Celebrating #refugeeweek at Homerton this week raising awareness about access to healthcare, talking therapies and Welcome Hackney support. Chatting with patients and staff about what makes a ‘place of welcome’ @homertonhealthcare.bsky.social @chrismylesk.bsky.social @hackneycouncil.bsky.social

Setting up for a career fair at a local school. Inspiring the next generation to work for the NHS. Looking forward to some good conversations and questions! @homertonhealthcare.bsky.social

Back at @unibirmingham.bsky.social for a teaching weekend for my Systems Thinking course. Considering methods and tools and practices that unravel the complexity of our world. Love it!

Equity, diversity, and inclusion training has been around for years, but it hasn’t always made an impact. Want to change that?…great job opportunity at a brilliant organisation. Check it out ⬇️⬇️⬇️

www.brap.org.uk/post/wanted-...

Happy Christmas all. X

Celebrating the amazing volunteers at the Hackney Playbus this evening. Massive thanks to all the wonderful people that keep the Playbus on the road - bringing play opportunities, tea, conversation and support to all corners of Hackney. #volunteering #play #earlyyears

10 December, is Human Rights Day. Theme for 2024 is ‘Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now’ with a special focus on young people.
We have an urgent task to support a dialogue for peace as this is the only sustainable option for the health of our fragile planet and for our children's future

What a treat to go to our Hackney Health Equity book club yesterday. Thoughtful, insightful conversation with wise people (in real life- not on-line!). Different perspectives and experiences shared.

“Very great change starts from very small conversations, held among people who care” M J Wheatley

Advent 2024

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Now is the waiting time
The writing a list and making a wish time
The 1 to 24 tiny door chocolate surprise time
And we are the ones who wait….

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Festive fun at the @hackneycouncil.bsky.social Christmas light switch on. Happy Christmas Hackney!

Researchers found that to address the epidemic of mental ill health among HCPs, workers needed:

Targeted MH interventions
Hot food
Rest areas/lockers
Free parking

Essentially staff just need to be valued & treated like human beings.

Rocket science it is not.
evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/system...

The NHS wants to move from sickness to prevention, but a CSP report finds poor targeting of public health campaigns can widen health inequalities.

#RightToRehab

Was great to visit Homerton Grove Adventure Playground today. It’s a creative, inclusive, nature-filled play space with a fire pit, climbing structures & even an old taxi! Ideas were buzzing about how we can work more closely @homertonhealthcare.bsky.social #play

www.hackneyplay.org/homerton-gro...

I feel hugely under-qualified to speak up about equality issues BUT I do want a better world & I do think we’re stronger together. So pleased to have joined Brap Equality Republic - a movement for social change - “a community of practitioners, dreamers, & all-round schemers” www.brap.org.uk/republic

I’ve had so many conversations with people about this. Of course, helping someone out of poverty is not simply about the cash…but project managers and systems take up so much resource. Would it be simpler to send budget straight to the people who need it?? ⬇️⬇️

Wendell Berry #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity

Happy Stir up Sunday 🥣🧑🏻‍🍳Reflecting on how to stir up change in organisations and in the world (whilst making a deliciously Christmassy Pudding and Cake!) #adaptiveleadership #change #zoneofdisequilibrium #Advent #StirUpSunday

Hackney is rich in green spaces and waterways (even on rainy grey Autumn days). It’s great to see how well they are used and loved #greenspaces #socialconnection #health #wellbeing

Oh yes, thank you. I think I am in that. I got quite a few invites through yesterday on Teams so I can verify you guys were busy 🙂I hope to join and connect soon.

Always keen for a new connection!

As a lover of words, a speech and language therapist, an occasional poet and someone trying to make sense of the world, the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows has been a treasure. Get a copy and keep it by your bed! #poetry #words #emotionalliteracy #selfreflection www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Been reading Uprooting by Marchelle Farrell. It’s inspried me to plant bulbs. Hope for the Spring. canongate.co.uk/books/4466-u...

I’m currently studying for an MSc in Systems Thinking & Leadership (it’s also a Level 7 Apprenticeship). I’m loving learning about new tools and frameworks to define ideas and solve problems I knew about before but didn’t know how to articulate. If you’re on this journey too I’d love to connect!

I’ve jumped into the Blue Sky & keen to connect! Topics like: health equity; inequalities; neighbourhoods; strengthening community; humanising healthcare; social justice; anti-racism; systems thinking; anchor institutions; compassionate leadership; social prescribing...and anything in between.