Platfform Wellbeing

20/11/2025

Last week’s strengths-based session explored what it really means to hold boundaries in a broken system and why they matter.

Sarah Brown, one of our clinical psychologists, reminded us that boundaries aren’t barriers. They’re part of the relationships we build. They protect the people we support, and they protect us as workers. And when systems are stretched, that’s when we most need our boundaries, but it’s also when they’re most likely to fray.

We reflected on how compassion and clarity need to sit alongside each other. As Sarah shared:
🔴 “A trauma-informed boundary is predictable, transparent and kind, even when it’s firm.”
🔴 “Real kindness is accountable and tells the truth respectfully.”

🎬If you’d like to revisit the session or catch up if you couldn’t make it then you can watch the full recording here: https://youtu.be/z_cYZzTc7ts?si=Cx7kvKYUedhZYDlL

18/11/2025

🙋🏾Sometimes as leaders, the pace can be so fast that decisions can become reactive rather than intentional.

In our upcoming webinar, we’ll explore how coaching can help you step back from the noise, recognise unhelpful patterns, and approach challenges with a fresh perspective. You’ll learn how creating a dedicated space to think can strengthen your decision-making and support healthier team dynamics.

📅 Thursday 11th December
⏰ 11:00am

Save your free spot: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leadership-creating-space-for-stronger-relationships-and-better-outcomes-tickets-1838184753079?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/11/2025

We are running a free webinar tomorrow with WCVA CGGC

​Safeguarding clinical supervision – Essential ingredient or a cherry on top? Please register through link in comments.
🗓️ 13/11/2025
⌚ 10am-11am

​Clinical supervision is a professional relationship which helps to honestly reflect on work in a safe and confidential environment. This webinar will provide you with a brief overview of clinical supervision, why it is essential to improve and maintain the wellbeing and professional development of safeguarding staff and volunteers and what supervision might look like in practice.

Don’t miss out on our Safeguarding clinical supervision webinar with Platfform Wellbeing, taking place tomorrow!

Clinical supervision is a professional relationship which helps the individual or group to honestly reflect on their work in a safe and confidential environment.

If this is something that interests you, don’t miss out! Sign up now 👉

For more info, please check out the link in comments below.

06/11/2025

We all get that ‘communities’ means ‘people’ - so why do we often think differently about workplaces? We’re still people at work 🤖

Jen and Pete are breaking this down today at the Wales NHS Confederation annual conference. They’re looking at how pressure leads to blame cultures, and what we can do about it when just reducing the pressure isn’t an option.

It comes down to how we show up for each other. That’s not about being ‘nice’ or ‘soft’, but about having leadership styles that encourage people to have autonomy, to say when things aren’t right, and to feel supported to do so. That’s how you get the best from your teams without burning people out.

Read more about the real causes of burnout here: https://www.platfformwellbeing.com/blog/the-real-causes-of-burnout-at-work/

05/11/2025

Free 3-hour workshop: Understanding and working with vicarious trauma

If you work in a safeguarding or helping role, you’re likely supporting people who’ve experienced trauma, but what about the impact on you?

Join our free interactive session to:
✅ Understand what vicarious trauma is and why it happens
✅ Recognise the signs in yourself and others
✅ Learn ways to reduce the risk

📅 13/11/2025
🔗https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-working-with-vicarious-trauma-wcva-tickets-1837098042699?aff=oddtdtcreator

📅 26/11/2025
🔗https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-working-with-vicarious-trauma-wcva-tickets-1837104451869?aff=oddtdtcreator

30/10/2025

🎨We’re running relaxed art sessions led by Martyna, a Creative & Therapeutic Arts student on placement with us at Platfform Wellbeing.

No experience needed – just come as you are. Painting, collage, mixed media, and a chance to connect with others for a couple of hours.

📍 Roath, Cardiff
⏰ Oct, Nov and Dec sessions: Morning (10–12) or Afternoon (1–3)

You only need to book one session (morning or afternoon) – both will follow the same format and content.

