Challenging and changing adult social care language and practice #RewritingSocialCare #LanguageMatters #UsNotThemAndUs https://rewritingsocialcare.blog/

Chief Executive, Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE), Visiting Professor, University of Staffordshire

Professor of Regional Economic Development, City-REDI, University of Birmingham. Interested in the geography of labour markets, employment, non-employment, migration, commuting, skills, local economic development, public policy, etc.

Professor of economic geography at the University of Cambridge. Researches austerity, labour, debt, gender & sustainable regional economies. Keen gardener.

Overly enthusiastic & talkative doer Believer in citizens & community Finding creative, quirky ways to think about care & wellbeing. Co founder When I Get Old www.WIGO.org.uk. Roles @TLAP.bsky.social @Commcats.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social

Interested in healthcare and things that affect it including politics. Always a proud Welsh European. And chess Keen to follow people with interesting profiles and insights

1 of 6 unpaid directors, Zumba Instructor, Joint Lead on Self Advocacy and 2024 Joint Outstanding Northwest Leader. All views are my own

Dad. Head of Marketing and Comms at Dimensions. Climber. Generally in that order. Views my own.

Head of Policy - Association of Charitable Foundations. She/her

Driving Change for Children, Adults, and Foster Carers | FosterWiki Ambassador | FosterCare & Beyond Because every child deserves the very best care and ongoing support in foster care and beyond from someone who truly cares.

Helping to grow the Social Economy for WMCA in the West Midlands. Scottish by birth, attitude and upbringing. More than a little woke but hate tofu. Like stuff about Social Enterprise and Community wealth. And funny stuff. Odd sense of humour.

Passionate about inclusion & being human. CEO of In Control, convenor of social care future, partner in policymaking. Live in northern mini zoo with 1 dog 🐶, 2 cats🐈‍⬛️🐈 & a tortoise 🐢

Practice Development Consultant @SCIE. MCA geek. Supporting organisations improve outcomes for people drawing on care & support. Work: Autism, Learning Disabilities, MHA & reform, MCA, Safeguarding, Co-Production, Integration www.scie.org.uk Views my own.

Policy Director at The National Care Forum. Believe in the power of not for profit care, support and housing. Interested in lots of things!

ADASS President, Notts Director Adult Social Care, Mum, runner, mountain lover.

Deputy Director, Adults and Health, Leeds City Council #TeamLeeds

Socio-legal scholar; Co-director of openjusticecourtofprotection.org; Autistic; Wheelchair-user Here for all things #OpenJustice, #MentalCapacity #DisabilityRights, #SocialCare, and #Advocacy Also nature, textile crafts, Irish language - and cats 🐈...

Woman of a certain age. PhD researcher exploring discourse around learning disabilities. Open University Associate Lecturer passionate about inclusion and lifelong learning. Building knowledge & advocating for respectful representation