will be delivered by a Registered Mental Health Nurse, MHFA England Instructor and Open University Associate Lecturer and Practice Tutor experienced in remote teaching. Our live online learning will also include an assistant who is a MHFAider. Our fee is £300pp Groups of 5+ contact info@mindmapswellbeing.com for reduced group fees. Live instructor led sessions; 10:00 – 12:30 & 14:30 – 17:00 both days Individual learning modules around these times. You will gain access to this on the Friday before your course start date.
Why choosing Mindmaps Wellbeing is a good choice for your training.
The MHFA England RRP is £325pp, our rate is £300pp and our fee includes:
✅ Instructor led training sessions over two days
✅ Course Manual
✅ Workbook
✅ Handy Cue Card
✅ MHFAider Certificate upon completion
Plus, exclusively when you choose Mindmaps Wellbeing, it also includes:
✅ Your instructors are Registered Mental Health Nurses and Healthcare Educators (They of course have their own lived experiences too, which they bring to the course, ensuring the content is brought to life).
✅ Access to our online MHFAider peer support groups moderated by the instructor team.
✅ Access to MINDWELL companion for resources, self-care, and ongoing guidance to support you in the role as a MHFAider.
✅ Advanced Delegate Plan – This allows delegates to book onto our open courses on dates that suit, with the best value on course fees available.
 
For a little extra: 
✅ Quarterly Facilitated MHFAider Forum – to provide ongoing expert support and guidance. 
✅ Organisational MINDWELL Companion tailored for your workplace / organisation.

Mindmaps Wellbeing

Health & Wellbeing

Occupational Health & Wellbeing

Mental Health

Accredited Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health At Work

Mental Health Nurse

Online MHFA England mental health first aid course delivered by Registered Mental Health Nurses from Mindmaps Wellbeing. 

Why choosing Mindmaps Wellbeing is a good choice for your mental health training.
The MHFA England RRP is £325pp, our rate is £300pp and our fee includes:
✅ Instructor led training sessions over two days 
✅ Course Manual
✅ Workbook
✅ Handy Cue Card
✅ MHFAider Certificate upon completion
Plus, exclusively when you choose Mindmaps Wellbeing, it also includes:

✅ Your instructors are Registered Mental Health Nurses and Healthcare Educators (They of course have their own lived experiences too, which they bring to the course, ensuring the content is brought to life).

✅ Access to our online MHFAider peer support groups moderated by the instructor team.

✅ Access to MINDWELL companion for resources, self-care, and ongoing guidance to support you in the role as a MHFAider.

✅ Advanced Delegate Plan – This allows delegates to book onto our open courses on dates that suit, with the best value on course fees available.

For a little extra: 

✅ Quarterly Facilitated MHFAider Forum – to provide ongoing expert support and guidance. 

✅ Organisational MINDWELL Companion tailored for your workplace / organisation.


MHFA England Mental Health First Aid

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR</strong>: YA, ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Laura Williams is literary agent at the&nbsp;<a href="http://greeneheaton.co.uk/agents/laura-williams/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">Greene and Heaton Literary Agency</a>.&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">She is seeking literary fiction, commercial fiction, psychological thrillers and high concept Young Adult.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Laura is actively building a fiction list and a small non-fiction list. She is currently looking for literary fiction, edgy commercial fiction, psychological thrillers and high-concept contemporary young adult, as well as narrative non-fiction of all types. Her taste is quite dark, and she loves gothic, ghost stories, horror and anything sinister. She also loves books that make her cry, from big love stories to intense family dramas. She is open to historical or horror YA, but not magical or fantasy.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;">Meditative or moving novels about modern life, appeal to Laura, sad stories with love and the importance of caring for each other shining through. She also loves stories about female friendships or conversely groups of women who don&#39;t get on, such as the hugely fun BAD SUMMER PEOPLE by Emma Rosenblum. She is always on the lookout for a big tragic love story to make her cry happy or sad tears.  At the more commercial end of fiction, think funny novels with warmth and romantic comedies with a bit of depth &ndash; think Marian Keyes.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 65, 81); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(55, 65, 81); font-size: 16px;">Most of all Laura is looking for novels she hasn&rsquo;t read before &ndash; something unusual structurally or thematically, something that shines a light on a subject the author is passionate about, something that&rsquo;ll break her heart or raise her blood in an entirely new way. Laura is always looking to promote diverse voices from across the globe, and is particularly keen on LGBTQI+ stories.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Laura would like you to submit a covering letter, a 1-2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your completed manuscript in a single word document.</strong></p><p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Laura is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Monday 16 September<strong style="color: rgb(16, 24, 64); font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(16, 24, 64);">&nbsp;</strong>2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: YA, ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION
Laura Williams is literary agent at the Greene and Heaton Literary Agency. She is seeking literary fiction, commercial fiction, psychological thrillers and high concept Young Adult.
Laura is actively building a fiction list and a small non-fiction list. She is currently looking for literary fiction, edgy commercial fiction, psychological thrillers and high-concept contemporary young adult, as well as narrative non-fiction of all types. Her taste is quite dark, and she loves gothic, ghost stories, horror and anything sinister. She also loves books that make her cry, from big love stories to intense family dramas. She is open to historical or horror YA, but not magical or fantasy. 
Meditative or moving novels about modern life, appeal to Laura, sad stories with love and the importance of caring for each other shining through. She also loves stories about female friendships or conversely groups of women who don't get on, such as the hugely fun BAD SUMMER PEOPLE by Emma Rosenblum. She is always on the lookout for a big tragic love story to make her cry happy or sad tears. At the more commercial end of fiction, think funny novels with warmth and romantic comedies with a bit of depth – think Marian Keyes.
Most of all Laura is looking for novels she hasn’t read before – something unusual structurally or thematically, something that shines a light on a subject the author is passionate about, something that’ll break her heart or raise her blood in an entirely new way. Laura is always looking to promote diverse voices from across the globe, and is particularly keen on LGBTQI+ stories.
Laura would like you to submit a covering letter, a 1-2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your completed manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Laura is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Thursday 19 September 2024

