Having been introduced to virtual reality (VR) technology through one of Cornerstone VR’s online webinars, Hampshire Children’s Services and Isle of Wight Council (IOW) Children’s Services made the decision to implement a project to trial the use of virtual reality across a number of teams within their Children and Families branch.

To date, 174 staff members across a range of teams, including fostering, youth offending teams (YOT), early help, children in care, children’s assessment and safeguarding teams and workforce development, have been trained to use the VR headsets and films.