Any members who have ideas of issues that Aspens should
address are encouraged to contact a member of the committee and post their ideas on the Aspens Google group. We give thanks and value the eff orts of Aspens committee
members, contributors of topics on the Aspens Google group, referrers of work and appreciate AFT’s support for the one-day conferences and for the work of the committee.
AFT branches committee
Branch reps: The AFT branches annual face-to-face meeting was heard
a little late this year on the July 12 (usually early June) and was attended by 14 AFT branch members including AFT chief executive, Renee Singh. We also welcomed representation from the latest branch established; Hull and East Riding. It has been another busy year from many branches. For some
branches, maintaining signifi cant membership has been a struggle and often one of the challenges branches face is to continue with key people to organise seminars and conferences and also keep the momentum alive during times of ever-busy working lives. We have held our regular bi-monthly telephone conference
calls, which are always informative and it is wonderful to hear how other branches change and develop innovative ways to approach workshops, conferences and seminars with members dedicating signifi cant personal time to ensure they are successful. So a big thank you to all who give their time so generously. Key issues for discussion over the past year have been
around the branches relationship with AFT board and how that can be strengthened. In addition, in a world of ever-developing technologies a challenge has been how we keep our branches as accessible as possible, for example being able to book conference places online and electronic payments. We have also been reaching out to colleagues in practice to join the branches activities. General Data Protection Regulation was a bit of a challenge last
year but, through various conversations, branches seem to have found a way to ensure they are compliant with legislation. You may be aware that each Context has contained an article
from a branch and we can look forward to AFT Surrey in October and AFT North East in December, with Oxford and Chiltern and Hull and East Riding to watch out for in 2020. Branches wishing to submit articles about activities and news from their branch for 2020 are welcomed via Kathi Özmaya (offi
ce@aft.org.uk). The symposia days have also been a topic of discussion and it
is hoped branches will come forward to host these in 2020; a great opportunity for branches to host an event being supported by AFT head offi ce. Bristol has stepped forward to lead the way in the fi rst of the symposia days more news of this event soon. At the AFT meeting in July we reviewed the branches booklet
so this is one to watch out for as updated version will appear on the AFT website soon. Sadly this year we saw Sue Kennedy, Dawn Harvey and Paul
Kennedy retire and move on to pastures new we would like to take this opportunity to wish them well in new ventures and also express appreciation for all their hard work over the years, particularly from myself as they have kept me on track with everything. In addition I would like to welcome Kathi who has been doing a sterling job taking over the ropes! Finally, I would like to mention the role of chair of AFT branches is available. Please send expressions of interest to offi
ce@aft.org.uk
Context 164, August 2019
and please feel free to contact myself if you would like to discuss the role or have any questions.
Tonia Forster, chair of AFT branches
AFT publishing
Chair: Ged Smith (Context deputy editor) Members of committee: Liz Burns, Brian Cade (Context general editor), Chip Chimera, Stuart Delve, Pat Gray, Lauren Hills, Joanne Hipplewith, Marie McGovern, Carol Payne, Ged Smith and Yoko Totsuka Emeritus member: John Hills
The Context/AFT publishing committee believe that it has been
another very good year for Context. As ever we strive to have a variety of themes as well as two general issues and again this has been achieved with this year’s issues covering themes such as: Systemic conversations in organisations and communities, edited by Barbara McKay and Yoko Totsuka; Tools and techniques for working with children, young people and families, volume 2, edited by Pete Brown; The Family Institute, edited by Billy Hardy, Kieran Vivian- Byrne and Leah Salter; How to be both-and: Working within, across and between professional trainings in psychology and systems, edited by Sarah Helps and Sarah Coles; The professional is political, edited by Lizette Nolte. Issues planned for the year to come are:
• Issue 165/October 2019, edited by Susan Benbow, Sophie Jeff ery and Eleanor Martin – Working with older adults
• Issue 166/December 2019, edited by Ged Smith – general issue • Issue 167/February 2020, edited by Brian Cade – general issue • Issue 168/April 2020, edited by Yoko Totsuka and Sylvia Metzer – Family therapy with adult clients
• Issue 169/June 2020 – edited by Joanne Hipplewith and John Hills – To conjoin…
• Issue 170/August 2020 – Ged Smith – general issue We would like to thank the authors who have contributed
articles to share with Context’s readers. We all feel it continues to be a source of encouragement that there are growing numbers of Context readers prepared to share their ideas with us. Whether it is the fi rst attempt to write for publication or from experienced writers, the general issue that we publish twice per year features a varied collection of articles and we would like to hear from our readers. My own and Brian’s email addresses are printed at the front of Context. Context has less rigorous formal requirements than peer-reviewed academic journals. We do not seek high academic standards of presentation together with comprehensive literature reviews, although we look for a good, clear writing-style, academic integrity in matters such as acknowledging sources, the origins of ideas and not “re-inventing the wheel”. We are also grateful to the many issue editors who have pulled
together the special issues of Context. If you have an area of interest and feel that you can encourage colleagues to write articles on this theme then again do get in touch. There is a small honorarium for being the issue editor. We believe our publication is generally well received by our
readers, but feedback or hard evidence of this has been hard to come by. Proof reading is an important task to produce this high quality publication. Thanks go to our proof reading team: Stuart
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