Fiction Writing

SOLD OUT! 26th September Laura Williams #Agent121. Looking for: YA, ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION

<h1 id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">Testimonials</span></h1><p style="margin-left: 80px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 80px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&ldquo;Powerful and inspirational&rdquo;</em></span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 80px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&ldquo;Everyone would benefit from this training&rdquo;&nbsp;</em></span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 80px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"I will change how I work from this moment on."</em></span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin-left: 80px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">"I found your training extremely powerful and it has really impacted."</em></span></p><p style="text-align: center; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Finalist for Best Educational Programme for the NHS HSJ Partnership Awards 2023</strong></span><span style="font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Roboto; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Essentials in Communication and Co-production with Parents/Carers</strong></em> is an inspiring, interactive and unique 4-hour virtual, CPD-certified training founded on lived experience, research and best practice. It aims to equip practitioners to effectively communicate and work in collaboration with parent/carers of children/adults who have disabilities.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">When time and resources are limited, maximising interactions with family/carers is essential in an age where co-production, personalised care and understanding lived experience are at the heart of delivering good services. This Born at the Right Time training course is hosted by Director/Founder Rachel Wright and aimed at anyone working in <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">health, SEND or social care</strong>, whether a registered or non-registered practitioner.&nbsp;</span></p><h1 style="text-align: justify; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Content</span></h1><ul type="disc" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Current context for families and practitioners</li><li style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What is going on underneath the surface</li><li style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Next steps to creating meaningful change</li></ul><h1 fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Trainer</span></h1><p style="text-align: justify; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rachel Wright (BSc RN) is founder of&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.bornattherighttime.com" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;"></a><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.bornattherighttime.com" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;"></a></span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(209, 72, 65); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(209, 72, 65);"><a href="https://www.bornattherighttime.com" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Born at the Right Time</strong></a></span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, author of&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075ZHHYRR/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;"></a><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(226, 80, 65); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(226, 80, 65);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075ZHHYRR/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">The Skies I&#39;m Under</a></strong></span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk/baps/baps-award-winners-2018/" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;"></a><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(226, 80, 65); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(226, 80, 65);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk/baps/baps-award-winners-2018/" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">award winning blogger</a></strong></span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;and Best Trainer finalist 2022 National Learning Disability and Autism Awards. Host of the popular&nbsp;</span><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65);"><a href="https://www.bornattherighttime.com/the-skies-we-are-under-podcast/" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;"></a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(226, 80, 65); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(226, 80, 65);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.bornattherighttime.com/the-skies-we-are-under-podcast/" fr-original-style="" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: inherit;">The Skies We&rsquo;re Under Podcast</a></strong></span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Rachel&rsquo;s a passionate speaker, trainer, qualified nurse and unqualified mum of three; one who has severe disabilities, life-limiting epilepsy and an addiction to the gameshow Pointless.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">An expert through lived experience, Rachel leads Born at the Right Time to support families of people with complex disabilities whilst also <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Bridging the Gap</strong> between them and the practitioners who support them through CPD certified training, influencing policy makers and turning rhetoric into reality.</span></p>

Testimonials
“Powerful and inspirational”
“Everyone would benefit from this training” 
"I will change how I work from this moment on."
"I found your training extremely powerful and it has really impacted."
Finalist for Best Educational Programme for the NHS HSJ Partnership Awards 2023 
Essentials in Communication and Co-production with Parents/Carers is an inspiring, interactive and unique 4-hour virtual, CPD-certified training founded on lived experience, research and best practice. It aims to equip practitioners to effectively communicate and work in collaboration with parent/carers of children/adults who have disabilities. 
When time and resources are limited, maximising interactions with family/carers is essential in an age where co-production, personalised care and understanding lived experience are at the heart of delivering good services. This Born at the Right Time training course is hosted by Director/Founder Rachel Wright and aimed at anyone working in health, SEND or social care, whether a registered or non-registered practitioner. 
Content
Current context for families and practitioners
What is going on underneath the surface
Next steps to creating meaningful change
Trainer
Rachel Wright (BSc RN) is founder of Born at the Right Time, author of The Skies I'm Under, award winning blogger and Best Trainer finalist 2022 National Learning Disability and Autism Awards. Host of the popular The Skies We’re Under Podcast, Rachel’s a passionate speaker, trainer, qualified nurse and unqualified mum of three; one who has severe disabilities, life-limiting epilepsy and an addiction to the gameshow Pointless. 
An expert through lived experience, Rachel leads Born at the Right Time to support families of people with complex disabilities whilst also Bridging the Gap between them and the practitioners who support them through CPD certified training, influencing policy makers and turning rhetoric into reality.

