Strengthening Connected Relationships

KCA is here to enable people to build and strengthen connected relationships, using evidence from research to improve everyday interactions, everywhere.

Our training and consultancy shares transformative knowledge.

We encourage deep reflective practice, and empower individuals and organisations to make a difference.

We are employee owned

As an employee-owned organisation KCA aspires to be a beacon to those who want to lead sustainable organisations, rooted in their local communities, where employees are active decision makers shaping their future together.

Our highly experienced Trainer Consultants, work alongside strategic leaders, teachers, social workers, police officers, change-makers, teams, and organisations to help everyone to advance their practice, whilst also thinking about the systems change they need to undertake to ensure changes to their practice are sustained.

Our holistic approach will help you strengthen connected relationships to create compassionate and resilient communities and workplaces that work for everyone.

We draw on the expertise represented in our core approaches of ‘Five to Thrive’, ‘Mending Hurts’, ‘Holding Together’ and ‘Creating Connections’, whilst including the latest developments from neuroscience.

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Five to Thrive is a way of understanding how connected relationships are fundamental to human wellbeing, helping to build resilient communities, and how we can promote these attachment bonds

Mending Hurts promotes recovery from trauma by enabling people to notice what they, or other people, do in their most effective interactions with people when they are more vulnerable or traumatized. When we notice ourselves doing something well, we become more conscious of our activity and more competent in it

Creating Connections between human beings lies at the heart of individual and community resilience, and, indeed, at the heart of KCA’s work. Our resilience mapping tools open up conversations about the network around people when they are feeling more vulnerable. This can offer insights that guide intervention and support.

Holding Together offers a systemic intervention to build resilience in the team around a child when they are more vulnerable or traumatised




Wiltshire Council - Attachment Aware and Trauma Informed System

Richard Holmes talks to Sally Johnson from Wiltshire Council about their journey into being a trauma informed and attachment aware system.

Brackenfield SEND School, Nottingham

Susan Blomley talks to Trish Turner and Jess Lacey about their school's "Journey to Learn" through adaption, integration and stabilisation

SOS Children's Village, Czech Republic

Barry Golten talks to Katerina Dunovska from SOS Children's Village about using Five to Thrive

West Sussex and Five To Thrive

It really did go a bit deeper than other training I have come accross. Very much needed.

Kerry Roberts
3 June 2020

Sometimes we have completed on line courses and after two hours, feel that we have been told the obvious but not learnt anything. Today we felt we learnt and understood more about why children behave the way they do.

KCA Course Participant
7 November 2023

Totally loved Susan's delivery, style, confidence, knowledge and all round approach to this material. Thank you.

Karen Linaker
3 February 2022

I think that my enhanced awareness means that I will approach daily situations and challenges with families we are supporting differently, and I will guide our volunteers using this info as well.

KCA Course Participant
17 June 2022

I have given Kate the highest score possible as I have never attended training, especially that over Zoom, that was as engaging and motivating as hers was. She is clearly very knowledgeable and it was a pleasure to have attended.

KCA Course Participant
8 February 2021

Emotive, moving, passionate, compassionate

Rachel Garfield , BCHFT
10 November 2022

It was really interesting and interactive. Usually online training days as difficult to hold concentration with. However, this course was brilliant and easy to remain interested it. It will be invaluable in my work with children and families.

KCA Course Participant
3 February 2022

What a fantastic course which was very thought provoking and has inspired me to research and read some more to develop my knowledge and practice further.

Emma Kelly
19 January 2021

Barry was an amazing trainer and was very conscious of others' situations around resilience and trauma

Lisa Wibberley , Kent CC
11 July 2022

This is totally what we need as a service to empower our parents and improve outcomes for their children. I love how practical this training is: the examples, resources and development of a shared language. For me, personally, I need to know the 'whys' first -so this training was perfect for me! Thank you

Sarah Milward
9 March 2021

It has given me a better understanding of how the brain functions and how function is impaired during times of stress. I believe this will help me to support my team more effectively both directly and in their work with our service users.

KCA Course Participant
7 March 2023

The break out facility really helped to break up the content and provide meaningful reflection for our own setting

KCA Course Participant
3 February 2021

Enjoyed this course. The course was presented with passion, it really made me reflect on my interactions with others whether families I work with, my own family and friends or anyone I have contact with.

KCA Course Participant
19 January 2022

I could listen to her all day. She is so very well informed and has a really fantastic way of delivering the material with the right blend of academics and 'on-the-ground' real life experiences.

Renee Hulse
10 February 2021

Fab training. I feel inspired! Thank you

Rebecca Smith
13 January 2022

No, she was excellent. She was very aware of the group and great at interacting with everyone.

Emma Moorhead
4 March 2021

The science behind our actions was fascinating and I'm now better able to help parents understand the impact of their words/actions on their baby's brain

KCA Course Participant
21 March 2023

I enjoyed the training and found it useful to learn more about the theory of attachment and trauma. Tom was engaging and delivered the training in an interesting way.

KCA Course Participant
18 May 2023

So pleased to see this being delivered to so many practitioners across different disciplines. This is VITAL work if we are to help HEAL

Barbara Shires
3 February 2022

As I had already done the training it was mainly a refresher but it was great that the trainer specifically tailored it to early years and a nursery

KCA Course Participant
3 January 2024

The quality materials shared and information to enable me to effectively share them with the staff team.

Simon Sackwild , Shaftesbury High School
8 June 2023

Not only will this heavily support my practice in school going forward, it made me realise that I'm not broken and my current personal feelings are valid and need attention in order to get me back to being my best self for me and for the children in my care. Thank you so much.

Hayley Standen
23 March 2023

Tom is a fantastic and engaging trainer. He is very easy to listen to, extremely knowledgeable and the sessions are always useful and leave me with lots to think about afterwards about how we might embed this in our large secondary school setting.

KCA Course Participant
27 January 2023

Trainer very knowledgeable and explained everything really well. Diagrams and links to outside resources were very helpful also

KCA Course Participant
16 November 2021

Amazing training delivered by a knowledgeable, compassionate and considerate woman. I feel that I learned a great deal and consolidated other knowledge. I could have listening to Kate teach for hours!

Toni Goodall
12 June 2019

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