NDTi Podcasts | Talking Inclusion: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the NDTi Podcast channel. Join us for discussion with key voices and guests to talk about new developments and shared knowledge from our varied programs in the field of inclusion.
This episode dives into the student-led Support in Schools project in Torbay, exploring how local voices are shaping school wellbeing and the drive to make students’ needs heard in national policy. Ivy and Sara unpack powerful survey data, what students really want, and the big plan to bring thousands of young people, parents and teachers into the conversation.
What makes for good support?
With Alexis Quinn and Tricia Nicoll, a conversation heavily shaped by personal and family experience.
Alexis Quinn: The Restraint Reduction Network
Tricia Nicoll: Gloriously Ordinary Lives
In this third episode of the Autumn podcast Foundations series, from the Small Supports programme, Nic Crosby, Small Supports programme lead, is in conversation with Charli Clement and Kirsten Peebles, Experts by Experience and NDTi Associates and Sam Smith, CEO of C-Change Scotland, a Small Supports Organisation.
Find Sam's book:
Human Rights and Social Care: Putting Rights into Practice (Policy and Practice in Health and Social Care)
Charli’s book: All Tangled Up in Autism and Chronic Illness; A guide to navigating multiple conditions
Institutions are No Solution; in conversation with Simone Aspis, Lucy Bowerman, Ava McAuley and Pam Bebbington, members of the Free Our People campaign, a disabled people’s led campaign to end the institutionalisation of people in the UK. This is our second podcast in this Autumn Foundations series from the Small Supports programme.
The Free Our People Now project aims to help autistic people and people with learning difficulties, with lived experience of the psychiatric system, to have a voice and advocate for urgent change, so Autistic people and people with learning difficulties can live in their own homes rather than in hospitals.
About Free Our People Now - Inclusion London
About ‘Free Our People Now’ (PDF document)
Talking Inclusion Ep.20: This Foundations series from the Small Supports programme features conversations with guests about what matters: inclusion, community, change, and rights. In the first instalment of the series, Nic Crosby speaks with Simon Duffy from the Citizen Network about the history and future of the Small Supports programme.
Thomas is talking to Victoria Mason-Angelow from NDTi and Ikra and Ruth from the Time to Talk Next Steps programme about how coproduction worked for them.
Coproduction in practice. Talking with Ikra and Jon about their experiences of coproduction on the Time to Talk programme.
Harshi's Story - Talking about her #BeVisible film, her involvement with the Time to Talk Programme during the pandemic and what has changed for her since becoming an adult.
Autism and Ageing - Talking to Gemma and Paul about the BIG conversation project, the conversation starters and how people can get involved.
200 Lives Project - talking to Siraaj and Jackie from Changing Our Lives about how their quality of life reviews contributed to the 200 Lives research project: Evaluating supported living and residential care for adults with learning disabilities
It's all about Advocacy... talking to Gail Petty and Kate Mercer about the new Advocacy Training Hub and how to get involved in this year’s Advocacy Awards, Advocacy Conference and Advocacy Awareness Week
A Mindset Problem...talking to Linda Jordan about some of the challenges of an inclusive education for children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD)
Learning from the Model City London Project. How the project achieved extraordinary success in collaboration and keeping communities connected and engaged in the Sport for Good initiative across three London boroughs, Hounslow, Haringey and Barking.
How do we ensure people's voices are reflected in shaping policy and development? We discuss examples of how we tackle ensuring peoples voices are considered beyond formal consultations. Conversation with Paul Gutherson.
Learning from the Rural Wisdom project - Highlights from 2 interviews with members of the project team from Outside the Box in Scotland, Volunteering Matters in in Wales and NDTi's evaluation team member Vicky.
Interview with members of Volunteering Matters working on the Rural Wisdom Project in Wales.
Interview with members of Outside the Box working on the Rural Wisdom Project in Scotland.
Welcome to the NDTi Podcast - Talking Inclusion. In this special episode for advocacy awareness week, Gail Petty is in conversation with Jacqui Jobson on Equity and Diversity within the advocacy community.
For more information about Time to Talk Next Steps and to find out how to request support, please visit: https://www.ndti.org.uk/projects/time-to-talk-next-steps
This week we talk with Liz about her daughter Eleanor's journey out of isolation and how she negotiated and worked with staff to put reasonable adjustments in place for her daughter's inclusive education. #livesincluded
A for Adjustments Resource - Not just a nice to have - its a legal requirement. Sue and Crispin discuss how the new Reasonable Adjustment resources were developed, who should use them, where you can download them and why they could be important for #livesincluded for us all at some point in our lives.
Nick's Story: Sharing the journey towards reasonable adjustments in healthcare for his son Alex.
Sterre's Story - A life of acting, poetry and tandem rides
Sterre and Hannah tell us about Sterre's life and the things she enjoys and how she started her own company because she was fed up of people saying no to the things she wanted to achieve. She shares her enjoyment of acting and writing poetry and her shows for schools to educate and communicate via signing.
Sterre is supported by Hannah during the podcast to help communicate what Hannah is signing.
What does it take to be a leader for social inclusion in our communities and public systems?
Welcome to the NDTi Podcast - Talking Inclusion. Our biweekly discussion with key voices in the field of inclusion. In this episode, we talk with Jacqui Sjenitzer, Julie Pointer and Raj Singh about their experiences of leadership, particularly trust, courage and collaboration and how that can contribute to social inclusion.