Born at the Right Time

Learning Disability Nurse

SENCO

Allied Health Professions (AHP)

Healthcare Workers

Palliative Care

Sen Teaching Assistant

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Speech & Language Therapist

Social Worker

Occupational Therapist

Occupational Health Nurse

Disability Awareness

Health Education

Speech & Language Therapy (SLT)

Social Care

Physiotherapist

Inspiring, interactive and unique 4-hour CPD certified training on Communication and Co-production with Parents/Carers

Essentials in Communication and Co-production with Parents/Carers (Sept 24)

Brighton

Southend on Sea

Rotherham

Slough

Portsmouth

Bingley

Nottingham

Paisley

Luton

Northampton

Bedford

Liverpool 

Swansea

ONLINE STUDY - In your own time (approx. 6 hours study time) +
CLASSROOM SESSION - Morning, Afternoon or Evening session (approx. 3 hours)



Awarding Body: Open College Network (OCN) Credit for Learning
Award Level: Level 4 (Foundation Degree Level) - Ireland Level 6
CPD Certified: Yes (CPD Accreditation)
Minimum Age: 18 (16 with parental consent)
Entry requirements: None. (English Level 2 desirable)
Training Locations: Study online + Classroom
 
OCN Accredited at UK Level 4 (Ireland Level 6)

 
PART 1 - Theory: Complete this part of your course online at home or work in your own time (stop and start learning when it suits you). Can be completed on multiple devices - smart phones, kindle, laptop, tablet etc.

PART 2 - Skills and Practical Development:
Covers advanced specialised phlebotomy techniques to give you the leading edge as a phlebotomist. Learn to use a wide range of non-routine equipment.


Attend a classroom location to complete your practical training.


Please make sure you verify the precise dates and timings of your course when you receive your booking confirmation, as it may vary from the information provided above.


Course Itinerary:
PART 1 - THEORY (ONLINE)
M00 - Introduction:
Learning outcomes, Assumptions and Overview.
M01 - Basic Phlebotomy - revision:
Recap of basic phlebotomy theory and practice - precursor to
the advanced course.
M02 - Aspirated and Vacuated Systems:
Open systems (Syringe & Needle), closed systems (Vacutainer & Monovette), Alternative closed systems, Using Monovette - aspiration and evacuated techniques, monovette adapter systems.
M03 - Specialised and Advanced Phlebotomy Equipment:
The centrifuge - overview. Safe operation and use. Managing a centrifuge breakage or spillage.
Equipment and practices in unusual situations.
Patients with special needs and requiring specific attention.
Equipment preparation for blood samples that are collected at
0 degrees, 37 degrees C and other non-standard conditions.
A look at advances in technology and how to use the latest devices.
M04 - Point of Care Testing:
What is POC Testing? Advantages, Disadvantages and Clinical
Outcomes. Comparison of POC with lab testing. 10 common POC tests. Roles for phlebotomists performing POC Tests.
M05 - Neonates and Children:
Sample collection from new-born to pre-adult. A detailed overview of legal principles of law including child consent and child protection for phlebotomists. Neonatal and child blood collection equipment.
A comprehensive look at heel and finger-prick procedures including
microtainers, lancets and capillary tube collection. Detailed heel prick procedure. Paediatric finger prick collection. The life-threatening hazard of over-collecting. Communication techniques in differing age bands.
Consent and the law. Basic principles of lawful consent for neonates and paediatric patients. Child protection.
Detailed analysis of neonatal and paediatric blood collection including Guthrie card collection. Neonatal bottles - colours and tests. Paediatric blood gases collection.
Butterfly needles - when to use. Blood tests during pregnancy. Neonatal blood screening - nine conditions covered. Bilirubin in neonates.
M06 - Geriatric Patients:
The challenges of phlebotomy in older people. Understanding skin changes and venepuncture implications. A profile of common
geriatric blood tests. Age related problems. Procedural precautions.
M07 - Special Procedures:
Drawing blood from back of hand. Drawing blood from lower limb veins. Managing the unwilling or difficult patient. Managing the psychiatric patient. Managing the isolated patient. Non-routine blood tests. Managing the latex allergy patient (type 1 and type 4 reactions). Latex indicators. Sample handling - non-routine procedures. Drug trials and research projects.
M08 - Special Tests and Sample Handling Procedures:
A look at sample collection at specific times of day and night,
samples that are protected from light, collected on ice and
collected at body temperature. Procedures for each group - collection notes, analytic time, optimal collection time and notes for each group.
M09 - Advanced Phlebotomy Tasks:
Additional procedures. Maintaining POC equipment. Stock control and stock rotation. Quality control. Data entry. Product evaluation. Training and competency evaluation.
M10 - Alternative Environments:
A step-by-step look at non-clinical phlebotomy environments including private testing, DEFRA, forensic and police, cord blood collection, DNA analysis, veterinary services, overseas and volunteering.

