
8 September 2021
Reflections on the health and social care funding announcement
Along with most of the country, we sat in anticipation for the long-awaited announcement of health and social care funding […]

22 July 2021
Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 8 with Anna Severwright
We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]

28 May 2021
Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 7 with Noreen Blanluet
We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]

25 May 2021
Voices for Colourful Lives
Last October (2020) I started working on the Community Catalysts joint project with Borough Care, a not-for-profit organisation who provide […]

19 May 2021
Having IMPACT on a broken system
Early last year I was asked by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to join a peer review panel considering […]

20 April 2021
The power of language
Sian Lockwood, Coproduction Group Member and CEO of Community Catalysts, reflects on our ‘Valuable AND Vulnerable’ project, her own story and […]

16 April 2021
Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 6 with Caroline Speirs
We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]

7 April 2021
We all have our strengths and weaknesses
David Derbyshire, Coproduction Group Member and Personal Development Coach at Asperger’s Heroes CIC reflects on our ‘Valuable AND Vulnerable’ project and how […]

31 March 2021
We are all valuable and vulnerable in our own ways
Vicci Livingstone-Thompson, Coproduction Group Member and CEO of Inclusion Gloucestershire, reflects on our ‘Valuable AND Vulnerable’ project and explores the […]

23 March 2021
I am valuable even though I’m vulnerable
Althia Barnett, Coproduction Group Member, reflects on our ‘Valuable AND Vulnerable’ project and questions the language of ‘vulnerability’. When it comes to […]

18 March 2021
We are so much more
Anna Severwright, Coproduction Group Member and Convenor of Social Care Future, reflects on our ‘Valuable AND Vulnerable’ project and the ‘vulnerable’ narrative […]

2 March 2021
A ‘larger us’ or ‘them and us’?
Neil Crowther, co-convener of the #socialcarefuture movement, offers a personal reflection on the recent ‘valuableandvulnerable’ campaign and suggests that from […]