Ryan's Story - A life beyond day activities.
Ryan shares some insights into his life living in Street in Somerset and how he keeps active in the community with work and his social life.
A clip from episode 1 with Becky Morgan Talking about a collaborative approach to reach people in the community
Welcome to the NDTi Podcast - Talking Inclusion. Our biweekly discussion with key voices in the field of inclusion. In this episode, we ask Becky Morgan and Alice McColl "What does inclusion mean post lockdown?" Subscribe to the podcast and follow our social media channels to keep updated with recent news and new episodes!
Read the transcript here.
Alice McColl (NDTi’s Development Lead for Children & Young People) invites one of our Time to Talk participants, Ikra, to share her questions about applying to, choosing and attending university. Laura Kendell (Liaison Officer for Start to Success) answers by sharing what support and facilities Staffordshire University provides, so listeners can explore similar options at other universities too.
Part 3: Questions about Support & University Life (basics of Disabled Students Allowance, extra-curricular activities, mental wellbeing and support for those with visual impairments).
Read the transcript here.
Alice McColl (NDTi’s Development Lead for Children & Young People) invites one of our Time to Talk participants, Ikra, to share her questions about applying to, choosing and attending university. Laura Kendell (Liaison Officer for Start to Success) answers by sharing what support and facilities Staffordshire University provides, so listeners can explore similar options at other universities too.
Part 2: Choosing a University (expectations, transition days and location).
Read the transcript here.
Alice McColl (NDTi’s Development Lead for Children & Young People) invites one of our Time to Talk participants, Ikra, to share her questions about applying to, choosing and attending university. Laura Kendell (Liaison Officer for Start to Success) answers by sharing what support and facilities Staffordshire University provides, so listeners can explore similar options at other universities too.
Part 1: Introductions (the Start to Success project, how to tell universities about your additional needs and being in control of the support you want).
A Mother, Carer and "Expert by Experience" of the Care and Treatment Review process offers her views on the recent Mental Health White Paper and discusses what the changes could mean. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-the-mental-health-act/reforming-the-mental-health-act-summary
In this podcast, Elliot Greco talks with Alice McColl about becoming visually impaired when he was 11 years old, the bullying he experienced and why he was keen to share his story for the comic. Elliot hopes to share the comic as widely as possible to make sure we keep talking about bullying and how common this can be in schools.
Visit the NDTi website for more information and a link to the comic: https://www.ndti.org.uk/news/friends-against-bullies
Are there any bits of advice you would give to people setting up or commissioning small supports organisations?
Small Supports in Time of Crisis is a podcast series made using extracts from a live webinar which was recorded in July 2020 and hosted by Bill Love (NDTi) in conversation with small supports providers Doreen Kelly (Beyond Limits), Sam Smith (C Change) and Dave Barras (Positive Support for You).
https://www.ndti.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/alternatives-to-traditional-care11/small-supports/
Has your model of having a staff team that is recruited by and work around one individual been sustainable in the crisis?
Small Supports in Time of Crisis is a podcast series made using extracts from a live webinar which was recorded in July 2020 and hosted by Bill Love (NDTi) in conversation with small supports providers Doreen Kelly (Beyond Limits), Sam Smith (C Change) and Dave Barras (Positive Support for You).
https://www.ndti.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/alternatives-to-traditional-care11/small-supports/
What changes did you need to do when COVID appeared?
Small Supports in Time of Crisis is a podcast series made using extracts from a live webinar which was recorded in July 2020 and hosted by Bill Love (NDTi) in conversation with small supports providers Doreen Kelly (Beyond Limits), Sam Smith (C Change) and Dave Barras (Positive Support for You).
https://www.ndti.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/alternatives-to-traditional-care11/small-supports/
How did you set up small supports in a way that was most likely to promote people’s rights and safety?
Small Supports in Time of Crisis is a podcast series made using extracts from a live webinar which was recorded in July 2020 and hosted by Bill Love (NDTi) in conversation with small supports providers Doreen Kelly (Beyond Limits), Sam Smith (C Change) and Dave Barras (Positive Support for You).
https://www.ndti.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/alternatives-to-traditional-care11/small-supports/
As part of Advocacy Awareness week, Julie Pointer interviews Emerald, a young person with support needs, on what professional services can do to ensure that peoples voices are heard when they are in crisis.
Somerset County Council's Julie Young talks about AV1 Robots, Pop-Up Shops and Funding Bids as part of the Enterprise and Skills Strategy in Somerset
Somerset County Council's Julie Young talks about the challenges and successes of Somerset's Enterprise & Skills Strategy
Somerset County Council's Julie Young talks about STEM opportunities for children and young people in Somerset.
Somerset County Council's Julie Young talks about her role in supporting the education and employment opportunities for children and young people with SEND in Somerset.
Des McCart from Health Improvement Scotland talks about Community Led Support Evidence & Learning Briefings 2020
Julie Pointer in conversation with Jane Friswell, talking about the current SEND landscape, becoming ‘Agents for Change’ and why programmes like the 100 days for Inclusion are essential in the current climate
3 minute reflection from Kev House at the Art of Brilliance following his recent online Staying Brilliant session for leaders within the Community Led Support Network
Community Led Support examples - episode 1
Raj Singh from talks about their changing role during the COVID-19 lockdown to support the community.