Elmore Community Services: Recent Episodes
Elmore Community Services
Elmore Community Services is a mental health, complex needs, homelessness, and domestic abuse charity in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
In this podcast, we speak to Art Lagun (Multiple Needs Case Worker), Tracy Jesson (Embedded Homelessness Worker) and Nataleigh Bateman (Team Manager, Floating Support Services) about Elmore's Homelessness Project in which the team were embedded within O'Hanlon House for this new pilot.
They talk about the client groups that they worked with as part of the project, the challenges that they faced and the unique support that they were able to offer as workers from an outside organisation coming into O'Hanlan House to improve the lives of people experiencing homelessness.
Many people who are experiencing homelessness have multiple and very different needs, and working with small case loads allowed the Elmore team to provide tailored support to every person they worked with. Not only did the clients themselves benefit from this pilot scheme, so to did the team at O'Hanlon House - and we very much hope that this work can continue in the future.
To find out more about Elmore Community Services, please visit elmorecommunityservices.org.uk
In this podcast series, The Campaign Bootcamp Podcast from Elmore Community Services, CEO of Elmore Tom Hayes speaks to successful campaigners to hear their stories, to find out what drives them, and to get some useful hints and tips for other people looking to campaign on an issue that's important to them.
In this episode Tom is joined by Brittany Mulhearn and Michelle Sorrell, two campaigners from Save the Children. Michelle is part of the award winning Parent Campaigner Network at Save the Children and has lots of lived experience in this area as a single mother on Universal Credit, and Brittany has been a campaigner since leaving university and leads much of Save the Children's work on domestic poverty campaigning.
Brittany and Michelle talk about their different routes in to campaigning, and how their backgrounds have shaped their approaches. They also talk about how important creativity is in campaigning, especially in today's world - and they give some brilliant practical tips about working on campaigns in partnership with other organisations or campaigns that involve building communities.
If you'd like to find out more about Elmore Community Services, please visit our website - and we wish you the best of luck with your campaigning!
In this new podcast series from Elmore Community Services, CEO of Elmore Tom Hayes speaks to successful campaigners to hear their stories, to find out what drives them, and to get some useful hints and tips for other people looking to campaign on an issue that's important to them.
In this episode Tom is joined by Kirsty McNeill, the Executive Director of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns at Save the Children and a campaigner with a huge amount of experience in many different areas.
Kirsty talks about why campaigning is important in the modern world as a way of making change happen safely, and she gives some fabulous tips for getting your message heard - especially for those who feel as if their campaign isn't getting the cut through they hoped it would get with decision makers.
If you'd like to find out more about Elmore Community Services, please visit our website - and we wish you the best of luck with your campaigning!
What are the myths and stereotypes? How do we challenge them?
This episode investigates the misconceptions and stereotypes that influence how society perceives abusers and victims/survivor and features Liz Jones and Sadia Hussain.
How do perpetrator programmes benefit partners and children?
Featuring Oxfordshire County Council’s Laura Clements, this episode explores why we need perpetrator programmes, what they can achieve and what they can’t achieve, and the benefits they can make to partners and children.
How do we change abusers, and what does it take?
Featuring Elmore perpetrator caseworkers Kerrie and Irina and the team manager Tilly, this episode explores what needs to be in place for abusers to change and the interventions that support them to change.
Does society make abusers... And can it change abusers?
This episode explores the role of society in conditioning abusers and whether people who abuse can change, and features Liz Jones and Sadia Hussain.
Actor George Bukhari joins us for this deeply personal episode about how the death of his Dad when he was 8 gave him anger issues which were later diagnosed as trauma induced anger by a therapist. We discuss the implications of growing up being angry has on romantic relationships, friendships and ultimately how it makes you feel about yourself. We also talk about how anger is generally accepted by society as a 'masculine' trait and what we can do to change that perception.