PLEASE NOTE THAT PART 1 SHOULD BE COMPLETED
BEFORE JOINING US FOR YOUR PRACTICAL TRAINING

PART 2 (CLASSROOM)
MORNING , AFTERNOON OR EVENING SESSION:

1 - Welcome, introductions and overview:
- Classroom - health & safety briefing, schedule overview.
- Virtual Classroom - audio/visual checks and registration. Unpacking and overview of your training kit.
2 - Syringe and Needle (open system): Correct use and applications.
3 - Monovette (open and closed systems):
Using the Monovette system in aspiration mode - correct use and applications.
Using the Monovette system in evacuated mode - correct use and applications.
4 - IR Vein Detector:
Demonstration of the IR vein detector for assisting in detection of difficult veins.
5 - Veins in back of hand:
Detecting suitable veins in the back of the hand.
6 - POC testing:
Point of Care Testing - use of glucose meter to demonstrate a typical POC test procedure. Correct use and overview of other POC test devices.
7 - Using lancets (finger collection)
We look at the correct use of lancets for POC testing and whole blood micro-collection.
8 - Using lancets (heel collection)
We look at the correct use of lancets for neonatal blood spot tests (Guthrie Test).
9 - Capillary collection
Using glass capillary tubes for micro-collection. Correct use and handling.
10 - Microtube collection
Correct use of BD Microtainers (and similar micro-collection bottles) - collection and handling.

This course is supported with downloadable resources and may include extra video segments to reinforce your practical training.
 
(THE COURSE DELIVERY AWARDS SAME NATIONALLY RECOGNISED AND DUALLY ACCREDITED QUALIFICATION AS OUR VIRTUAL CLASSROOM COURSE VERSION)



Geopace Training

Allied Health

Blood Taking

Venepuncture

Phlebotomist

Phlebotomy

Accredited Phlebotomy

Healthcare

The UK's first and only Level 4 qualification in Phlebotomy (equivalent to Ireland Level 6)

    FDSc (Foundation Degree Level) qualification

    Nationally Recognised certificate

    Dually accredited: Open College Network  and CPD

    Covers both aspirated and evacuated systems

    Covers specialised blood collection systems & methods

    Classroom or Virtual Classroom learning options

    Comprehensive Training Kit is provided when booking our Virtual Classroom option (yours to keep)

    Complete your training from beginner to advanced level

    This course either follows on from our Introduction to Phlebotomy Course  or can be combined with our introductory course as part of a course package (see below)

    Available to candidates who have completed (or are currently enrolled to complete) our Introduction to Phlebotomy Course or have previous phlebotomy practical experience.


Advanced Phlebotomy - Skills & Techniques (GPT005)

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR:</strong> MG, YA AND ADULT SCI-FI / FANTASY, CHILDREN&#39;S NON-FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After graduating from St Andrews University with a degree in English Literature and Art History, Maddy followed her love of literature to an internship at non-fiction literary agency Graham Maw Christie. &nbsp;At GMC, Maddy worked her way up to Agent and built a list of authors who wrote for both for adults and children, spanning history, tarot, and nature writing. An avid reader of anything magical, Maddy joined Madeleine Milburn in 2022 to build a list specialising in SFF.</span>
</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Maddy would like to see SFF across all genres for all ages, including: grim dark, thriller, historical, romance, cosy fantasy, sci-fi, epic, YA fantasy, dark academia, contemporary fantasy, fantasy middle-grade, mythology, fairy tale and queer fantasy. Inspiring children&rsquo;s non-fiction.</span>
<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><p id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">She loves worlds to get lost in, adventures that transform what it means to be a hero, and unique magic that offers as many problems as solutions. She likes books that make her cry and books that change her mind. Above all, when she finishes a story about another world, she wants it to have taught her a lesson which helps her live in this one.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">She loves all fantasy, but favours richly imagined, complex worlds with a history to discover and a future to protect. Worldbuilding is one of her favourite aspects of this genre and she is always looking for a new, dense world with series potential. Think Brandon Sanderson&rsquo;s Cosmere or the Marvel Cinematic Universe &ndash; the bigger the better! She also likes character-driven fantasy with a diverse cast to root for (or root against) and she wants to see a range of different relationships depicted authentically. She particularly like epics that dip into big, universal themes such as grief, climate change, or war and which ask impossible questions in the vein of R.F. Kuang or N.K. Jemisin. She is also excited by authors that play with form and language in a fantasy setting.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In YA, she is looking for much the same as in an adult fantasy, but with younger protagonists and a closer focus on relationships. She wants to see the tropes she knows and loves in new and exciting forms and her favourite YA books often centre around belonging and becoming. She likes a dash of romance in everything, because she is sentimental that way, but it&rsquo;s particularly important in the YA space.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sci-fi is a big passion of hers, especially when it comes with a strong hook. She is a huge fan of Becky Chamber&rsquo;s The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and Michaiah Johnson&rsquo;s The Space Between Worlds. &nbsp;She likes space as a metaphor, and would love something that explores different alien species. Please send her your space operas and sci-fi romances which combine space, magic and mayhem!</span></p><p style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In fantasy middle grade, she favours whimsy and animal companions; she would love to follow a group of kids through magic school. She tends to look for plenty of humour with a strong friendship at the centre, and she wants middle grade stories which engage with the concerns of children growing up as well as offering an all-important escape (preferably on a dragon/unicorn&rsquo;s back).</span></p><p style="color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(73, 73, 73);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">She is also looking for children&rsquo;s non-fiction for all ages. In this space, she wants something as creative as it is informative, and thinks diverse voices are increasingly important.</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Maddy would like you to submit a covering letter, one page synopsis and the first three chapters (Max 5000 words) of your completed manuscript in a single word document.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Maddy is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Monday 16 September 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: MG, YA AND ADULT SCI-FI / FANTASY, CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION
After graduating from St Andrews University with a degree in English Literature and Art History, Maddy followed her love of literature to an internship at non-fiction literary agency Graham Maw Christie. At GMC, Maddy worked her way up to Agent and built a list of authors who wrote for both for adults and children, spanning history, tarot, and nature writing. An avid reader of anything magical, Maddy joined Madeleine Milburn in 2022 to build a list specialising in SFF.

