Leadership in Social Impact Education with Ed Robbins

SENDcast Episode

Leadership in Social Impact Education

with Ed Robbins

For some children and young people, the traditional school system has already failed them – sometimes more than once. What they need isn’t a better curriculum. It’s someone who will meet them where they are.

In this episode, Dale is joined by Ed Robbins, CEO of Fresh Start in Education to discuss ‘Leadership in Social Impact Education’. Fresh Start works one-to-one with young people in their homes, in coffee shops, parks, libraries – wherever they feel safe enough to connect. The goal isn’t academic attainment from the outset. It’s building a relationship, celebrating the seemingly small wins, and gradually inspiring a belief that things can be different.

Dale and Ed discuss why behaviour is always communication, why ‘they won’t’ and ‘they can’t’ are very different things, and why a child who hasn’t left their bedroom in weeks getting as far as opening a car door is, in reality, a huge achievement worth celebrating.

“We want to inspire them that there is hope – that just because they’ve not been in school, it’s not over for them.”
— Ed Robbins

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