Standing in the Gap: Resources around staying safe and maintaining healthy boundaries in social action

“Standing in the Gap”  is a 1-day training for churches, to help churches stay safe and manage boundaries in challenging social action contexts.

The training using a range of  video case studies, discussions,  video and in person de-escalation training.

Boundaries – Mind & Soul Foundation

Guide on Challenging Conversations – ROBES project

Hunger Trauma in Foodbanks and other community food projects

Calming & De-escalation Strategies

De-escalation (video) – NHS Hampshire CAMHS

Calming & De-escalation Strategies (video) –
Dartmouth Trauma Intervention Research Centre

Living Church podcast: Radical Welcome, Good Boundaries iwth Liz Goddard

Sunday School for Misfits Podcast: Series 7 episode 8- Trauma Theology and Remaking the Self

Grove Booklet – Building a Trauma Informed
Worshipping Community (page 175)
Disturbed by Mind and Spirit – Gavin Knight and
Joanna Knight
Trauma-Informed Pastoral Care – Karen A.
McClintock
Trauma and Pastoral Care – Carla A. Grosch Miller
The Bible and Mental Health – Christopher C.H.
Cook and Isabelle Hamley
Try Softer – Aundi Kolber

Suicide Awareness Training – Zero Suicide Alliance

Trauma-informed Practice Training – Thrive LDN

Mental Health First Aid MHFA England

Level 2 Certificate in Mental Health First Aid – Free
Courses in England (online)

Methodist Church – God Welcomes All: How faith
informs safeguarding

Professional Boundaries (training) – SHELTER

Housing Justice – Trauma Informed Practice in Night
Shelters including a short video

Join the Dots – Equipping faith organisations and
their teams to become trauma informed

Housing Justice – Trauma Informed Practice in Night
Shelters including a short video

Alliance for Dignified Food Support – especially
‘Diginity Principles & Recommendations’

Church Urban Fund (volunteering resources) -guide to working well with volunteers including editable templates for risk assessment, expectations
and problem solving.

Mind – especially ‘Guide to mental health issues’
and ‘Guide to addictions and how drug and alcohol
affects you’