Category: Blog
Making Positive Moves – a recap, and sharing some of our early findings
By: Annabel Head This blog is an introduction to an upcoming series of blogs. We wanted to shared some of the really interesting findings with you that we have so far. We are half way through data collection so thought now would be a good time to share these and give you an update and […]
Our reaction to the BBC Panarama uncovering of abuse at the Edenfield Centre
By: Pashtana Zormati, Louisa Rhodes and Charlotte Haith The Making Positive Moves team were extremely angry and sad to see about the abuse that BBC Panarama uncovered recently in one of the UK’s largest mental health hospitals. We wanted to discuss the abuse at the Edenfield Centre in our steering group meeting and share our […]
Making Positive Moves website 1 year on
By: Charlotte Haith It is our birthday! It has been one year since we launched the Making Positive Moves website. Over the year we have been getting lots of feedback about the website. We wanted to share some of this feedback with you and share some of the changes we have made. It has been […]
MPM Expert by Experience Consultation Group
By: Sam Prowse and Charlotte Haith To mark learning disability week 2022 we wanted to highlight the fantastic contribution of the expert by experience consultation group to the Making Positive Moves initiative. As part of the Making Positive Moves project, a consultation group was set up to involve experts by experience. Sam Prowse, is the […]
COVID-19 and Making Positive Moves
By: Georgie Dixon and Charlotte Haith COVID-19 has had a huge impact on all of us in some way. It has meant we have had to change how we do everyday things and a lot of what we do looks different now to a few years ago. COVID-19 has affected the Making Positive Moves research […]
Digital inequalities and people with learning disabilities
By: Georgie Dixon and Charlotte Haith Despite moves towards a more inclusive society, people with learning disabilities still face inequalities such as having less access to the internet than the general population. Given that technology is becoming increasingly important for accessing education, seeking information, searching for jobs, and forming friendships, it is vital that we […]
Project update – January 2022
By: Georgie Dixon and Charlotte Haith We have shared information about our project on this website and in earlier blogs. As we move into the new year we wanted to bring you a little update about what we have done up until now with the project and our next steps. The aim of our […]
Developing our logo
By: Charlotte Haith Want to know more about our logo? Joan, who created the logo based on her own experiences of moving, has made a video explaining how and why she chose to include the images she did. Each of the images represent something of importance to Joan about the moving process and here you […]
Small Supports – a response to the need for change
By: Small Supports Our first guest blog! Small Supports are part of the Building Right Support national plan in making real changes to move people from inpatient settings back to the community. , listening to those with lived experience and taking action to develop wider choice for people with a learning disability and/or autism to […]
A focus on connecting with others – what you will find
By: Charlotte Haith This is our final blog in the series of our whistle stop tour of the website. We are going to finally take a look at what you can find in the connecting with others section of the website. Click below for an easy read version, or click ‘continue reading’ to see a […]
