Culture of Care learning events
This page provides dates, information and resources from the Culture of Care programme's events.
A key part of the Culture of Care programme are the in-person and virtual learning sets and workshops. These events provide an excellent opportunity for shared learning with space for presentations, breakout discussions, networking and in-person support from the delivery team.
Please review the calendar of events, 2024 - 2026, for the Culture of Care Programme.
National Learning Sessions
A space to share the work of organisations and wards taking part; learn from one another; build relationships across learning networks; and continue to work towards the principles of equity and co-production.
Date: 21 May 2024
Time: 10am - 3pm
Venue: Edgbaston Stadium's Banqueting Suite
Address: Edgbaston Rd, Birmingham B5 7QU
View the agenda.
View the accessibility pack.
View the event slide deck.
Questions? Contact us at cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Date: 16 July 2024
Time: 10am - 1pm
Format: Zoom meeting
Questions? Contact us at cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Date: 15 October 2024
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Format: MS Teams
Resources
Watch the recording of the session below:
Resources
- View the slide deck
- Woodlands Sensory Modulation Workbook (Sussex Partnership NHS Trust)
*If using the workbook, the group needs to be ran by a qualified Occupational Therapist.
Watch the recordings of the presentation(s) below:
1. What is autism-informed care?
Lucy Gilbert and Antonia Aluko will provide a brief overview of autism-informed care
2. Positive Behavioural Support (PBS)
Jill Corbyn will provide information about the evidence base for PBS and share best practice alternatives that align with neurodivergent affirming approaches
3. Autistic SPACE Framework
Molly Anderton will reflect on common change ideas relating to the autism informed equity principle. She will reference the Autistic SPACE framework to inspire possible next steps
4. Hearing from Sussex Partnership NHS Trust
Jess Honeysett and Sarah-Joe Mohun Smith speak to the work Sussex Partnership NHS Trust is doing relating to autism informed care
5. Question and Answer (Q&A) and session wrap up
Date: 29 April 2025
Time: 10am - 3pm
Venue: Edgbaston Stadium
Questions? Contact us at cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk
Date: 7 July 2025
Time: 10am - 2pm
Format: MS Teams
Date: 30 October 2025
Time: 1pm - 3pm
Format: MS Teams
Date: 15 January 2026
Time: 10am - 2pm
Format: MS Teams
Date: 19 March 2026
Time: 10am - 3pm
Format: in-person
Dialogical and Relational Training Taster Days (DARTT)
An introductory training designed to enhance your ability to listen actively and evoke a sense of safety through every contact. This training is for staff on wards participating in the Culture of Care programme and also for staff supporting the wards to undertake the work.
For more information, please review the following documents:
- Meeting Agenda (for all 5 sessions)
- One-page summary
Each day has a capacity of 200 people, to attend please register for your preferred date below. Please only register for 1 day as the content will be the same.
Time: 09:30 - 16:30
Location: Zoom (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
Once registered, if you can no longer attend your training, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 9.30-4.30
Location: Zoom (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
Once registered, if you can no longer attend your training, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 9.30-4.30
Location: Zoom (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
Once registered, if you can no longer attend your training, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 9.30-4.30
Location: Zoom (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
Once registered, if you can no longer attend your training, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 9.30-4.30
Location: Zoom (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
Once registered, if you can no longer attend your training, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 9.30-4.30
Location: Zoom (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
Once registered, if you can no longer attend your training, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 9.30-4.30
Location: Zoom (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
Once registered, if you can no longer attend your training, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 09:30 - 16:30
Location: Zoom (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
Once registered, if you can no longer attend your training, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Personalised approach to risk events
A space to share learnings from the personalised approach to risk pilot about moving away from risk stratification.
