Discussion in Slovenia on leadership & deinstitutionalisation programme. A castle in the mountains that is ‘home’ to 500 -it’s obvious that you can’t splice human rights into its DNA. But the reality of so many of our regular services is that they simply wear #humanrights as the thinnest of veils

Listening to people whose expertise includes their own experience of secure settings describe how coproduction should be in achieving real change. ‘The system’ requires people who are ‘square pegs’ to knock bits off themselves to fit into coproduction ‘round holes’. #smallsupports #socialcare

Listening to a Small Supports organisation who recruited a whole team around an individual with adverts that started by calling for people who like dad jokes. Why - because it was essential to the individual. Brilliant. By the way- it worked 🥷🏻 #smallsupports #ndti

Two days in Slovenia exploring leadership and deinstitutionalisation. It’s easy to criticise the converted castle here for 500 people but really what right do we have to do so when we allow so many large and small institutions in the UK? A small cage is still a cage

Two and a half hours of Wicked with niece. Yes two and a half hours. And she waited 2 hours and 29 minutes to tell me it was just the first part 🤯

Season’s greetings to all our partners and BlueSky followers. We really value our huge range of partnerships which become stronger every year. Thank you to all for your support, inspiration and determination towards changing lives together. Here’s to another year of making a difference together.

Cab driver just told me they’ve named new baby Rosa after Rosa Luxemburg. Faith in humanity restored a bit.

Just started the move from that other place. Say hello if we know each other.