Registrations open for Community Led Support spring festival
Free series of online webinars, 22-23 May 2025. Hear about a range of tools, approaches and research on strengths-based practice.
News (Adult Social Care)
Small Supports, big changes: Transforming lives in Leeds
What happens when you reimagine adult social support from the ground up? Dr Vicky Mason-Angelow shares what happened in Leeds following a two year pilot.
Seeing a person in all their wonderfulness
Nic Crosby and Amanda Nally explore the need for services to challenge themselves. Are they truly person-centred, or, is it just nice words that hide reality?
Better Now: A collaborative call to action at NCASC 2024
We're delighted to be collaborating with Shared Lives Plus and Community Catalysts on a campaign to highlight a range of proven approaches that are reshaping conversations about social care.
NDTi and NIHR win European Social Services Award for CLS Research
Community Led Support, in partnership with the NIHR funded research team led by the University of Birmingham, has won a prestigious European Social Services Award (ESSA).
The breaking of a new dawn for social care
Better is possible now is a shared call to action from NDTi, Community Catalysts and Shared Lives Plus.
Blog: Strengths based change – 10 things for success
Jenny Pitts, programme lead for the Community Led Support programme, reflects on her own learning from the last decade and what it really takes for local areas to make a success of embedding a strengths based approach.
Blog: Breaking through at 9 3/4 years
Amanda Nally writes about the Community Led Support 2023 annual gathering in Manchester and breaking through almost 10 years of transforming adult social care in communities.
New lunchtime sessions about Small Supports
Our Small Supports programme is hosting a series of lunchtime webinars in the Autumn.
Blog: Celebrating success across the Community Led Support network
Annie Smith reflects on this year's Community Led Support Spring Festival