It’s time to shift the power. Come and join others who intend to influence social care, both locally and nationally. Lend your ideas and energy to the work we have started, to connect groups for a more powerful voice when the future of social care is being decided. We’ve been bringing groups together, mapping key opportunities for influence, developing a speaker agency, investing in training and peer support, writing a guide for inclusive events and more. Come and be part of the next steps!

The gathering is for people who draw on social care, families and allies who work in social care who want to build knowledge, skills, strategies and connections for powerful influencing.

We are delighted that Andrew Harrop, co-author of Support Guaranteed, the roadmap to a National Care Service for Wes Streeting, has agreed to join us. We will explore with Andrew how the voices of people who draw on support can play a powerful part in development of the new government’s policy on social care.

Andrew joins a brilliant line up of presenters and facilitators at our event which will combine activity to link and connect campaign and influencing initiatives in a Making Our Voices Heard network, with sessions to build and develop our skills knowledge and connections.

Also sharing their skills and experience at the event will be:

Tara Flood and colleagues from Hammersmith and Fulham where the Disabled People’s Commission has pioneered shifting and sharing power Disabled People’s Commission | London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (lbhf.gov.uk)

Martin Sibley founder of Purple Goat, the award-winning inclusive marketing agency About Purple Goat - An Agency Powered by Disabled Marketers (purplegoatagency.com)

Anna Severwright Social Care Future Anna Severwright: Co-convenor, Social Care Future | Local Government Association

Tricia Nicoll founder of Gloriously Ordinary Lives Gloriously Ordinary Lives

Jon Abrams Campaigns and Justice Coordinator Inclusion London Inclusion London - Promoting equality for London’s Deaf and Disabled people

The Sheila McKechnie Foundation. Unleashing Social Action SMK Home < Sheila McKechnie Foundation

Sian Lockwood and Angela Catley from When I Get Old Home - When I get old (wigo.org.uk)

Alice Klein Director of Communications and Public Affairs Association of Directors of Adult Social Services Home - ADASS

Neil Crowther Social Care Future Changing the Story - Social Care Future

Jaimee Lewis – Storyteller, writer, communications (1) Jaimee Lewis | LinkedIn

Bryony Shannon – Rewriting Social Care Rewriting social care – Words that make me go hmmm…

Simon Stockton and Ali Smith. Working Together for Change Working Together for Change: the programme in Adass East – Association of Directors of Adult Social Services Eastern Region

Access Social Care – Legal Advice for Social Care Access Social Care - Legal Advice for Social Care in the UK (accesscharity.org.uk)

People and organisations driving people led change in social care across the country

Choose from a programme of great practical workshops to build skills, strategies and tactics, facilitated by people with real expertise and experience in areas including:

Getting your story across in broadcast, print and social media
Being an effective spokesperson
“Framing” the story of social care to change minds
Building community power
Constructive challenge to language and labels
Influencing locally
Using the law to drive change
Effective campaigns
Making events inclusive
Using the Gloriously Ordinary Life tests

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