There’s a new Changing Places at The Alnwick Garden !

Matt got to open it. It was great to meet the lovely team there that made it happen and have done so much more on top to welcome disabled visitors.

This all came about after an email in 2020. Explanation in videos below 😊

Have you booked yet, will be covering some of our most recent blog posts:
Challenging LA debt haloabletec.blogspot.com/2024/03/letter…
Alternative to NAFAO guide
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Challenging care charg rises
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Have you received a letter from Social Care's demanding payment? Do you genuinely feel that they haven't taken all you Disabiliity Related Expenditures into proper consideration? You may wish to send them this letter.
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advocacyintheUK JR Information and Monitoring Group LDE Self-Advocates Local Government Association (LGA) Larry Sanders Think Local Act Personal Disability News Service Neil Crowther Department of Health and Social Care Oppose Social Care Charging Donald O'Neal Rotherham Disabled Persons Organisation Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People DisabledInLincoln #socialcarefuture VoiceAbility WOWcampaign The Chronic Theory ♿️ Peter Glick mycarebudget.org

Interested in social change? We have a fully-funded PhD Studentship available.

This PhD will explore how design and digital technologies can contribute to social justice endeavours and transformative futures.

Deadline: 31 May 2024

Apply here ➡️ lnkd.in/eFSyG9pE

See below if interested in doing a PhD on designing interactive tools & experiences to support people's spiritual journey💫 Deadline end of March #wellbeing #spirituality #designresearch

✨This is great news! MyCareBudget.org was created as part of Peter Glick's #DigitalCivics PhD research in Open Lab, and has gone on to be a valuable resource to people who run their own #PersonalHealthBudgets .

📢 Big news! 🥳We’re excited to announce a new partnership with mycarebudget.org 🤝 This visionary project shares our aim of empowering people with useful information, so we’re delighted to support the continuation of this important resource 😊 More here: bit.ly/47PR5Hv

Name change or not - this is a fabulous platform for qualitative research

Join the cutting edge of research in #AI , #HCI , and #EdTech at Open Lab - Newcastle University! This fully-funded PhD program covers everything—tuition, fees, and living expenses—while you gain valuable teaching experience at Newcastle Computing. DM me for any questions!

jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-…

Today we’re bringing together 80+ people to celebrate the soft launch of the Northern Health Futures ( #NortHFutures ) Hub at the The Catalyst on @NewcastleHelix.

It’s great we can bring so many of our partners together as we share our vision for #NortHFutures , as part of our

8 years of threatening to do it and 95,000 words later, part 1 of my autobiography #ImJustInItForTheParkng covers the first 3 years after my spinal injury and is out to buy! All profits going to Cancer Research UK, Epilepsy Action and Spinal Research. Part 2 a WIP.🤣

robmoriarty.co.uk/autobiography

Do you run a team of care staff through a personal budget? Want to share good practise, and hear from people with lived experaince? Still time to sign up for our next session on managing teams. Giselle - Adult Social Care Warriors Bringing Us Together anne Pridmore

🏞️ Interested in understanding how computing and interaction design can better support rural communities?

We have a #HCI #PhD studentship in Rural Computing for Resilient Rural Communities available based in Open Lab and National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise.

Deadline: March 28, 2024

Apply here ➡️

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It’s brilliant that #coproduction is featured so heavily at the ISQua conference. Learning a lot from Dr Helen Leonard particularly about co-production in healthcare rather than just research 👏

#ISQua2023

#helenleonardli1 #UnpaidCarers #PHBs #PersonalHealthBudgets

📢 Great news! 🎉 MyCareBudget was mentioned at #ISQua2023 in Seoul! Proud to be part of a co-produced healthcare innovation - let's shape the future of patient-centered care 🌏💡 #HealthTech #PatientFirst #PHB #PersonalisedCare

Embrace 'People not Patients' at #ISQua2023 !

Auditorium, 3:45-4:45 PM

Moderator: Ellen Joan van Vilet
Speakers: Prof. Catherine Calderwood, Dr. Dr Helen Leonard

Empower individuals in healthcare. Prepare for engaging discussions! #PatientExperience

Plenary afternoon session happening now in the Auditorium- join 'People not Patients' at #ISQua2023 ! 3:45-4:45 PM

Moderator: Ellen Joan van Vilet
Speakers: Prof. Catherine Calderwood, Dr. Dr Helen Leonard