About • Resilience Learning Partnership • Training & Education Provider

About us

What started as a vision and a concept, is now real. RLP is a fully functioning organisation with a wealth of experience, learning and successful projects under our belt.

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic was a critical driver for the growth we have experienced, and we owe a great deal to the RLP staff and volunteers who rallied round in the early days of the pandemic to ensure we could continue to operate.

Pre pandemic, RLP had been developing at a steady pace in working with NHS Education for Scotland and Scottish Government on the National Trauma Training Plan (NTTP), delivering trauma training workshops and building our networks and connections. We had begun to work in Clackmannanshire supporting the Council with the introduction of the NTTP as well as supporting the Violence Against Women and Girls agenda.

When the pandemic hit, we were forced to retreat into our homes and we had to begin working in a whole new way. We knew we had to do something when the first official lockdown hit and this is where our Crafty Kids initiative was established.

Crafty Kids was born out of the lived experience that many of us have in relation to poverty and the lack of access to basic provision. When the initiative began to take hold not only did it provide much needed items and resources to people in the local area, it also allowed our organisation to continue operating at a time when many services were closing their doors.

It is important that the contribution of Crafty Kids to the wider success of RLP is recognised. We would not be where we are today without this fantastic initiative and the hard work and dedication of the team who brought this to life.

Lived experience refers to a representation of the experiences and choices of a given person, and the knowledge that they gain from these experiences and choices.

Resilience Learning Partnership

What is Lived Experience?

Experiences that arise from situations that one may find themselves in, by choice or by circumstance, lead to knowledge and wisdom that we term ‘lived experience‘. While widely associated with trauma, lived experience can be derived from any multitude of life events, including ones upbringing, experiences of statutory services, health conditions, etc.

What We Do

Primarily Resilience Learning Partnership is an education and training provider offering a range of services like bespoke workshops and training programmes for clients and partners. However, RLP also undertake a wide range of projects that align with the core themes of our work, such as our Crafty Kids Project.

Themes of Our Work

The core themes of our work centre around lived experience, domestic abuse, violence against women and children, psychological trauma, community justice, recovery from addiction, and more.

Testimonials

I was first introduced to RLP over a year ago, their passion, enthusiasm and dynamism was infectious from the start. We now work together supporting two clients who have gone from strength to strength.

RLP delivered a keynote as part of our launch conference for our work on trauma responsive children’ services. The presentation was packed full of expertise, insight and knowledge; it was highly effective in helping delegates understand the crucial importance of supportive relationships in the lives of young people who have experienced trauma.

I really value the approach that RLP provide. They clearly value the importance of participation with communities of lived experience but are always mindful of ensuring that participation is safe, meaningful and supported.

Resilience Learning Partnership helps workers in the statutory sector to challenge ourselves while we review our work and develop what we do. RLP tells us about the things that really matter to people with lived experience and contextualise their messages with research evidence.

RLP have deeply impacted multiple areas of our approach in working with tenants, communities and our staff and we are looking forward to a mutually beneficial long-term partnership.

I am continuously impressed by the positive impact their presence and contribution has on both training delivery and in multi-agency meetings. The voice of lived experience is crucial in providing a truly trauma informed approach, in any organisation.

I am acutely aware of the necessity of the role of people with lived experience in the design, development and delivery of services becoming trauma informed including the training packages. We have found absolutely invaluable the support, input, hard work and wisdom that we have benefited from our involvement with RLP.