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 […]
19 February 2021
Podcast series: ‘Changing it up’ – Ep 5 with Sian Lockwood
We’re following on our podcast series ‘Changing it up’ where hosts Nick Sinclair and Clenton Farquharson chat with people from […]
11 February 2021
Valuable and Vulnerable – we want your help
Everyone is vulnerable and everyone is valuable, but we think this is currently getting forgotten. On the 16th February we […]
5 February 2021
Valuable Stories
Over the past year many people have been shielding from Covid-19. Some people’s doctors told them to shield. Many people […]
14 January 2021
What’s in a day – does Covid offer a once in a generation chance to rethink day support?
For decades people with a learning disability have shouted loud and proud that they want what should be unremarkable from […]
1 December 2020
Thinking back ….and planning ahead………..
It was nearly 12 years ago to the day when Angela Catley and I, with a colleague from Shared Lives […]
30 November 2020
Strengthening local economies and creating choice
In our latest blog Sian Lockwood, Community Catalysts reflects on how, despite Covid, community enterprises have continued to flourish, strengthening […]