Maddy would like to see SFF across all genres for all ages, including: grim dark, thriller, historical, romance, cosy fantasy, sci-fi, epic, YA fantasy, dark academia, contemporary fantasy, fantasy middle-grade, mythology, fairy tale and queer fantasy. Inspiring children’s non-fiction.


She loves worlds to get lost in, adventures that transform what it means to be a hero, and unique magic that offers as many problems as solutions. She likes books that make her cry and books that change her mind. Above all, when she finishes a story about another world, she wants it to have taught her a lesson which helps her live in this one.
She loves all fantasy, but favours richly imagined, complex worlds with a history to discover and a future to protect. Worldbuilding is one of her favourite aspects of this genre and she is always looking for a new, dense world with series potential. Think Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere or the Marvel Cinematic Universe – the bigger the better! She also likes character-driven fantasy with a diverse cast to root for (or root against) and she wants to see a range of different relationships depicted authentically. She particularly like epics that dip into big, universal themes such as grief, climate change, or war and which ask impossible questions in the vein of R.F. Kuang or N.K. Jemisin. She is also excited by authors that play with form and language in a fantasy setting.
In YA, she is looking for much the same as in an adult fantasy, but with younger protagonists and a closer focus on relationships. She wants to see the tropes she knows and loves in new and exciting forms and her favourite YA books often centre around belonging and becoming. She likes a dash of romance in everything, because she is sentimental that way, but it’s particularly important in the YA space.
Sci-fi is a big passion of hers, especially when it comes with a strong hook. She is a huge fan of Becky Chamber’s The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and Michaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds. She likes space as a metaphor, and would love something that explores different alien species. Please send her your space operas and sci-fi romances which combine space, magic and mayhem!
In fantasy middle grade, she favours whimsy and animal companions; she would love to follow a group of kids through magic school. She tends to look for plenty of humour with a strong friendship at the centre, and she wants middle grade stories which engage with the concerns of children growing up as well as offering an all-important escape (preferably on a dragon/unicorn’s back).
She is also looking for children’s non-fiction for all ages. In this space, she wants something as creative as it is informative, and thinks diverse voices are increasingly important.
Maddy would like you to submit a covering letter, one page synopsis and the first three chapters (Max 5000 words) of your completed manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Maddy is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Monday 16 September 2024

SOLD OUT! 27th Sept Maddy Belton #Agent121. Looking for: MG, YA, CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION, ADULT FICTION

