This guest blog is by Penny Phillips, a member of NHS England's Older People's Sounding Board and National Patient Safety Partner. Penny highlights practical steps to engage people and families in their own care and how this can foster a sense of empowerment and confidence in people staying safe and looking after their well-being.
This Guest blog is by David Vickers, a former member of the Older People’s Sounding Board, a group we facilitate on behalf of NHS England. This blog delves into the power of lifelong learning, exploring how we can embrace new roles and continue growing through experience as we age.
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.
Find out more about our 2025 leadership programme for people working in or commissioning learning disability and autism services, independent advocacy and older people's services.
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 Getting a Life Programme was a three year government funded project which included 400 hundred young people across England. The young people and their families co-produced the pathways which then became embedded in the 2014 Children and Families Act as the Preparing for Adulthood pathways.
Dr Vicky Mason-Angelou, research and evaluation manager at NDTi, shares insights from a study into the impact of Small Supports organisations.
Understand the impact of Supported Internships through simple, effective measurement tools that highlight real outcomes and value for young people, beyond numbers and case studies.
Training for people who work directly with those needing care and support. Based on life experiences, biases and values, and how this impacts on providing genuine person centred support.
In this short piece advocacy lead, Gail Petty, introduces Advocacy Awareness Week and how we can demonstrate impact in advocacy services.
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