These top tips – which we produced from conversations with people with learning disabilities, Mencap and FPLD – will help commissioners to make sure service work well for people with learning disabilities nhsconfed.org/publications/b…

Read our brand new report into the long-term funding of Adult Social Care📖 Many thanks to all those who contributed to our inquiry over the months. Read our recommendations: committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/l… Read our full report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmse… #AdultSocialCare

What a great list!

Today welcoming new cohort to Commissioning for Wellbeing qualification. Includes commissioners from Derbyshire, Doncaster, Essex, Halton, Hertfordshire, Lambeth, Manchester, Surrey & West Northamptonshire. Next cohort starts in October. For info, contact [email protected]

If being on a board, giving your time and sharing your skills is something you aspire to, then UK Boardroom Apprentice can help you to bridge that gap. Find out more about our 12 month board learning & development placement programme here boardroomapprentice.com/uk #GetOnBoard

Honoured and humbled to be on : The 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health. Thanks to many individual leaders and many organisations, for your continuing support allyship, Think Local Act Personal SCIE Race Equality Foundation #socialcarefuture cns IMPACT

In 2021, the Government set out plans to reform adult social care in England, at a cost of £5.4billion. Ahead of today’s debate, our briefing focuses on the proposed reforms to how social care is paid for, and the response and concerns from stakeholders: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

There was some progress today at Westminster as MPs finally approved new organ donation laws for Northern Ireland, better known as Dáithí's Law and, the six year old was there to watch it go through.

We had an enlightening consultation yesterday with this incredible group from Praxis Bouwmarkt Care , in Derry/Londonderry. Thanks to the participants for their willingness to share their unique perspectives and insights with us. 😃 #everystorymatters #collaboration

We would like to welcome Ardlough Care Home as they start their Verbal Wellbeing programme. For more information on how to receive a wellbeing programme for your care home. Contact Kieran on [email protected] or 02871266946. #verbal #everystorymatters care homes Kathryn Homes

The Poetry Jukebox just landed at Verbal!😃🎉 The jukebox is filled with poetry that commemorates our complex shared history. Come along to wind it up and select a poem to play. Open weekdays 9-5pm. #poetryjukebox @poetryjukebox

Not a counsel of despair but a plea for imaginative thinking about translating policy ambition into demonstrable change without lots of immediate new £.

file under : Keep

Congratulations Dr C Farquharson CBE So well deserved!

We are delighted to receive funding from the SEUPB. We will be working with excellent partners @InspireWBGroup The Cedar Foundation The Open University delivering our Peace of Mind programme to improve the mental health of young people across NI & border counties. #everystorymatters 🎉

Here’s the link to the full report, with lots of other views and analysis. local.gov.uk/publications/c…

1/9. Today The King's Fund publishes our work on Commissioning Community Champions: Lessons from a pandemic. Thanks to all those who helped along the way. Some key findings follow. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Watch: Take a tour of Verbal and dive into its rich past. Every wall at Verbal tells a story, from what was originally a national school house to what is currently an artistic/cultural orgranisation promoting wellbeing through literature and language arts. #everystorymatters

A splendid cri de cœur by Melanie Henwood (also on Bluesky melanie-henwood) highly recommend

Delighted to be part of this fantastic partnership with Verbal and The OU in Northern Ireland Kevin Shakesheff