The Parenting for Faith podcast

S13E5: Additional Needs (Vicki Smith)

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Show Notes

In today’s episode we speak to Vicki Smith from Growing Hope about additional needs, When Dreams Change and the unwinding tool. Vicki is Growing Hope’s Interim CEO, a charity that champions accessibility and supports children with additional needs and their families through clinics set up in partnership with churches across the UK. Vicki is passionate about enabling families to receive help and support that they may otherwise never have access to as well as encouraging churches to be places of welcome for all. She is Mum to two teenage boys and married to Jonathan who is Worship Director at their Church in South East London. "

Links: Book Parenting as a Church Leader Day on 9 October https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/book-pacl-day/ Sign up to the book launch for An A - Z of Parenting for Faith on 18 October Growing Hope - https://growinghope.org.uk/ When Dreams Change - https://growinghope.org.uk/wdcreferrals Creating windows and additional needs FAQ https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/creating-windows-and-additional-needs-faqs/ (link to other tools and additional needs FAQS can be accessed from there) Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at [email protected]

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