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR:</strong>&nbsp;YA, NEW ADULT &amp; ADULT ROMANCE</p><p style=" color: rgb(122, 122, 122);" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(122, 122, 122);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Born to two bibliophiles, Isabel Lineberry could not have grown up to be anything else. She was born and raised in the Southwest United States but always knew she wanted to move to the UK. In high school she set her sights on a job in the publishing industry and hasn&rsquo;t blinked since.</span></p><p style=" color: rgb(122, 122, 122);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(122, 122, 122);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Isabel graduated in 2021 from Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University, with dual degrees in English Literature and Business Entrepreneurship. Just a few months later she was in Scotland pursuing an MLitt in Fantasy at the University of Glasgow. She wrote her Masters thesis on Tamora Pierce and is a fan of Ray Bradbury, Octavia Butler and Samantha Shannon.&nbsp;</span></p><p style=" color: rgb(122, 122, 122);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(122, 122, 122);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">At P<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&eacute;</span>rez Literary &amp; Entertainment, Isabel looks after foreign rights and audio rights inquiries, assists the Managing Director and is building her own client list of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">contemporary stories and fantasy, across the YA and New Adult genres and any teen / Adult fiction that features a prominent romantic plot, in any guise.</span></span></p><p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Isabel is particularly interested in Contemporary Romance, Romantasy and Fantasy and is always attracted to the character and voice first, so give her romantic tension that has her giggling, a villain who is as charming as they are evil or a group of characters who have her watching their conversations as if it&rsquo;s a tennis match.</p><p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">More specifically, Isabel is looking for:</p><p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Romance</i></b> &ndash;&ndash; For YA, updated Meg Cabot or John Green. Those were favorites for her as a teenager but she wants new takes&ndash;&ndash;LGBT characters, diverse backgrounds, complex character development and a deep-dive into what it means to be a teenager in the current world. Give her relatability that doesn&rsquo;t sacrifice a character&rsquo;s unique traits. She is looking for the middle ground between the manic pixie dream girl and the buttoned-up character who just needs to take off their glasses.</p><p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In&nbsp;<b fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">New Adult</i></b>, Isabel is a big fan of authors like Elle Kennedy, C. W. Farnsworth, Elsie Silver and Morgan Elizabeth. BookTok romances are the perfect escapism for readers of all ages but especially for college students and young professionals like myself. Her all-time favorite tropes are Grumpy/Sunshine, Fall First/Fall Harder and all the Spice! She is not a fan of cheating storylines, accidental pregnancy, step-sibling romance or unnecessary miscommunication tropes.&nbsp;</p><p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Romantasy</b></i> &ndash;&ndash; Send her romance with sufficient fantasy worldbuilding. The romantic plot should be the main event but the worldbuilding needs to be able to stand up to scrutiny. The reader should accept the customs and specifics of your fantasy without too much confusion. Recent titles Isabel has loved include <i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fourth Wing</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">League of Gentleman Witches</i>.&nbsp;</p><p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="isPasted" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As for the romance, Isabel loves tropes (especially: Enemies to Lovers, Who Hurt You?), morally grey characters and kick-ass heroines. She loves training montages and dueling as foreplay. Show her spice during high-pressure situations, quick kisses stolen in battlefields, and fantastic banter. She would also love a return to the paranormal romances that dominated the 2010s. Think the 2020s twist on <i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Twilight</i>,&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Beautiful Creatures</i>,&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shiver</i>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vampire Academy</i>. Isabel is most definitely on the hunt for Romantasy and paranormal romance featuring queer and underrepresented voices.</p><p style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fantasy</i></b> &ndash;&ndash; The worldbuilding absolutely must be believable and purposeful. Fantasy should be a mirror held up to the real world, offering a differing perspective that allows us to examine something about ourselves or our lives in a new light. Isabel has a masters degree in Fantasy from the University of Glasgow so can be a bit of a stickler when it comes to this! The magic/training/military school trope has been nearly exhausted, so be creative with the setting. Her favorite fantasy author is Tamora Pierce - she would love a &ldquo;girl has to pretend to be a boy to get her knighthood&rdquo; storyline that Pierce couldn&rsquo;t do in the 80s such as LGBT representation (although Alanna was definitely gender fluid and Kel was 100% ace), a deeper dive into the social and political implications (no white saviorism!) and more spice. Some of her other favorite fantasy novels include <i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Howl&rsquo;s Moving Castle</i>,&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Good Omens,</i>&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kindred</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Golden Compass</i>. Isabel does not want Tolkien-esque hard worldbuilding with 100k+ quests; instead focus on the pacing and how it can grab the reader. She wants a fantasy plot that compels me to keep reading even if it&rsquo;s past her bedtime! She adores fairytale retellings, dark fantasy, alternate histories and historical fantasy, and the occasional steampunk/dystopia.</p><p style=" color: rgb(122, 122, 122);" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(122, 122, 122);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">When not working, Isabel can usually be found reading or wandering a bookstore. Some of her favorite books include&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Hunger Games, Pride and Prejudice</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Mysterious Benedict Society</i>.&nbsp;</span></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Isabel would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 -2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your completed manuscript in a single word document.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Isabel is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers.&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Monday 16 September&nbsp;</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: YA, NEW ADULT & ADULT ROMANCE
Born to two bibliophiles, Isabel Lineberry could not have grown up to be anything else. She was born and raised in the Southwest United States but always knew she wanted to move to the UK. In high school she set her sights on a job in the publishing industry and hasn’t blinked since.
Isabel graduated in 2021 from Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University, with dual degrees in English Literature and Business Entrepreneurship. Just a few months later she was in Scotland pursuing an MLitt in Fantasy at the University of Glasgow. She wrote her Masters thesis on Tamora Pierce and is a fan of Ray Bradbury, Octavia Butler and Samantha Shannon. 
At Pérez Literary & Entertainment, Isabel looks after foreign rights and audio rights inquiries, assists the Managing Director and is building her own client list of contemporary stories and fantasy, across the YA and New Adult genres and any teen / Adult fiction that features a prominent romantic plot, in any guise.
Isabel is particularly interested in Contemporary Romance, Romantasy and Fantasy and is always attracted to the character and voice first, so give her romantic tension that has her giggling, a villain who is as charming as they are evil or a group of characters who have her watching their conversations as if it’s a tennis match.
More specifically, Isabel is looking for:
Romance –– For YA, updated Meg Cabot or John Green. Those were favorites for her as a teenager but she wants new takes––LGBT characters, diverse backgrounds, complex character development and a deep-dive into what it means to be a teenager in the current world. Give her relatability that doesn’t sacrifice a character’s unique traits. She is looking for the middle ground between the manic pixie dream girl and the buttoned-up character who just needs to take off their glasses.
In New Adult, Isabel is a big fan of authors like Elle Kennedy, C. W. Farnsworth, Elsie Silver and Morgan Elizabeth. BookTok romances are the perfect escapism for readers of all ages but especially for college students and young professionals like myself. Her all-time favorite tropes are Grumpy/Sunshine, Fall First/Fall Harder and all the Spice! She is not a fan of cheating storylines, accidental pregnancy, step-sibling romance or unnecessary miscommunication tropes. 
Romantasy –– Send her romance with sufficient fantasy worldbuilding. The romantic plot should be the main event but the worldbuilding needs to be able to stand up to scrutiny. The reader should accept the customs and specifics of your fantasy without too much confusion. Recent titles Isabel has loved include Fourth Wing and League of Gentleman Witches. 
As for the romance, Isabel loves tropes (especially: Enemies to Lovers, Who Hurt You?), morally grey characters and kick-ass heroines. She loves training montages and dueling as foreplay. Show her spice during high-pressure situations, quick kisses stolen in battlefields, and fantastic banter. She would also love a return to the paranormal romances that dominated the 2010s. Think the 2020s twist on Twilight, Beautiful Creatures, Shiver or Vampire Academy. Isabel is most definitely on the hunt for Romantasy and paranormal romance featuring queer and underrepresented voices.
Fantasy –– The worldbuilding absolutely must be believable and purposeful. Fantasy should be a mirror held up to the real world, offering a differing perspective that allows us to examine something about ourselves or our lives in a new light. Isabel has a masters degree in Fantasy from the University of Glasgow so can be a bit of a stickler when it comes to this! The magic/training/military school trope has been nearly exhausted, so be creative with the setting. Her favorite fantasy author is Tamora Pierce - she would love a “girl has to pretend to be a boy to get her knighthood” storyline that Pierce couldn’t do in the 80s such as LGBT representation (although Alanna was definitely gender fluid and Kel was 100% ace), a deeper dive into the social and political implications (no white saviorism!) and more spice. Some of her other favorite fantasy novels include Howl’s Moving Castle, Good Omens, Kindred and Golden Compass. Isabel does not want Tolkien-esque hard worldbuilding with 100k+ quests; instead focus on the pacing and how it can grab the reader. She wants a fantasy plot that compels me to keep reading even if it’s past her bedtime! She adores fairytale retellings, dark fantasy, alternate histories and historical fantasy, and the occasional steampunk/dystopia.
When not working, Isabel can usually be found reading or wandering a bookstore. Some of her favorite books include The Hunger Games, Pride and Prejudice and The Mysterious Benedict Society. 
Isabel would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 -2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your completed manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Isabel is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Tuesday 24 September 2024

