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Launching the Practical Guide to Supported Decision-Making (Launch recording)
Click here to listen the Dr Lucy Series, Sue Livett, and Dr Jo Watson, their knowledge of and passion in, ensuring ALL are supported to make decision about their lives. PLUS Sally Warren and Michelle McDermott (Paradigm) give you a quick tour of the new FREE resource!
When accepting overwhelm might be exactly what we need. (A blog by Tony Bamforth, Feb 23)
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed at work or at home? It's a hard thing to feel. It can be a hard thing to shift. Here's a blog from the thoughtful Tony Bamforth about overwhelm and some ideas for shifting the feeling. Tony is facilitating our exciting Thriving course...
Thinking about my friend Michelle (Written by Sally Warren)
We still aren't getting health care right for learning disabled and autistic people. Too many people with a learning disability are dying too young. An amazing friend of mine called Michelle died a few years ago after having cancer. Michelle was passionate about...
How can ‘skilling up’ with courage and compassion tackle the recruitment crisis? (A guest blog from Tony Bamforth)
The Support Work sector is in crisis. Even before the pandemic hit, organisations were reporting a growing gap between need for Support Workers and availability of workers to meet that need. How can we best tackle this crisis at a root cause level? Evidence suggests...
Social Care Charges (or let’s be honest The Care Tax)
Every week we are hearing stories of the horrendous impact of the Social Care Charges on the live of disabled people. This includes: charges increasing during Covid-19 Disability Related Expenses (DRE) previously paid, being refused financial assessments being carried...
Lockdown stories of #Gr8Support
From the early days of lockdown, we were inspired by stories of #Gr8Support shared with us by members of the #Gr8SupportMovement, self-advocates, families and members of the community from across the UK! On the 18th March 2020, we decided to start sharing a story...
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