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On my way to Manchester through the sunny Peak District ☀️ for the #socialcarefuture Building People Power gathering. Looking forward to talking about ways to challenge language and labels and catching up with fabulous folk all working towards a brighter #SocialCareFuture

Whats wrong with this image? Everything! Older Adulthood = deficit = dependency = pity = rescuing. It patronizes & is paternalistic. For those organisations promoting the UN #OlderPeoples Day watch your messaging & imagery.

lots of people are curious about the #GloriouslyOrdinaryLanguage programme that me and Bryony Shannon have put together - gloriouslyordinarylives.co.uk/gloriously-ord…. We've already got some sign ups - hurrah! Want to chat more then drop us a message (-:

Here are some of the words that make people drawing on, & working in, social care go hmmm. If you’re curious about why, & you want some space to challenge & change the language in your organisation, then check out our #GloriouslyOrdinaryLanguage programme gloriouslyordinarylives.co.uk/gloriously-ord…

What is a question you asked that changed your life? I wrote this post about curiosity & this question. I’d love to hear your answers! I’ve framed it about social care/local gov practice but it’s a good Q for life generally! open.substack.com/pub/smizz/p/th…

'OBVIOUSLY'. Bryony Shannon and I have been thinking about the word ‘obviously’. Take a look at this week's blog - I reflect on the need for us to question ourselves when we start a sentence with ‘obviously’ in social care. Let me know what you think⬇️ gloriouslyordinarylives.co.uk/gloriously-ord…

Last day in Donny today… end of an era. I’ve worked in info, comms and practice development in adult social care in local councils since 2006… looking forward to the next chapter & continuing to challenge and change adult social care language and practice. #RewritingSocialCare

Dehumanising. Stereotyping. Condescending. Offensive. These are a just few of the words that people used about real newspaper headlines that talked about older people.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 🙏@m_nind Joanna Grace PhD "The need to slow things down, to be together attentively, to keep recreating ‘moments of mutual connection’". Important for wellbeing across education, health & social care Bryony Shannon Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 Elaine Mcgreevy @Autistic Realms

New blog | Closer to Home - Creating Health with our Communities .. mulling on a recent workshop, our progress around Place and what next. neighbourhoodcares.wordpress.com/2024/10/02/clo… Bryony Shannon Charlotte Kirin Marina Buswell @MrRichHolmes Cup n Saucer , ViaerFou 🦋

So yesterday evening I was fortunate to get to go along & listen to KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner in discussion with Shelter & to receive a copy of his new book. I was struck by so much of what he said & his deeply moving & anger-inducing stories, but something in particular resonated.... 1/

Vulnerable. Bryony Shannon sums up all the reasons why we should avoid this word in her brilliant blog rewritingsocialcare.blog/2021/08/20/the…

When I published my first blog in 2019 I knew language was important, but so many things I’ve written, spoken about, read & heard since then have convinced me that language matters even more than I thought 5 years ago #LanguageMatters #RewritingSocialCare rewritingsocialcare.blog/2024/10/12/why…

An incredibly powerful blog from Bryony Shannon and a call for us all to consider the language we use. Does your language empower, include, respect each person you support?

‘Throughout history, words have been used to deliberately divide and dehumanise’ Amazing blog from Bryony Shannon. The context here is social care but #LanguageMatters across all public services. And life in general. ‘Language is the cheapest thing to change’. Pls read 👇

"Our language should heal, not harm. Build bridges, not walls." Don't miss this powerful post by Bryony Shannon on why the language we use in and about social care matters.⤵️

Looking forward to getting to work tomorrow morning, flexing & finessing the reframed narrative & messages the #socialcarefuture movement developed & shared back in 2021. Mindsets matter when you're trying to change systems for the better

Often our language implies some people are different from the rest of ‘us’. One such term is ‘special’. *New blog post*: Words that make me go hmmm: special #RewritingSocialCare #LanguageMatters #UsNotThemAndUs rewritingsocialcare.blog/2024/11/02/spe…

Hanging out in Birmingham with tricianicoll We’re excited to have filled our first #GloriouslyOrdinaryLanguage programme for councils. We still have two spaces left on our programme for care and support organisations. More info here: gloriouslyordinarylives.co.uk/gloriously-ord…