Forthcoming Events
Being More Than A Provider gathering
Join in and come together for stories about action to inspire more action – led by people and communities and supported by providers…
This event is for you if are;
Someone who draws on social care who wants to shape a different future
Involved in exciting things in your community you want to share
A support provider helping make these things happen
Keen to connect, share ideas and capacity or develop new networks and initiatives
A commissioner or public servant in social care, health or beyond who thinks this might be the future
The gathering is taking place
On: Wednesday 29th June 2022
From: 10.30am until 4.00pm
At: The Friend’s Meeting House, Manchester
The gathering organisers are taking the steps they can to reduce covid risk at the event and this information is available from them. Of course each of us has to make an individual judgement of risk depending on our circumstances.
See and share the flyer HERE
Book a place HERE
TOWARDS AN EQUAL LIFE SERIES
Coming Autumn 2021 to Summer 2022
What’s it all about?
In May 2021 we launched the first findings of the Whose Social Care Future is it Anyway Inquiry. The Inquiry Group of people who draw on social care identified 5 key changes needed, made a series of “first asks” to kick off progress and outlined where next for the Inquiry. This series is part of those next steps. Over summer 2021 we talked with members of our movement and others. who play key roles in social care.
What’s next?
Following this we are going to dive deeper into the 5 key changes so that by next Summer, we can:
1) Paint a more detailed picture of what social care needs to do to make our shared vision a reality and
2) Use this to influence and plan action to bring that future about. In support of this we are excited to announce a partnership with Research in Practice who will be doing a major review of evidence that can underpin the 5 key changes.
This online series of debates and showcasing gatherings will be a key part of this next stage of the Inquiry.
The debates will allow us to get under the skin of each of the five key changes, bringing people with various kinds of experience and expertise together to explore:
what the change might look like / involve
key issues offering opportunities or putting up barriers to change
ideas for practical action
As well as expert debate the sessions will give participants an opportunity to contribute their ideas and views. At each debate we will have observers reviewing what emerges from each session in order to help inform the inquiry by offering ideas and areas for focus and action. In parallel with the debates we will host sessions exploring some of the “glimpses of the future” we are gathering that link to each change.
The First three sessions, Communities Where Everyone Belongs, Living in The Place We Call Home and Leading the Lives we Want to Lead took place in November and December 2021 and February 2022 the recording and information can be found HERE
The outline programme… What’s coming up
