Safeguarding, stronger relationships and confident practice.
Village Mind helps organisations working with children and families strengthen safeguarding, support their teams and build meaningful relationships with the whole village around a child.
One village, three ways in.
Services for organisations and families, including solo mum support, live safeguarding training, and online courses.
For organisationsSystemic Consultancy and Organisational Development
Helping leaders and teams strengthen culture, communication and practice, and put their vision into everyday action.
For solo mumsSolo Mum Elevation: Mentoring and Support
Space for you, your ambitions and your next steps, with support to build confidence and make room for your own goals.
Live on TeamsSafeguarding for the EYFS
Clear responsibilities, confident responses and supportive relationships for early years professionals.
Whole teamSafeguarding for Children’s Residential Homes
Practical, relational safeguarding training grounded in the realities of residential care.
Bridging families and servicesFamilies First Safeguarding Essentials
Bridging the gap between families and social services, so parents and carers can navigate support and work confidently with professionals.
Safeguarding for the EYFS
Clear responsibilities. Confident responses. Supportive relationships. A practical, interactive course that helps early years practitioners apply their safeguarding responsibilities with confidence, care and professional curiosity.
- Safeguarding and child protection
- Recognising abuse and neglect
- Responding to disclosures
- Working with parents and carers
- Record concerns clearly and share information appropriately
- Safer working practices and professional boundaries
Arrange EYFS safeguarding training for your team.
Tell us about your setting and we’ll discuss suitable dates, delivery options and fees.
Discuss team training
Systemic Consultancy and Organisational Development
Helping organisations understand their patterns, strengthen their culture and put their vision into practice, with safeguarding at the heart of it.
Discuss systemic supportKind words
From the settings and families Mel works with.
We’ve taken part in many safeguarding trainings over the years, but the session delivered by Village Mind was by far the most engaging and relevant we’ve experienced, especially tailored to the unique context of early years settings.
Hi, I’m Mel.
I founded Village Mind in 2021, inspired by the belief that children and young people thrive when the people and services around them work together. I bring over 15 years’ experience across mainstream education, alternative provision, family support, the family justice system and care settings. Building on this experience and my training in systemic psychotherapy, I now offer systemic consultancy to help organisations understand how relationships, communication and everyday practice shape children’s experiences.
There’s a place for you in our village.
We support the people and organisations around children to build stronger relationships, safer practice and shared understanding.
- Nursery managers
- Safeguarding leads
- School leaders
- Teachers
- Residential managers
- Social workers
- Foster carers
- Parents and carers
- Solo mums
