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A perspective on the Paralympics
TweetThere’s no shortage of media coverage of the Olympics and Paralympics, but one new online platform offers a unique and important perspective on the games. Games Through Our Eyes is an accessible website for the 2012 Paralympic Games created by … Continue reading
Face the facts, not the film fiction
TweetIt’s an uphill struggle for those with so-called invisible difficulties (people with conditions on the autistic spectrum, for example,) to achieve mainstream representation or indeed capture the attention of broadcasters, newspaper editors, politicians and the public. So imagine the challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Learning disability, media & communication, Music & arts, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Wellbeing, Young people
Tagged charity, communication, health, learning disability, music & arts, third sector
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Writing about wrongs: can social affairs journalism make a difference?
TweetAs a journalist writing on social affairs I often wonder if my articles make any difference or whether this kind of journalism is essentially exploitative. The dilemma isn’t original. Journalists and photographers struggle with it all the time. Mostly I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, media & communication, Social exclusion
Tagged charity, communication, health, housing, journalism, media
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Netbuddy: the special needs Mumsnet
TweetWhen Emma Sterland’s older brother Ben, who has Down’s syndrome, was three, their mother saw another child with Down’s walking past their Surrey house. Back then, in the late 1950s, learning disabled people were hidden away in institutional care, and … Continue reading
Posted in Learning disability, media & communication, Young people
Tagged communication, learning disability, third sector, young people
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What’s the role of the press in explaining social care?
TweetIf a week’s a long time in politics, it’s enough to induce amnesia in the fourth estate. The changing headlines over the last week – they began with the Dilnot Commission, moved onto phone hacking and returned to social care … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, media & communication, Older people, Social care
Tagged communication, cuts
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Silver Surfers’ Day
TweetIt’s Silver Surfers’ Day and even if you don’t like the name of the annual event (for something so future-focused, it sounds dated), who can argue with its aim of promoting digital technology among older people? Take 79-year-old David Le … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, media & communication, Older people, Uncategorized
Tagged communication, older people
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Art for autism’s sake
TweetTim, 17, had not uttered a word for five years when he arrived at Beechwood College. Two years into his time at the specialist residential college in Cardiff, Wales, the teenager with Asperger’s syndrome started speaking. Two years after that, … Continue reading
“Each day you spend leaves you with one less, spend them wisely”
Tweet “Each day you spend leaves you with one less, spend them wisely.” Solle Frankel, aged 100 It’s sound advice from Solle yet, as young people, we rarely take the time to stop and listen to the older generation. A … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Cuts, Employment, Older people, Third sector, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged big society, charity, communication, older people, third sector, young people
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Women, know your politics
Tweet Uncovered from The Original Ranch on Vimeo. Above, ‘Uncovered’, a short animated film inspired by women’s attitudes to community, participation and politics. The best ideas are, usually, the most simple ones. That’s one reason I’m a fan of a … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Local government, Music & arts, Women
Tagged big society, communication, local government, music & arts, women
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Young people and a load of bull
TweetKayla Whiting lives in Hackney, a former administrator for media social enterprise Poached Creative, she project managed the short community film Life’s A Bitch which got local young people involved in media and raised awareness about Staffordshire Bull Terriers. Here, … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, media & communication, Music & arts, Social enterprise, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged communication, music & arts, social enterprise, young people
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