Mindfulness resources for health and care staff
The Mindfulness Initiative have collated a list of mindfulness resources specifically for health and care staff – take a look here Read more
Small Good Stuff achieves great things
Blog by Community Catalysts shared as a guest blog on the TLAP website Keeping our communities going is more important than ever. Angela Catley from Community Catalysts, one of the organisations on TLAP’s directory of innovations in community-centred support, reflects on some of the local initiatives taking root. In these last few weeks, we have all faced uncertainty … Read more
Hospital passport for people with a learning disability who are going into hospital
The hospital passport is designed for people with a learning disability and includes helpful information about their illness and healthcare. It can be be given to hospital staff when they get to hospital. The passport asks things like: What you like/dislike How much physical contact you’re OK with What your favourite drink is What your … Read more
Launch of the new Silsoe Day Centre – Central Beds
At the end of last month, older people and adults with learning disabilities celebrated the opening of the new and improved facilities at Silsoe Day Centre in Central Bedfordshire. The site now boasts a refurbished and permanent café area on site, a full refurbishment of the existing Silsoe building, a new and bright modular building … Read more
Guide to evaluating personalised care by SCIE
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) have put together a guide to help practitioners measure and evaluate the impact of personalised care programmes, initiatives or new ways of working. The guide is for anyone who is involved in delivering a personalised care intervention or initiative at a local level, e.g. providers, commissioners, professionals or practitioners … Read more