When people ask what I do

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'The Devil offers polished platitudes to the wounded
and easy excuses to the world.'

From 'The Vanishing Song' By Jay Hulme

Feel the need to share this again👇

Co-producers are getting mixed up when describing their work

Services can't do community led
In the same way that CommUnity Corner is not a public service
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And 👆my friend is a full stop.

#Facilitation We have had the pleasure of facilitating in one glorious building and opposite another in the past week.
With PinpointFacilitation in Toynbee Hall and Supply Chain Sustainability School opposite the Old Bailey, thank you both.

Adrian Ashton Cat IAF England & Wales The Priory Rooms IAF Camilla Gordon Two space-holders, aglow with energy from living their life's purpose, evoke curiosity and insight from participants.

Cat IAF England & Wales The Priory Rooms IAF Camilla Gordon 'That's now how you're supposed to 'Gilbraith' someone'

'Your participants did 'what' with their post-it notes?'

'How did you have time to circle back to everything you put a pin in?'

- maybe this could become a rolling competition, with winner announced at next conference?

Thrilled to have shared insights at #Facilitate2024 on using facilitation & #coproduction to challenge inequalities & rebalance power dynamics. with the Co-Production Collective Sadia Haqnawaz Vita Moltedo @maternityvoice
… blog coming tomorrow on my linkedin #Inclusion #PowerDynamics 🌟

Cat IAF England & Wales The Priory Rooms IAF Camilla Gordon So many captions that could be put to this...

I have today decided finally, after 35 years of campaigning for better safeguarding in the Church of England, to give up.

The last 35 years has seen many policies and window dressing, but I've completely wasted my time and efforts. It is still the same highly abusive,....

Thanks to all involved for a truly fabulous two days of #facilitation connection and learning at #Facilitate2024 !

My favourite bit from today’s #PeoplePowerAcademy Srdja talks about his garage 🚗🚙🚕

CANVAS Citizen Network Citizen Network Research JerichoJess Bob Thust Sam Moon Alex Lockwood Angela Fell- Northern ❤️ & Soul. Citizen of Wigan. Clare Farrell Jamie Kelsey Fry

Genuinely have the best job in the world. Thanks Cat for being a co-disrupter always #Facilitate24

We are on our way! #IAFEWConference24 IAF IAF England & Wales

Check out the brilliant new supportingcarershub.co.uk which ADASS President Beverley Tarka has just launched at #springseminar24

Delighted to announce that I have been appointed #coproduction lead Stockport Council if you are involved in coproduction in terms of research and or just as important making it happen on a daily basis please do get in contact

´Don’t just get us in afterwards’ says Hope Lightowler, Co-Chair Group & Lived Experience APPG warning co-production can’t be an afterthought, and that ´nothing about us without us’ describes genuine co-production #springseminar2024

Excited to see ADASS President Beverley Tarka launching the new Supporting Carers Hub today, which brings together great practice and ideas being tried across England to support carers Carers Trust Carers UK Care for the Carers #springseminar2024