Blogs and articles

Clenton Farquharson, Associate Director of Think Local Act Personal, on paving the way for advancing self-direction in care and support.

Bryony Shannon, author of the blog Rewriting Social Care and Glyn Butcher of The People Focused Group, Doncaster, discuss the language of social care and co-production.

For Co-production Week 2024, Kate Sibthorp of TLAP’s National Co-production Advisory Group reflects on the importance of language in co-production.

To celebrate Co-production Week 2024, Clenton Farquharson, Associate Director of Think Local Act Personal, explores equality, equity, diversity and inclusion within this year’s theme “Co-production: What’s Missing?”

Clenton Farquharson, Associate Director of Think Local Act Personal, highlights the importance of language in reshaping the landscape of care and support.

John Potts, Lived Experience Working Group Member, and Gina Walton, Digital Innovation Lead at Kent County Council, explain the work and impact of the Kent Research Partnership’s Lived Experience Working Group.

Sean Ahern, Family Group Conferencing Manager for Camden Adult Social Care, shares his experience of Family Group Conferencing and explains how this way of working can support people to live the lives they want to live.

As the Department of Health and Social Care outlines plans to develop the social care workforce, Vici Richardson of Disability North speaks from a personal point of view about the importance of values-based support.

Clenton Farquharson, chair of the TLAP board, shares his speech from the 2023 Baggs Happiness Lecture.

Jennifer Pearl, member of TLAP’s National Co-production Advisory Group, reflects on her experience at the National Children and Adult Services Conference in Bournemouth.

Following on from the Direct Payments Summit, held on 1st November, Dean Thomas, expert by experience, explains the eight changes he believes could transform direct payments.

In the third blog of our series in the lead up to the Direct Payments Summit we hear from Pat Stack, Chair of the National Direct Payment Forum and Camden Disability Action.

In the second of our blog series leading up to the November Direct Payments Summit we hear from Melanie Williams, Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Health at Nottinghamshire County Council and Vice President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS).

In the first of our blog series leading up to the TLAP Direct Payments Summit we hear from Chair of the TLAP Board, Clenton Farquharson, on improving direct payments.

Clenton Farquharson, Chair of the TLAP Board, reflects on the paramount value of trust in the foundations of social care and how nurturing trust in care and support can help build a more compassionate and effective social care system.

Bryony Shannon on the importance of changing the language used in care and support.

Head of Adult Social Care Policy for the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Dave James, tells us about how Making It Real was used to shape quality oversight in their single assessment framework.

Clenton Farquharson talks us through his turbulent journey into social care and his hopes for a more equitable future.

Bryony Shannon writes about why language matters in care and support as she introduces the work we’ll be doing together to transform the narrative of care and support.

Isaac Samuels explores the challenges of navigating the complex language used in care and support and why it is necessary to redefine communication to foster empathy, understanding, and personalisation.