Thanks @carlpurcell.bsky.social @juliettemalley.bsky.social for this well written and researched article, which provides some useful frameworks and challenge. We will draw on this in developing the right approaches to support growth of #sharedlives: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
The challenge of scaling-up social work innovations: A case study of Shared Lives schemes in England
Innovation is now routinely presented as a solution to the pressures faced by social work services. However, we do not know enough about how effective inno
academic.oup.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Thanks @carlpurcell.bsky.social @juliettemalley.bsky.social for this well written and researched article, which provides some useful frameworks and challenge. We will draw on this in developing the right approaches to support growth of #sharedlives: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
Was fun to be able to talk about the wonderful Jim and Carol, who support David on BBC Breakfast #sharedlives
April 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Was fun to be able to talk about the wonderful Jim and Carol, who support David on BBC Breakfast #sharedlives
Just out, great new advert from Government promoting #sharedlives. In the video there are some lovely interactions between Preety, a Shared Lives carer, and Shuan (in the black cap) who she supports: vimeo.com/1051211714
Make Care Your Career - Full 60 second ad
Make Care Your Career Campaign - launched Feb 2025.
vimeo.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Just out, great new advert from Government promoting #sharedlives. In the video there are some lovely interactions between Preety, a Shared Lives carer, and Shuan (in the black cap) who she supports: vimeo.com/1051211714
Tomorrow is International Women's Day #IWD2025, and we'd like to take a moment to remember our founder, Sue Newton MBE, who passed away in 2023. Without her inspiration and tenacity #SharedLives might not be here today.
Thank you Sue. #wearesharedlives
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Thank you Sue. #wearesharedlives
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March 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tomorrow is International Women's Day #IWD2025, and we'd like to take a moment to remember our founder, Sue Newton MBE, who passed away in 2023. Without her inspiration and tenacity #SharedLives might not be here today.
Thank you Sue. #wearesharedlives
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Thank you Sue. #wearesharedlives
sharedlivesplus.org....
Want to hear about more great stories of the difference #Sharedlives makes, have a read of this feature in the Glasgow Herald: www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/...
'Adult fostering' is transforming lives in Scotland - so why isn't it talked about?
Hundreds of adults with learning disabilities, dementia, and mental health problems across Scotland are being supported by families in a…
www.heraldscotland.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Want to hear about more great stories of the difference #Sharedlives makes, have a read of this feature in the Glasgow Herald: www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/...
Shared lives can provide a loving home & connections to friends & community for young people in or leaving care. We are excited that there are now 24 local authorities involved in the #sharedlives programme for #careexperienced young people. Find out more here: sharedlivesplus.org.uk/2024/06/13/n...
New programme for care experienced young people launches this week - Shared Lives Plus
sharedlivesplus.org.uk
November 17, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Shared lives can provide a loving home & connections to friends & community for young people in or leaving care. We are excited that there are now 24 local authorities involved in the #sharedlives programme for #careexperienced young people. Find out more here: sharedlivesplus.org.uk/2024/06/13/n...
Congratulations to our Nathan, who was recently awarded Apprentice of the Year at the KCC Social Care Awards 2024!
We couldn’t be prouder or happier for him—such a well deserved recognition! 👏
#KCC #ApprenticeOfTheYear #SocialCareAwards #ProudMoment #CareExperience #SharedLives
#CelebrateSuccess
We couldn’t be prouder or happier for him—such a well deserved recognition! 👏
#KCC #ApprenticeOfTheYear #SocialCareAwards #ProudMoment #CareExperience #SharedLives
#CelebrateSuccess
November 18, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Congratulations to our Nathan, who was recently awarded Apprentice of the Year at the KCC Social Care Awards 2024!
We couldn’t be prouder or happier for him—such a well deserved recognition! 👏
#KCC #ApprenticeOfTheYear #SocialCareAwards #ProudMoment #CareExperience #SharedLives
#CelebrateSuccess
We couldn’t be prouder or happier for him—such a well deserved recognition! 👏
#KCC #ApprenticeOfTheYear #SocialCareAwards #ProudMoment #CareExperience #SharedLives
#CelebrateSuccess
✈️ Shared Lives helps people grow in confidence and independence - and sometimes, even take to the skies.
Dilan’s uplifting flight over Blackpool shows how the right support can broaden horizons.
Swipe to see the view from the cockpit!
#SharedLives #PersonCentredCare
Dilan’s uplifting flight over Blackpool shows how the right support can broaden horizons.
Swipe to see the view from the cockpit!
#SharedLives #PersonCentredCare
October 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
✈️ Shared Lives helps people grow in confidence and independence - and sometimes, even take to the skies.
Dilan’s uplifting flight over Blackpool shows how the right support can broaden horizons.
Swipe to see the view from the cockpit!
#SharedLives #PersonCentredCare
Dilan’s uplifting flight over Blackpool shows how the right support can broaden horizons.
Swipe to see the view from the cockpit!
#SharedLives #PersonCentredCare
#Sharedlives has huge potential to support people experiencing mental health challenges, like this South East Wales project: impact.bham.ac.uk/our-projects...
