Shaping future support: the health and disability green paper – Consultation response from the DPO Forum England

6 October 2021

September 2021 About us The DPO Forum England brings together disabled people’s organisations (DPO’s) across England to work collectively to act as the voice of disabled people. The DPO forum offers a unique and valuable perspective, as the members are all DPO’s that are majority run and controlled by and for disabled people. We are… Continue reading Shaping future support: the health and disability green paper – Consultation response from the DPO Forum England

Be at the heart of exciting new social work research with service users – and gain valuable CPD hours.

5 October 2021

Shaping our Lives , together with the British Association of Social Workers and Kings College London, is collaborating on a research project about how social workers who work with adults use (or do not use) digital technologies when communicating with and supporting Disabled people. We want to understand the pros and cons in the use… Continue reading Be at the heart of exciting new social work research with service users – and gain valuable CPD hours.

New blog post: The Future of Social Care – Big changes now taking place

6 September 2021

Our Co-Chair, Peter Beresford, considers the government announcement on its social care reform plans and looks at how it differs to the thinking and planning around social care we have been developing at Shaping Our Lives.  The Future of Social Care – Big changes now taking place Two closely related but very different activities have… Continue reading New blog post: The Future of Social Care – Big changes now taking place

Edge Hill University: Lockdown Logs

26 August 2021

In the Spring of 2020, the Service Users and Carers (SU&Cs) at Edge Hill University in the north of England decided to keep and share logs about their thoughts, feelings and experiences during lockdown. Their lockdown logs included drawings, prose, poetry, photos and videos. You can browse through an edited version of the lockdown logs… Continue reading Edge Hill University: Lockdown Logs