ONE SPACE LEFT! 30th September Isabel Lineberry #Agent121. Looking for: YA, NEW ADULT & ADULT ROMANCE

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR:</strong> ADULT FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">Kate Barker has worked in publishing for over twenty years as an agent, commissioning editor and ghostwriter. Before setting up her own company, Kate Barker Literary Agency, she spent ten years at Penguin, where she was an Editorial Director for Viking, acquiring fiction and non-fiction. She has also worked for Orion, Curtis Brown and for digital publisher Bookouture.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">She is looking for commercial and reading group fiction for adults and would love to find an unputdownable thriller like Rosamund Lupton&#39;s <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Three Hours</em>, a funny, heartbreaking contemporary novel like <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Queenie</em> by Candice Carty-Williams or a romantic comedy with a unique premise like <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Flatshare</em> by Beth O&#39;Leary. She also loves historical fiction and series crime.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Kate would like you to submit a covering letter, one page synopsis and the first three chapters (Max 5,000 words) of your completed manuscript in a single word document.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Kate is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">discretion of&nbsp;</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Monday 23 September 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION
Kate Barker has worked in publishing for over twenty years as an agent, commissioning editor and ghostwriter. Before setting up her own company, Kate Barker Literary Agency, she spent ten years at Penguin, where she was an Editorial Director for Viking, acquiring fiction and non-fiction. She has also worked for Orion, Curtis Brown and for digital publisher Bookouture.
She is looking for commercial and reading group fiction for adults and would love to find an unputdownable thriller like Rosamund Lupton's Three Hours, a funny, heartbreaking contemporary novel like Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams or a romantic comedy with a unique premise like The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary. She also loves historical fiction and series crime.
Kate would like you to submit a covering letter, one page synopsis and the first three chapters (Max 5,000 words) of your completed manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Kate is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Monday 23 September 2024

