Evaluation of the Impact of Holding the Space: A Training Initiative by Action for Children

This executive summary offers a brief version of the final report of part two the evaluation of Holding the Space, a training initiative developed by the Kite Project, as it was rolled out across Action for Children’s residential children’s homes in Scotland. The two, central research aims were:  to explore the impact of the Holding the Space Training on the cultures of Action for Children’s Scottish children’s homes; and  to identify aspects of the process of rolling out the training more widely that can inform future efforts to develop practices or programmes across the organisation.