Book a free space: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-arts-workshop-tickets-1423938090159?aff=oddtdtcreator

28/10/2025

Holding boundaries in a broken system: being kind isn’t being nice

Sometimes trauma informed approaches, or working relationally, can be easily misunderstood. People can find themselves stuck in a position where they are trying to be “nice”, or they find providing boundaries, routine and structures very difficult.

Next in our strength based learning programme session, we will explore in more detail, the need for clear boundaries within practice and how that can work within a trauma-informed, strengths-based way of working.

Save your free place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holding-boundaries-in-a-broken-system-being-kind-isnt-being-nice-tickets-1302927584479?aff=oddtdtcreator

22/10/2025

📽️Our next webinar is for leaders and how creating space for thinking can support stronger relationships and better outcomes

When the pace of work is always busy, decision-making can sometimes become reactive. Having a dedicated space to slow down, think more clearly, and make decisions with clarity and confidence.

In this webinar, we’ll explore how creating a dedicated space can help you:

🟪Step back from the noise and make decisions grounded in clarity, not pressure
🟪Develop self-awareness and recognise patterns that shape your leadership
🟪Ask questions that offer new perspectives and approaches to complex challenges
🟪Build greater confidence in your choices and in how you support your team

Whether you’re navigating change, leading through uncertainty, or simply want to create more space to think, supporting better decisions, stronger relationships, and a more thoughtful, collaborative workplace culture.

📅 Thursday 20th November, 11AM

Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leadership-creating-space-for-stronger-relationships-and-better-outcomes-tickets-1838184753079?aff=oddtdtcreator

21/10/2025

No Man's Land, a gripping performance by Kyle Stead, at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff and we are delighted to be supporting this incredible drama

Our Platfform Wellbeing counsellor, Chloe, will also be attending to offer support as there are scenes which some audience members may find distressing.

🎟 Park & Dare - Treorchy CF42 6NL | Thurs 23 to Sat 25 October
https://www.rct-theatres.co.uk/event/no-mans-land
Written by the award-winning Rachel Trezise and directed by Matthew Holmquist.
Photography (original post): Kirsten McTernan

21/10/2025

💻New workshop dates are now available for our open sessions on burnout, anxiety, and vicarious trauma, designed for people with safeguarding responsibilities.

These sessions offer a space to pause, reflect, and explore practical ways to support your own wellbeing as well as the people you work with, particularly when things are tough.

Whether you have safeguarding responsibilities in a school, charity, community setting, or volunteer role, we know this work can come with its own pressures.

Thanks to funding from WCVA, we can offer free wellbeing support — including training, counselling, and critical incident debriefs — for anyone involved in safeguarding.

📅 Book your free place here: https://www.platfformwellbeing.com/wcva-training/

15/10/2025

🎨We’re running relaxed art sessions led by Martyna, a Creative & Therapeutic Arts student on placement with us at Platfform Wellbeing.

No experience needed – just come as you are. Painting, collage, mixed media, and a chance to connect with others for a couple of hours.

📍 Roath, Cardiff
⏰ Oct, Nov and Dec sessions: Morning (10–12) or Afternoon (1–3)

You only need to book one session (morning or afternoon) – both will follow the same format and content.

Book a free space: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-arts-workshop-tickets-1423938090159?aff=oddtdtcreator

14/10/2025

Do you work in education?

Tomorrow’s webinar is all about supporting teacher and staff wellbeing during challenging times

School life can be so rewarding, but it can also feel overwhelming, from navigating tricky relationships to heavy workloads and the pressure to keep going when you’re exhausted.

Join Osian Leader (Psychotherapist) and Jack Newton (former Head Teacher) as they talk about lived experiences and share ways to manage stress, prevent burnout, and handle conflict in a healthy way.

📅 Tomorrow | 4–5 PM
💻 Can’t make it live? Sign up and we’ll send you the recording

Counts towards CPD – certificates available

📅Book your free space: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stronger-schools-managing-conflict-workload-and-emotional-challenges-tickets-1430197672739?aff=oddtdtcreator