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<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">LOOKING FOR</strong>: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION</p><p id="isPasted" style="text-align: justify;" fr-original-style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hannah joined the publishing industry in 2017 after a degree in German &amp; Spanish and a Masters in Translation Studies, with a passion for literary translation. After two years scouting for international publishers and production companies, she then spent four years at Northbank Talent Management, where she represented a wide range of authors including Phoebe Luckhurst, Rebecca Ryan, Marion Todd, Nina Millns and Jonathan Whitelaw. After a year as acting Head of Media Rights at Penguin Random House UK, Hannah joined Watson, Little as Literary and Book-to-Screen Agent in 2024.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In fiction, Hannah is looking for excellent writing which marries a strong voice with a compelling plot, across a range of genres. She loves ambitious stories that take her to unexpected places &ndash; either in style or setting &ndash; particularly if they sit in that upmarket-literary crossover space. She feels just as immersed in an intimate coming-of-age novel as in an incisive family drama or darkly funny psychological thriller, particularly where there&rsquo;s a fresh approach or something to say about the world we live in. Some of her recent favourites have included&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Really Good, Actually&nbsp;</em>by Monica Heisey,&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Open Water</em>&nbsp;by Caleb Azumah Nelson,&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Whalebone Theatre&nbsp;</em>by Joanna Quinn, and&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wrong Place, Wrong Time</em>&nbsp;by Gillian McAllister. Please note that she is not the right agent for sci-fi, fantasy, action thrillers, YA or children&rsquo;s books.</p><p style="text-align: justify;" fr-original-style="text-align: justify;">She is also looking for narrative non-fiction with a beautiful voice and new insight into an experience or place, and is particularly interested in nature writing, memoir, and literary ways into genres such as true crime, history or the environment. Over the years, she&rsquo;s loved&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Salt Path</em>&nbsp;by Raynor Winn,&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Glass Castle</em>&nbsp;by Jeannette Walls,&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Seven Signs of Life</em>&nbsp;by Aoife Abbey and&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Panic Years&nbsp;</em>by Nell Frizzell.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Hannah would like you to submit your fiction as a covering letter, 1-2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.&nbsp;</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">For non-fiction, she would like to see:-</strong></p><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">1-page synopsis &ndash; to give an overview of what the book will offer the reader and how it&#39;s different from other books out there on this topic</strong></li><li style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;A detailed proposed contents list, including proposed sub-section headings as well as chapter headings &ndash; to give a sense of the overall reader journey (this is not included in the word count)</strong></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(<em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to the paid sessions, Hannah is kindly offering one free session for low income/underrepresented writers. Please email <a href="mailto:agent121@iaminprint.co.uk" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto; font-size: var(--font-size);" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; cursor: pointer; user-select: auto;">agent121@iaminprint.co.uk</a> to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print)</em>.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with<strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"> </strong><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Pr</em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">int</em> prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> by the stated submission deadline and note that <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box;">I Am In Print</em> take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; color: var(--text); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The submission deadline is: Tuesday 24 September 2024</strong></p>

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION, NON-FICTION
Hannah joined Watson, Little in 2024 after four years as an agent at Northbank Talent Management and a year at Penguin Random House UK. She’s building a varied list of commercial and upmarket fiction and non-fiction, and authors she’s represented have been listed for prizes including the Women’s Prize, the British Book Awards, the Jhalak Prize, the Comedy Women in Print Prize and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. 
She’s always looking for excellent writing which marries a strong voice with a catchy concept and a compelling plot, but more specifically, in fiction, she loves to represent:
Crime and thriller novels with a confident voice, a clear hook and a fresh approach – especially if it says something about the world we live in today. She recently enjoyed the structure of Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, the fun voice and family dynamics of My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite and the holiday setting of Murder on Lake Garda by Tom Hindle.
Love stories, whether that’s a smart romcom like Book Lovers by Emily Henry or Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, an intimate coming-of-age love story like Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson or a big, weepy epic.
General contemporary fiction about complicated people, families and lives, often when there’s a mystery at its heart. Some of her recent favourites include Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey, I’m Sorry You Feel That Way by Rebecca Wait, and All My Mothers by Joanna Cannon.
She also takes on a small amount of historical fiction, generally set in the 19th and 20th centuries – so she’s not the best fit for books set much further back in time or myth retellings.
She’s also looking for non-fiction with a strong voice and new insight into an experience or place, and am particularly interested in self-help, lifestyle and wellbeing, science, psychology, nature writing, memoir, and new ways into genres such as true crime, history or the environment. Over the years, I’ve loved The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, The Five by Hallie Rubenhold and Manifest by Roxie Nafousi.
She’s not the right agent for sci-fi, fantasy or action thrillers, and I’m currently not accepting children’s and YA novels, scripts or poetry.
Hannah would like you to submit your fiction as a covering letter, 1-2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document. 
For non-fiction, she would like to see:-
1-page synopsis – to give an overview of what the book will offer the reader and how it's different from other books out there on this topic
A detailed proposed contents list, including proposed sub-section headings as well as chapter headings – to give a sense of the overall reader journey (this is not included in the word count)
(In addition to the paid sessions, Hannah is kindly offering one free session for low income/underrepresented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 
By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.
The submission deadline is: Thursday 26 September 2024

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