We just completed a great webinar launching these resources, thanks to everyone who came! Now for lunch in the sun 🌞

We're pleased to be working with the Care Quality Commission and the National Co-production Advisory Group to help shape how good leadership is defined and inform the way CQC assesses leadership under the key question of well-led in the assessment framework.

Learn more 👉https://bit.ly/4jlKj2e

Build your confidence on direct payments with our soon to be launched resources and webinar on direct payments for social work teams👇

So great to see this live! Language is so important and something we have control over in terms of what we say and terms we use! 👇

🚨 New report on paying speakers with lived experience

Fair payment and recognition are crucial to ensuring people with lived experience can contribute to health and social care events.

This report sets out practical ways to recognise and reward speakers fairly.

bit.ly/4ime2HV

My favourite time of year is nearly upon us 🐟🐟 (along with fat bear week🐻)

We know that council tax is a bad way of funding adult #socialcare because it raises less money in areas with highest demand for publicly-funded care. But here’s another reason from @resfoundation - council tax puts more of a burden on low income families than wealthier ones. 1/3

Generative AI can play a role in improving care and support, but it must be implemented with people at the centre of decision-making.

This report identifies:
- Principles to inform policy
- Practical issues that need addressing
- Urgent action needed from Government and regulators
bit.ly/3QgYHw5

This year's Race Equality Week theme was #EveryActionCounts asking us to focus not on rhetoric but on real, meaningful change.

In a new blog, @clentonf.bsky.social asks:

How do we ensure that our actions are truly inclusive❓
How can we move from performative to sustainable action❓

bit.ly/3WUZAOC

Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach

'Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims'

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Earlier action and support: The case for prevention in adult social care and beyond Prevention is a central feature of the new Government’s mission-led approach to national renewal. Our joint publication makes the case for a shift towards taking action and offering support earlier, s...

This is well worth a read: www.local.gov.uk/publications...

An interesting agile tool/workshop looking at unintended consequences of innovation 💡
Can see this being useful #innovation #agile

doteveryone.org.uk/project/cons...

From the window with the trace of sunset

Today I learned about a term called a 'glimmer.’ Which is the opposite of a trigger. Glimmers are those moments in your day that make you feel joy, happiness, peace, or gratitude. Once you train your brain to be on the lookout for glimmers, these tiny moments will appear more and more.
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A slide outlining Think Local Act Personal guidance on coproduction and EDI

Thanks Think Local Act Personal for a thought provoking session on some tips to make coproduction more inclusive, diverse and equitable. If it’s not hard you aren’t doing it right. Great examples from the fab Lisa in Greenwich who are leading by example #NCASC

The way health and social care works can make it hard for people to live the life they want.

We work to create care and support that’s personalised to people’s unique lives.

We think you share our mission: better lives for more people, shaped by what matters to them. Together, let's make it real.

A personal view on the “long good bye”. A thread 🧵

1/ The Alzheimer's Society is rerunning the controversial "long goodbye" campaign, despite complaints and distress caused. The only change seems to be details about their dementia support services at the end.

Hi Bluesky! We're Think Local Act Personal and we believe that everyone should have the care and support they need to live life their way.

We work in lots of different ways to make change happen, with the experiences of people who draw on care and support at the heart of everything we do 💜.