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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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