SIRG Advocate Academy

Build your confidence, become an advocate, support your community

Our aim and  value  

The SIRGAcademy aims to empower individuals and groups with the skills needed to successfully advocate in education. Our goal is to expand the knowledge and confidence of our communities, so they can effectively support their loved ones and clients.

SIRGAcademy resources are currently freely available, so as to support learning and build our SIRG community. By doing this, we hope that SIRG can help transform the lives of many through improving their relationships and interactions with their school, Local authority and other services in order to stem the tide of needless, irrational and illegal exclusions and seclusions which are still prevalent in our community.

Discover our self-certified courses for a comprehensive understanding of independent advocacy.

We know that many people within our community are looking for resources that will enable them to self advocate. SIRGAcademy offers a range of short, easily accessible and digestible learning experiences, blogs and other relevant content, in order to help promote the work of advocates in the community. Our courses are easily accessible, inclusive and provide learners with an excellent user experience that are easy to navigate and show progress through each learning module

Micro-Learning

The SIRGAcademy “Microlearning format” allow students to go through each course accessing the parts they need to engage or are curious about. This not only saves our learners time, but provides a more personalised experience.

Benefits of our training programs

Community Capacity

We want to make the SIRG Academy the go-to community resource that enables us, as a grassroots community organisation, to build our collective knowledge and capacity in supporting parents and their children. 

Desire to advocate

You already have the heart to help others.  Your lived experience, or personal desire to put yourself in the gap is one of the most fulfilling feelings.   

Power of volunteering

Supporting clients

Our existing clients can now continue to self-advocate with confidence.  The SIRG academy provides resources that are easily accessible and would not require third party  involvement.   

Our Courses

SIRG has put together the courses below as part of its mission to empower and upskill parents.  We firmly believe that the knowledgable parent is the best advocate for their own children.  Our training resources are free and easily accessible for all types of learning styles. 
Becoming an Advocate
Standing in the gap
Becoming a Governor
Supporting your community
Exclusions and seclusions
Understanding the rules
Understanding KCSIE Statutory Guidance
Keeping children safe statutory guidance
Working with SIRG
Understanding what we do, and why we do it
Tackling the Independent Review Panel
Understanding the IRP process
Education Health Care Plans
What are the rules on EHCPs
Difficult conversations
Preparing for a challenging conversation with schools and parents
Understanding SEN: Empowering parents
Understanding special education needs
Communicating with your school
what is the best way to speak with school leaders
This is a selection of the topics covered in our courses as part of our commitment to upskill and empower our community in addition to the onboarding of advocates taking up a role with SIRG.

Start your onboarding to become a education advocate. 

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