Thursday 25 April 2024
Healthy Child and Teen Relationships
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Public Health in Nottingham City
I was up in Nottingham yesterday working for the Public Health department. Inspiring afternoon, with lots of committed and passionate health professionals sharing their good practice.
Thanks to their teams for the work in progress/action shot!
Monday 8 April 2024
Allied Health Professionals Educator Career Framework - Appreciative Inquiry
Capturing the Process of Co-Production for a Town Planning Project
Health Equity for all in London
A live piece of work commissioned by the GLA (Greater London Authority), bringing together multiple voluntary organisations to help plan for their future involvement. Lots of heated debate and discussion, and a lot more power needs to be shared for this dream to become a reality.
Tuesday 5 March 2024
Co-Production Collaboration: National Voices and Roche
Violence Reduction Unit - Greater London Authority
When you hear the words 'Violence Reduction Unit' you don't necessarily think of primary schools, but this project 'Talk Matters' set up by the GLA (Greater London Authority) is all about making education and learning as accessible as possible to help young children's literacy and articulation so that they get the most out of their education.
Helping them to speak.
I learnt a new word: Dialogic teaching is the process of using conversation or shared dialogue to explore the meaning of something. A powerful talk by Dr Kulvarn Atwal Executive Headteacher at Uphill Primary School.
This was a preparatory sketch I'd done to get into the zone and focus, as this was a relatively short job of a couple of hours:
And the child bird sculpture facing the building seemed relevant to the emerging themes of isolation and alienation that some children feel when they don't get the support they need at school in the early years (and beyond...!).