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Ocorian is continuing its support of Brighter Futures for another year, with ongoing funding of its unique range of personal development, educational, second chance learning programmes alongside key worker support.
Brighter Futures is a Jersey charity that support parents, carers and children who are facing a range of challenges and difficulties. Brighter Futures works in partnership with a range of agencies and support groups including health and parent support services. One of its programmes entitled ‘Circle of Security’ assists parents in their relationships with their children, addresses family health and promotes well-being within the family environment. The programme focuses on how parent/child relationships can be strengthened in a unique way, teaching parents to understand children’s needs and behaviours.
Over the past six years, more than 150 families have been able to benefit from the course and Ruth Brunton, Brighter Futures CEO, expressed her thanks for the part played by Ocorian. She commented:
“We carry out pre and post evaluations to assess the effectiveness of the course and we ask parents to rate their relationships, understanding and affection towards their children. Following our last course in 2016 we saw increased scores by the end of the programme in every category – some of the most striking results were 100% of parents telling us that if their children were sad that they now had a better understanding of why, 88% of parents said that they now have a better understanding of their child’s needs and felt better able to listen to their child and 75% of parents said that following this course playing with their child comes more easily to them. “
She added:
“We are so grateful for the generosity of Ocorian (formerly Bedell Trust) during the last six years. It is committed support of this kind that enables us to continue with our work. Circle of Security is an incredible programme that is transforming relationships within families.”
Ocorian, the leading fund, corporate and private client provide was previously known as Bedell Trust prior to a management buyout in 2016 and a subsequent rebrand.
Shane Hollywood, Director at Ocorian, commented:
“In our community support programme, it is always our objective to identify charitable initiatives where our contribution can make a real difference and with the ‘Circle of Security’ sponsorship, it is clear that the programmes are giving a number of parents and their children an opportunity to strengthen family relationships and improve their lives.”