Alternatives to hospital in mental health crisis
Alternatives to hospital in mental health crisis
impact.bham.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#Sharedlives has huge potential to support people experiencing mental health challenges, like this South East Wales project: impact.bham.ac.uk/our-projects...
New research on the case for #sharedlives. sharedlivesplus.org.uk/our-work-and...
November 28, 2024 at 8:53 AM
New research on the case for #sharedlives. sharedlivesplus.org.uk/our-work-and...
This is from IMPACT, which I am fortunate to be involved with. It describes how the Moray #sharedlives carers or hosts act as local ‘anchors’ for people who might need a bit of connection and support to the community. Worth a look @neilmcrowther.bsky.social impact.bham.ac.uk/2024/11/19/l...
Addressing Loneliness Among Older Adults in Rural Scotland: A Summary of Key Issues and Interventions
Older adults in rural Scotland face unique challenges that can ... Read more
impact.bham.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 12:28 PM
This is from IMPACT, which I am fortunate to be involved with. It describes how the Moray #sharedlives carers or hosts act as local ‘anchors’ for people who might need a bit of connection and support to the community. Worth a look @neilmcrowther.bsky.social impact.bham.ac.uk/2024/11/19/l...
#coproduction needs to be at the heart of developing #sharedlives. Meg, who draws on shared lives and I wrote this for @thekingsfund.bsky.social a little while back: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Innovation Needs The People Who Draw On Care | The King's Fund
Meg Lewis, Shared Lives Plus Ambassador, and Ewan King, Chief Executive, Shared Lives Plus, explain how combining stories and data can help innovation move from the periphery of social care to the cen...
www.kingsfund.org.uk
November 19, 2024 at 6:14 PM
#coproduction needs to be at the heart of developing #sharedlives. Meg, who draws on shared lives and I wrote this for @thekingsfund.bsky.social a little while back: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Excellent morning @houseofcommons.parliament.uk an inspiring #SharedLives event, spotlighting high quality social care - through relationships, belonging, and community that help people live life their way. Thanks @martinwrigley.bsky.social for hosting us and Shared Lives South West.
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Excellent morning @houseofcommons.parliament.uk an inspiring #SharedLives event, spotlighting high quality social care - through relationships, belonging, and community that help people live life their way. Thanks @martinwrigley.bsky.social for hosting us and Shared Lives South West.
Access a wealth of research and insight into the effectiveness and benefits of #SharedLives:
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January 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Access a wealth of research and insight into the effectiveness and benefits of #SharedLives:
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🌟Latest news🌟
🔸Alzheimer’s Society partner with the British Deaf Association to improve dementia support for the deaf community buff.ly/oxdRvWS
🔸Guidance launched to support recruitment of Shared Lives carers from diverse communities buff.ly/I0fkKCL
#BSL #dementia #SharedLives
🔸Alzheimer’s Society partner with the British Deaf Association to improve dementia support for the deaf community buff.ly/oxdRvWS
🔸Guidance launched to support recruitment of Shared Lives carers from diverse communities buff.ly/I0fkKCL
#BSL #dementia #SharedLives
January 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🌟Latest news🌟
🔸Alzheimer’s Society partner with the British Deaf Association to improve dementia support for the deaf community buff.ly/oxdRvWS
🔸Guidance launched to support recruitment of Shared Lives carers from diverse communities buff.ly/I0fkKCL
#BSL #dementia #SharedLives
🔸Alzheimer’s Society partner with the British Deaf Association to improve dementia support for the deaf community buff.ly/oxdRvWS
🔸Guidance launched to support recruitment of Shared Lives carers from diverse communities buff.ly/I0fkKCL
#BSL #dementia #SharedLives
ADASS/LGA - Partners in Care and Health's new #SharedLives guidance for councils shows how people with a learning disability can benefit from this type of care and support. Learn more. www.local.gov.uk/publications/developing-shared-lives-people-learning-disability#executive-summary
Developing Shared Lives for people with a learning disability
Partners for Care and Health commissioned Shared Lives Plus, the national charity representing the Shared Lives sector, to develop guidance on good practice in developing and growing Shared Lives. Thi...
www.local.gov.uk
April 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
ADASS/LGA - Partners in Care and Health's new #SharedLives guidance for councils shows how people with a learning disability can benefit from this type of care and support. Learn more. www.local.gov.uk/publications/developing-shared-lives-people-learning-disability#executive-summary
Today #LearningDisabilityWeek highlights inclusion. Shared Lives Plus recently helped produce guidance designed to expand access to #SharedLives – a model of support that puts inclusion at its core.
#DoYouSeeMe #LDW2025 @mencap.bsky.social
Read more: sharedlivesplus.org....
#DoYouSeeMe #LDW2025 @mencap.bsky.social
Read more: sharedlivesplus.org....
June 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Today #LearningDisabilityWeek highlights inclusion. Shared Lives Plus recently helped produce guidance designed to expand access to #SharedLives – a model of support that puts inclusion at its core.
#DoYouSeeMe #LDW2025 @mencap.bsky.social
Read more: sharedlivesplus.org....
