…to provide community and preventative support. The success of the NHS and the social care sector are intrinsically linked. We want to see commitment to developing social care services based…
Book Review: Advent
…journey has been long and arduous. She has come home after being summoned by her brother’s letter, in a last bid to stop her father drinking himself to death. The…
Time to Pay Social Care Workers Fairly
Since its launch in 2020, the #PayThemFairly campaign has gained the support of 24 Supported Living providers and their partners across Wales. Recently, the commitment of a Real Living Wage…
Walking: Antidote to the Lockdown Blues
…Government’s Connected Communities identifies several triggers for the onset of loneliness and social isolation, the majority of which can be more common in later life, for example, bereavement, retiring from…
Friendships and Relationships for People with a Learning Disability
…imbalance that permits staff and family members to prioritise protection and safeguarding at the expense of autonomy and agency. The compulsion to protect, often coming from a place of love…
Redefining Resilience: Part 2
…doing the work institutions systematically fail at. Funders must fully commit to resourcing the ‘new generation’ on their terms; in line with Wales’ commitments in the Well-being of Future Generations…
Redefining Resilience: Part 1
…must be seen to prioritise a public-facing programme and commission scheme that looks like it is investing in diversity. Rather than mobilising budgets to prioritise equal opportunities, free consultation and…
How Welsh Courts Have Coped with Pandemic Backlog
…cases remotely if that is both practicable and, importantly, also in the interests of justice. Court work has had to carry on. Not simply urgent work in the sense of…
Facing the Future
…its stated ambition of leaving no one behind. It’s also the title of a report for the Centre for Cities that ‘examines the pattern of private sector growth within the…