What do you think? Can paid supporters be friends? An excellent article by Paul Williams challenges “professional boundaries” between staff and people with disabilities. LDEngland @LDEselfadvocate LDE academics @radicalvisions_ Sheffield Voices citizen-network.org/library/the-so…

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We have a few remaining places at our Building Confidence Event - Riverside Hotel, Irvine on 7th September 2023. For those employing PAs or wishing more information on what it's like to employ PAs. Tickets must be booked through Eventbrite. eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-con…

Please see our statement below following the announcement of the re-opening of #ILF in the @scotgovFM #ScotPfG earlier this week. Scot Gov Health

We had a great day at the Partners In Personalisation event about Self Directed Support in Irvine yesterday - if you were there, did you see Zoe our Volunteer Coordinator? PiP CIC

WATCH: Stunning footage shows whale breaching off Ayrshire coast dlvr.it/Svt1Vf

Many unpaid carers will be able to apply for Carer Support Payment while studying full-time, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has announced. The new Social Security Scotland benefit will be available from November as part of a pilot in certain areas. gov.scot/news/supportin…

New Logo day

From tomorrow, all ScotRail services are Off-Peak all day, every day.

Challenge Poverty Week - let’s all think about identifying unpaid carers so they can get the right support. Here at East Ayrshire Carers Centre we help unpaid carers and their families get the right entitlements and can help towards the cost of a much needed break.

Tomorrow at 11am on In Control Scotland Facebook, I will be hosting Webinar Wednesday alongside Alastair Minty We will be discussing people with Learning Disabilities and Autistic people being stuck in hospital, and IMPACT networks across the UK.

In order to mark world Cerebral Palsy Day 2023 i'm resharing my BBC The Social content 'I'm More Than My CP bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d…

#Oliverscampaign I truly am very grateful, BUT time is running out We have come so far, it would be awful to lose this real opportunity for change petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6390…

If you see someone having a tonic clonic seizure, remember: Stay CALM CUSHION their head CALL for help Our aim is to make sure everyone knows how to support someone with #epilepsy 💜 For more info: bit.ly/3r8BxPe

Unpaid carers - you can book your Coronavirus autumn booster vaccination appointment Protect yourself and the person you can for nhs.uk/nhs-services/c…

New website now live. partnersinpersonalisation.org

Ayrshire carers and Supported people, can you help? Let us know if you can attend or need any support to participate. If you cant attend but would still like to contribute your thoughts then please get in touch #WorkingTogetherForChange #SDS

98% of the adult cares homes closed to protect people from harm were run by for profit companies. And 90% of children's homes. Time to end this absurdity. Core public services should not be cash cows for private equity.

In South Australia an 86 y/o terminally ill man has spent 10 months in hospital waiting for care support to go home He's now given up hope of getting that support & is instead 'choosing' to die by assisted suicide Is this the 'choice' we want in the UK? youtube.com/watch?v=dNY9Ur…

Could you support someone in your community who needs a bit of extra help? Working as a Personal Assistant is flexible, rewarding, and you don’t need formal qualifications. Find PA roles with a range of hours in your local on My Job Scotland: qrco.de/PersonalAssist…