Slavery isn’t something that happens in some faraway country, it’s happening right here. Slavery doesn't belong to some distant past, it’s happening right now.
Fiona Gell is one of the researchers who completed ground-breaking new research by Elmore Community Services, which shows that previous figures on modern slavery in Oxford may just have been the tip of the iceberg.
She spoke with Elmore about the report's findings and how to spot the signs of modern slavery, ensure victims get support, prevent modern slavery, and enhance the support received by survivors.
Delroy Taylor joins us for this incredibly personal episode to share his story of growing up with an abusive step father and how that led to him having issues with alcohol as an adult. Del tells us how he’s managed to start to come to terms with what happened to him as a child and how giving up alcohol played a massive part in that. We discuss why there needs to be more support for children going through similar issues and what that could look like going forward.
In this episode we’re joined by Dom Williams who has previously worked as a probation officer and now works for Circles South East, a charity which aims to reduce the instances of sexual abuse and assists those who have been affected by sexual abuse in their recovery. The single most significant factor when it comes to committing crime is gender - and Dom told us some quite alarming statistics about crimes committed by men. Through his work, Dom seeks to identify what aspects of masculine socialisation can help to explain the disparity, and he talks about the work he has done with offenders in terms of rehabilitation.
In ‘Misogyny in the Uniformed Services’, former police Superintendent Rod is our guest on this episode to talk about his experience of misogyny within the Metropolitan Police Force from the 80s up to the present day and the changes he’s seen in that time. As has been highlighted recently with tragic high profile cases such as that of Sarah Everard, Rod feels there is a long way to go to eliminate misogyny from our police force and we discuss what needs to happen to really make a difference.
In ‘Being a Father’, we’re joined by Sam to discuss what it means to be a father of four and how that changes as children get older. Sam chats to us about becoming a dad at the age of 19 and how growing up without his own father has impacted his view on fatherhood. We speak about how and when to bring up difficult subjects with children such as sex, misogyny and violence, and how it’s difficult to predict behaviours for each new stage children get to. This episode is a example of what a healthy father/son relationship can look like and we hope it proves useful to you or someone you know.
In ‘What it Means to be a Man’, we talk to Josh and Conroy about their experiences of what masculinity meant to them growing up and how gender roles are embedded within our society. We question the effect expectations are having on young men today and how society is getting better at challenging these stereotypes. We dig into how trauma early in life affects men’s views on their own masculinity and what can be done to change this.
For the second episode of this new podcast series, Elmore's Service Managers Charlotte Dawson and Adrian Childs discuss complex needs and personality disorder, and the Elmore model for supporting people.
Elmore has recently evaluated our mental health and complex needs floating support services to provide new insights into the nature and extent of complex needs, mental health, and personality disorder in the county.
This podcast also acknowledges the powerful interaction between the third-sector and the NHS, which enables employees at Elmore and across the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership to provide outstanding care despite working with constrained resources.
For the first episode of this new podcast series, Elmore welcomes Gill Attwood, Service Lead for Complex Needs Service and Training and Vocational Initiatives in PD at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, to a discussion about complex needs and personality disorder.
Elmore has recently evaluated our mental health and complex needs floating support services to provide new insights into the nature and extent of complex needs, mental health, and personality disorder in the county.
This podcast also acknowledges the powerful interaction between the third-sector and the NHS, which enables employees at Elmore and across the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership to provide outstanding care despite working with constrained resources.
Through the use of a cost-effectiveness analysis, the evaluation has identified that Elmore’s interventions have provided an estimated cost saving to the public purse of £1.9m over five years. This represents an average financial saving of £368K a year.
Slavery isn’t something that happens in some faraway country, it’s happening right here. Slavery doesn't belong to some distant past, it’s happening right now.
Dame Sara Thornton is the UK's Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (2019-22), and she spoke with Elmore about how to spot the signs of modern slavery, ensure victims get support, prevent modern slavery, and enhance the support received by survivors.