#DoYouSeeMe #LDW2025 @mencap.bsky.social
Read more: sharedlivesplus.org....
It’s #LearningDisabilityWeek. We're celebrating the 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability & championing their right to be seen, heard & valued.
78% in #SharedLives have a learning disability, living full, connected lives.
#DoYouSeeMe #LDW2025 @mencap.bsky.social
78% in #SharedLives have a learning disability, living full, connected lives.
#DoYouSeeMe #LDW2025 @mencap.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It’s #LearningDisabilityWeek. We're celebrating the 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability & championing their right to be seen, heard & valued.
78% in #SharedLives have a learning disability, living full, connected lives.
#DoYouSeeMe #LDW2025 @mencap.bsky.social
78% in #SharedLives have a learning disability, living full, connected lives.
#DoYouSeeMe #LDW2025 @mencap.bsky.social
Today is World Social Work Day #WSWD2025
Are you registered for the @basw-uk.bsky.social session on intergenerational support in action in the community? @ewandking.bsky.social will be discussing #SharedLives role in family-based care and support provision.
basw.co.uk/events/inter...
Are you registered for the @basw-uk.bsky.social session on intergenerational support in action in the community? @ewandking.bsky.social will be discussing #SharedLives role in family-based care and support provision.
basw.co.uk/events/inter...
Intergenerational support in action in the community: exploring family-based care and support provision | BASW England World Social Work Day Event
basw.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Today is World Social Work Day #WSWD2025
Are you registered for the @basw-uk.bsky.social session on intergenerational support in action in the community? @ewandking.bsky.social will be discussing #SharedLives role in family-based care and support provision.
basw.co.uk/events/inter...
Are you registered for the @basw-uk.bsky.social session on intergenerational support in action in the community? @ewandking.bsky.social will be discussing #SharedLives role in family-based care and support provision.
basw.co.uk/events/inter...
Exciting to be involved along with people supported by #Sharedlives in this @basw-uk.bsky.social event on family based support: basw.co.uk/events/inter...
Intergenerational support in action in the community: exploring family-based care and support provision | BASW England World Social Work Day Event
basw.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Exciting to be involved along with people supported by #Sharedlives in this @basw-uk.bsky.social event on family based support: basw.co.uk/events/inter...
Lovely quote from a #sharedlives host in Northern Ireland. ‘Being a Shared Lives carer for Age NI has been an incredibly rewarding experience. Getting to know N has been a privilege, and our time together is something I genuinely look forward to.’
December 5, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Lovely quote from a #sharedlives host in Northern Ireland. ‘Being a Shared Lives carer for Age NI has been an incredibly rewarding experience. Getting to know N has been a privilege, and our time together is something I genuinely look forward to.’
How do you develop inclusive and insightful events? New from @tlap.bsky.social @ianmccreath.bsky.social: such a helpful resource. Pleased #sharedlives Ambassadors helped develop this! Thanks for involving us! thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk/resources/in...
Inclusive and insightful events - TLAP
A suite of resources bringing together research into inclusive event planning and a practical toolkit for event organisers, developed in partnership with Social Care Future and In Control.
thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk
December 3, 2024 at 5:32 PM
How do you develop inclusive and insightful events? New from @tlap.bsky.social @ianmccreath.bsky.social: such a helpful resource. Pleased #sharedlives Ambassadors helped develop this! Thanks for involving us! thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk/resources/in...
🎉 Shared Lives Week is here! Here’s hoping some of you relate to this feeling. Happy Shared Lives Week! #SharedLivesWeek #wearesharedlives #sharedlives
June 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🎉 Shared Lives Week is here! Here’s hoping some of you relate to this feeling. Happy Shared Lives Week! #SharedLivesWeek #wearesharedlives #sharedlives
Proud of Nathan! He’s completed his apprenticeship with VSK, passed his Level 3 with Distinction, and is starting his very first job as a Participation Support Assistant! 🎉 His journey from foster care to Shared Lives shows the power of support and connection.
#ApprenticeshipSuccess #SharedLives
#ApprenticeshipSuccess #SharedLives
April 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Proud of Nathan! He’s completed his apprenticeship with VSK, passed his Level 3 with Distinction, and is starting his very first job as a Participation Support Assistant! 🎉 His journey from foster care to Shared Lives shows the power of support and connection.
#ApprenticeshipSuccess #SharedLives
#ApprenticeshipSuccess #SharedLives
sharedlivesplus.org.uk/2025/04/02/s...
Ewan King, Chief Executive of Shared Lives Plus, appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss the growing role of Shared Lives care in the UK
#SharedLives
Ewan King, Chief Executive of Shared Lives Plus, appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss the growing role of Shared Lives care in the UK
#SharedLives
Shared Lives on BBC Breakfast - Shared Lives Plus
sharedlivesplus.org.uk
April 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
sharedlivesplus.org.uk/2025/04/02/s...
Ewan King, Chief Executive of Shared Lives Plus, appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss the growing role of Shared Lives care in the UK
#SharedLives
Ewan King, Chief Executive of Shared Lives Plus, appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss the growing role of Shared Lives care in the UK
#SharedLives