How is social pedagogy valued in our home? A brief reflection – Hannah Severn (Assistant Manager and SPPA trustee) When Fallon, a friendly Cockapoo came to visit our local authority children’s home, we saw a new side to one of our children. They adopted a caring and protective role we had not seen before. They […]

By Jameel Hadi   Every child is an explorer, blessed with the urge to wanderlust. Show the child various ways of navigation, weather-sense, boat-building and sailing. Help the child build a small shipping vessel and test it together to the open sea. Teach him how to fish. Now, let the shipping vessel start its journey […]

As the saying goes ‘travel broadens the mind’ and the opportunity for students to go on overseas trips is a good way of helping with this.  Here at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) we recognise the value for us all in being able to visit social pedagogical projects outside of the UK and the […]

Maggie Kuhn, leader of the Grey Panthers in the US in the 1980s, suggested the young and the old had much in common. Both were marginalised. Both were relatively poor. Both were in tension with the middle generation. Both were on drugs, but with different pushers. Karen Chouhan is Senior Area Education Manager for the […]

Every month, we want to provide you with an update of our activities. They will complement our bi-monthly newsletters and will arrive in your inbox on the final Friday of the month.  So, what’s been happening this month at SPPA? SPPA has begun accepting renewals of Founding Memberships. To do this, please follow these steps: Visit […]