Policy area: Learning Disability Providers’ Network

Using the fire in the belly…

21 February 2011 – 9:51 am

Campaigning is touching every aspect of my life at the moment- I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a massive heap of letters from my MP at home- in response to my emails about all the diverse changes in the world around me from cuts in benefits, to cuts in woodlands, for support in [...]

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Collaboration in action

8 July 2010 – 4:56 pm

Yesterday we held the first of two events on the Practicalities of Personsalisation for NETS(work)- the North East Third Sector Learning Disability Provider Network.  I was really pleased with how it developed- with some really clear ideas coming out about how third sector providers can adapt in the transformation of adult social care, and support [...]

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Caught short?

4 June 2010 – 10:36 am

A bugbear of mine is the woeful lack of public toilets…when you most need one.  It’s all very well if you’re caught short in the middle of a city centre when shops are open, but otherwise it can be hard to find a loo when you need one, especially if you don’t know an area.  [...]

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