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Young Fire Academy, South Barrow (2026)

02/09/2026

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗚𝗖𝗦𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 ! 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗲𝗻𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸-𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁'𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹.

28/08/2026

𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱’𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁-𝗨𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲, 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲.

And yet, teenagers don’t just need parents who love them. As they naturally begin to turn towards the wider world, they also need safe places to be themselves, trusted adults who will listen without an agenda, people who believe in them, and a community where they feel they truly belong. These are some of the foundations that help a young person grow into their own self-leadership, confidence and sense of purpose.

I’ve written about the 𝟵 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 I believe can make such a difference to our teenagers — principles that sit at the heart of the work I do. If you’re a parent, coach, teacher or simply someone who cares deeply about young people, I’d love you to read the full piece here:

https://sites.leadconnectorhq.com/preview/bbBcF0rYV6AxfjqIjpK3/post-preview/medicine-for-our-teens-spirits-the-9-fundamental-principles

27/08/2026

𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 : 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁

26/08/2026

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀? 𝗜𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸...

Here's the link to book in if you want to explore this possibility for your teen and your family for the next academic year: https://calendly.com/henrydingle/15-min-parent-consultation

25/08/2026

I absolutely love that my work touches and helps families that I have no direct contact with besides social media. Please keep encouraging me to post by sending me feedback like this! So simple to realise (for both parent and child) that sometimes the reason why our kids 'don't lift a finger around the house' (which I hear regularly) is because they:

• lack confidence to do the task well or properly
• don't know how to do it
• haven't been adequately shown yet how to do what we want them to do
• or aren't totally clear on what the expectations are in the first place

They may be 'lazy' - aren't we all wanting to do things the easiest way possible? - but they may also just need some help to get going

20/08/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘂𝗽

17/08/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲? 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆...

16/08/2026

I'm holding a few Parent Workshops this weekend at the Medicine Festival on the Wasing Estate near Reading and have been reflecting - as always - on how I can be of most benefit, in 1.5 hours in a yurt, to a group of parents of teens I will most likely never have met before and know nothing about in advance.

And - presuming you're not going to be there? - I wanted to share with you my notes, the briefest summary of what I want to leave them with at the end.

If you'd rather read this as a blog post, you can find it below⬇️
https://source.youngfireacademy.com/post/transform-your-teen-and-family-life

Once I've told a few hopefully funny, impactful and engaging stories about my life and work with teens for 15 mins or so and listened to them share their own circumstances, experiences and questions for 45 mins or so (always the most important part of the workshop for the parents), I'll present them with this final closing framework:

The 5 T's for Parent / Teen Transformation:
1. Time - making it, sharing it, being creative with it
2. Talk - could be minimal, asking and listening, recommend book: 'How to Talk So Your Teens will Listen and Listen so your Teens will Talk' (communication masterclass)
3. Touch - side cuddles, hand touches, stroking, massage, tickling, playfighting (more important than ever with the no touch)
4. Togetherness - acceptance of them just as they are, perfect as they are
5. Trust - that they also want what's best for them, that they can do it

And the bottom line for all parents:

Relationship is everything -
• cultivate real closeness with your kids (for every reason under the sun). It is the greatest gift you can give them because within it you are confirming belonging, security, safety, acceptance and building a relationship that all of you will be nourished by lifelong
• be present
• be available
• be responsive
• be brave.
• hold them in the highest regard
• prioritise the YFA 7 Core Values in your family relationships: Love, Trust, Openness, Honesty, Respect, Fun & Commitment

Hope that helps spark something also for you and inspire some shift over the coming remaining days and weeks of summer.

Sending you, your children and your family all the very best as always,
Henry

12/08/2026

𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁/𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝘆. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗜𝗚, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀...

06/07/2026

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