Date: 17 July 2024
Time: 9am-12pm including breaks
Location: Zoom Meeting
- View the slides: Culture of Care Standards
- View the slides: Personalised Approaches to Risk
- View the slides: Risk Assessment without Stratification
Watch the recordings of the three presentations below:
1. Personalised approaches to risk in mental health in in-patient settings
2. Risk Assessment without stratification; A new risk assessment template within SABP
3. Culture of Care Programme - Change Theory
Date: 22 October 2024
Time: 10am-12 noon
Location: Zoom
Watch the recordings of the presentations below:
1. Personalised Approach to Risk - carer involvement self-harm and suicide prevention
2. Adult carers of adults in mental health crisis: research overview and resources
Date: 17 December 2024
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: MS Teams
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder slides
- Experiences of menstrual health in psychiatric inpatient settings in England
- Links and Resources
Watch the recordings of the presentations below:
1. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, self-harm and suicide
Dr Lynsay Matthews will overview research on perimenopause, premenstrual dysphoric disorder and mental health.
Date: 11 February 2025
Time: 10am - 12 noon
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
Resources
Watch the recording of the presentation below:
Date: Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Time: 10am-12 noon
Resources
Watch the recording of the presentation below:
Date: 10 June 2025
Time: 10am-12 noon
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
Date: 22 October 2025
Time: 10am - 12pm
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
Any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Learning Network Events
An in-person space for learning network pairs to provide teaching; share learning, reflections, challenges and successes from each of the four elements of the programme; build relationships within the learning network. Focus on supporting the wards taking part to do their work and meeting the milestones of the programme. Each event will include a focus on co-production and equity.
We are pleased to open the registration for the Culture of Care Learning Networks.
To register, please select the registration form under the network for which you belong.
Learning Networks 4 and 7
Shay Stadium, Halifax
12 November | 9.30am - 3.30pm
Learning Networks 8 and 9
10 Union Street, London
19 November 2024 | 9.30am - 3.30pm
Learning Networks 2 and 5
Leicester Football Club, Leicester
26 November 2024 | 9.30am - 3.30pm
Learning Networks 1 and 6
Sandy Park Conference Centre, Exeter
27 November 2024 |9.30am - 3.30pm
Learning Networks 3 and 10
Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool
28 November 2024 | 9.30am - 3.30pm
Please make note below of the date and time of your respective Learning Network event pairing for February.
To register, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk or contact your organisations key contact and/or project lead.
Learning Network 3 & 10
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle
5 February | 10:00am - 3:30pm
Learning Network 2 & 5
Kents Hill Park Training and Conference Centre, Milton Keynes
12 February | 10:00am - 3:30pm
Learning Network 1 & 6
Bristol Pavilion at Gloss County Cricket Club, Bristol
13 February | 10:00am - 3:30pm
Learning Network 8 & 9
The 免费黑料网, London
14 February | 10:00am - 3:30pm
Learning Network 4 & 7
Holiday Inn Darlington - A1 Scotch Corner Hotel
20 February | 10:00am - 3:30pm
Workshops
The workshops will be a safe space to bring and work through challenges and discuss emerging themes arising from the work.
We invite all frontline staff, people with lived experience, senior sponsors, executives and people working within organisations to participate.
Date: 17 September 2024
Time: 1-3pm
Format: MS Teams
We are pleased to open the registration for the Culture of Care Learning Network Workshops.
To register, please select the registration form under the network for which you belong.
Learning Networks 1 & 6
9 December | 13:00 - 15:00 | MS Teams
Learning Networks 2 & 5
9 December | 13:00 - 15:00 | MS Teams
Learning Networks 3 & 10
9 December | 13:00 - 15:00 | MS Teams
Learning Networks 4 & 7
9 December | 13:00 - 15:00 | MS Teams
Learning Networks 8 & 9
9 December | 13:00 - 15:00 | MS Teams
Date: 9 June 2025
Time: 2:00-4:00pm
Format: MS Teams
Questions? Contact us at cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk
Date: 17 September 2025
Time: 10am - 12 noon
Format: MS Teams
Questions? Contact us at cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk
Date: 12 December 2025
Time: 10am - 12 noon
Format: MS Teams
Questions? Contact us at cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk
Date: 6 March 2026
Time: 10am - 12 noon
Format: MS Teams
Questions? Contact us at cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk
Lived experience network
A supportive space for everyone with lived experience involved in the culture of care programme to come together for support, training, sharing ideas and experiences and exploring challenges inherent in lived experience work.
