FROG didn’t happen overnight - it slowly evolved over a period of ten years in order to help us meet a growing number of social challenges and collective needs. FROG was hatched from an eclectic of lots of ideas and approaches that were combined as a response to our specific needs. As typical in many schools and businesses, building stability and resilience is a key factor in gaining success, and often very difficult to achieve. Building the ‘team’, sharing the vision, and promoting the philosophy are common goals for leaders and managers everywhere, but how successful we are in attaining these goals can depend very much on our approach and attitudes.

This simple approach and attitude is easily remembered with FROG...

In our experience it has always been the ‘human’ approach that makes the difference. Those social and emotional aspects of our very beings, that enable us to laugh, cry, feel joy and anger - comfort and support one another, inspire and encourage one another, in fact all those things that make life worth living! In any community where it’s difficult to achieve success against the odds, it quickly becomes apparent that working together in true team spirit, is essential. It is, of course essential for all of us, but some situations help you to realise this more quickly than others. Our philosophy and ethos had to be primarily about how we were feeling, how we related to each other, our ability to take responsibility for our own actions and feel true ownership, and about giving something back. FROG!