Dame Sara also shared her insights about modern slavery following the publication of ground-breaking new research by Elmore Community Services, which shows that previous figures on modern slavery in Oxford may just have been the tip of the iceberg.
Elmore Community Service delivers a service for adult survivors of child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Oxford. Established in 2016, in the wake of Operation Bullfinch which uncovered 300 people who had potentially been victims of CSE in Oxfordshire between 1999 and 2014, New Beginnings has recently been appraised in an independent evaluation.
Charlotte Dawson is Elmore's Service Manager who oversees the delivery of New Beginnings. Dr Nadia Wager is an independent evaluator of the service and Director of the None in Three Centre at the University of Huddersfield. Both discuss the uniqueness of New Beginnings, the needs of adult survivors of CSE, and how Elmore seeks to meet those needs as highlighted by the recent independent evaluation.
Elmore is funded to deliver the service by Oxfordshire County Council. This podcast has been produced by Elmore.
With guest speakers Sam Colella of Victims First and Aliza Gurung of Citizens Advice Rushmoor.
“Empower & Enable” has been developed by Elmore Community Services in partnership with Oxford Against Cutting and Oxford Safer Communities Partnership. It is a podcast series produced by and for Oxfordshire’s minoritised communities which focuses on mental health, accessing domestic abuse and sexual violence support, and power and gender socialisation.
The conversations seek to build knowledge and awareness within affected communities and strengthen people’s confidence to speak about important issues within their communities. The aim is to support local and national professionals to develop their practice by better understanding how nuanced cultural factors impact upon experiences and barriers for those who may need to seek help and advice.
“Empower & Enable” has been funded by the Police Property Act Fund, which is jointly managed by the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable in the Thames Valley. The fund is created from money recovered by the police and the proceeds from sale of items that cannot be returned to identified owners, including seizures from criminals.
The transcripts of the conversation is available here. The artwork for the podcasts has been designed by local business Bounce Design.
With guest speakers Maron and Tami, multiple needs caseworkers at Elmore Community Services.
“Empower & Enable” has been developed by Elmore Community Services in partnership with Oxford Against Cutting and Oxford Safer Communities Partnership. It is a podcast series produced by and for Oxfordshire’s minoritised communities which focuses on mental health, accessing domestic abuse and sexual violence support, and power and gender socialisation.
The conversations seek to build knowledge and awareness within affected communities and strengthen people’s confidence to speak about important issues within their communities. The aim is to support local and national professionals to develop their practice by better understanding how nuanced cultural factors impact upon experiences and barriers for those who may need to seek help and advice.
“Empower & Enable” has been funded by the Police Property Act Fund, which is jointly managed by the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable in the Thames Valley. The fund is created from money recovered by the police and the proceeds from sale of items that cannot be returned to identified owners, including seizures from criminals.
The transcripts of the conversation is available here. The artwork for the podcasts has been designed by local business Bounce Design.
In conversation with Imran Manzoor, Head of Service at Breaking the Silence, a counselling service for male victims and survivors of sexual abuse from Asian origin.
“Empower & Enable” has been developed by Elmore Community Services in partnership with Oxford Against Cutting and Oxford Safer Communities Partnership. It is a podcast series produced by and for Oxfordshire’s minoritised communities which focuses on mental health, accessing domestic abuse and sexual violence support, and power and gender socialisation.
The conversations seek to build knowledge and awareness within affected communities and strengthen people’s confidence to speak about important issues within their communities. The aim is to support local and national professionals to develop their practice by better understanding how nuanced cultural factors impact upon experiences and barriers for those who may need to seek help and advice.
“Empower & Enable” has been funded by the Police Property Act Fund, which is jointly managed by the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable in the Thames Valley. The fund is created from money recovered by the police and the proceeds from sale of items that cannot be returned to identified owners, including seizures from criminals.
The transcripts of the conversation is available here. The artwork for the podcasts has been designed by local business Bounce Design.