For those persons with lived experience, (this includes lived experience leads in trusts, peer workers on wards and patients and carers who are part of project teams), we kindly ask you to register for this network.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Autism-informed care training
This 3 hour session aims to provide an introduction to Autism-informed care. The team at Neurodiverse Connection will outline the current understanding of autism as a sensory and social communication difference. The session will then explore why an autism-informed approach to mental health care is needed, what it looks like and the positive impact it has on accessibility and outcomes for autistic individuals. The session will combine theory with lived experience insights. Reflections from the audience are invited and short breakout discussions are scheduled but participation is optional.
This training is for anyone involved in the Culture of Care programme, including, but not limited to, ward based staff, members of the multi-disciplinary ward team, those with a lived experience role, organisational leaders and QI team members.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10am-1pm
Location: Zoom (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Registration for this event has reached capacity.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10am - 1pm
Location: Zoom
Registration: Registration for this event has reached capacity.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10am - 1pm
Location: Zoom
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 1pm-4pm
Location: Zoom
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
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Time: 1-4pm
Location: Zoom
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Time: 1-4pm
Location: Zoom
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10am - 1pm
Location: Zoom
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Race equity training (for ward project teams)
This training is designed to support ward project teams in understanding, actioning and embedding the Culture of Care’s (CofC) Antiracism Guiding Principle in your wards. It will demonstrate how the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF) connects with the Culture of Care programme and how it is used to transform service access, experience and outcomes for culturally and ethnically diverse service users and staff. Through their role in the inpatient ward, teams can use the CofC programme to showcase service improvements that both meet PCREF requirements and demonstrate the CofC's race equity principle in action.
Resources prior to the training:
- (PCREF) easy read
Please note that you only need to attend one of the training sessions. The content for each session will be the same.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 1-3pm
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please contact cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10am - 12 noon
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please contact cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 2-4pm
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please contact cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10am - 12 noon
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please contact cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Race equity training (for executives)
This training will help Culture of Care programme executives to better understand how the Culture of Care programme connects with the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF). Executive leaders have an opportunity to showcase inpatient service improvements that meet PCREF requirements while putting the Culture of Care's race equity principle into practice.
Time: 2-4pm
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please contact cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10am - 12 noon
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please contact cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Preventing sexual harm (for ward project teams)
Preventing and responding to sexual violence is a key priority in creating safe, therapeutic and trauma informed mental health services for people to seek care, and to also work. Cultural change throughout the whole organisation is required to support this change.
In this session we will cover:
- Improving awareness and understanding of this serious issue and the implications.
- Consider why cultural change across the whole organisation is needed.
- What does best practice look like - we will consider the law, safeguarding policy, alongside best practice guidance and new legislation that can support organisational change.
This training is for anyone involved in the Culture of Care Programme who identifies as ward-based staff, lived experience and a QI team member. A separate training for executives can be found below.
Please note that you only need to attend one of the training sessions as the content will be the same throughout.
All sessions are capped at 100 persons.
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please contact cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registration)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please contact cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Preventing sexual harm training (for executives)
Preventing and responding to sexual violence is a key priority in creating safe, therapeutic and trauma informed mental health services for people to seek care, and to also work. Cultural change throughout the whole organisation is required to support this change.
In this session we will cover:
- Improving awareness and understanding of this serious issue and the implications.
- Consider why cultural change across the whole organisation is needed.
- What does best practice look like - we will consider the law, safeguarding policy, alongside best practice guidance and new legislation that can support organisational change.
This training is for anyone involved in the Culture of Care Programme who is in an executive role and is capped at 100 persons.
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: MS Teams (Details provided upon registering)
Registration: Please complete this in order to secure your place.
If you have any questions, please email cultureofcare@rcpsych.ac.uk.