Thread by @IDickson258

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 1. Just a few thoughts about the @OurCareOurSay2 survey & forthcoming event. I am supporting it, and would invite all my care experienced followers of all ages, who ever & where ever you are, to take part. Please have a look at this attached survey >

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 2. Why support a @OurCareOurSay2 event? Why should care experienced folk bother when we've had so many crises, reviews, conferences, research reports over decades, which successive governments & professionals have simply ignored like old chip wrappings?>

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 3. Why should care experienced folk engage with @OurCareOurSay2 or indeed a forthcoming Care System Review when those in power only listen to the same individuals/groups of people & nobody approaches or considers the most vulnerable care experienced folk?>

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 4. I sympathise with these sceptical views about the care review. I share the distrust of the care experienced community of which I'm proud to be a part. But it seems to me that the alternative to our trying to get a seat at the table is to do nothing>

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 5. We know that so many people in the care community simply don't get properly represented, respected or heard. e.g. people of colour or from different racial or cultural heritage, or people of differing sexual orientation >

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 6. So many in the care community simply don't get a voice at all. Nobody asks their view. Young care experienced people isolated in unregulated settings, or living alone on the community. Or living on the streets. Or in custody. Or in higher education>

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 7. I'd ask all those care experienced folk who follow me to complete the attached survey, that will guide the direction of the @OurCareOurSay2 . There can be no promises that those in power will listen. But the community must take every opening to speak.>

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 8. If you follow me and can support any care experienced people who might otherwise not have access to any means to represent their views to the forthcoming Care Review, please support them to complete the survey.>

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 9. I know the @OurCareOurSay2 survey will guide the direction of the webinar to follow. The discussions from the webinar will be widely shared & placed in front of the Chair of the Care Review (when they tell us who it is).>

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 10. The care experienced community can ignore the forthcoming Review in the belief that it will not make any difference. Perfectly understandable historically. Or we can make a real concerted effort to ensure our collective views are out there. >

ourcareoursay.wordpress.com 11. I ask all my care experienced followers of all ages, in all our glorious diversity, to make sure your views are heard at the forthcoming care review, by any & all means available. The @OurCareOurSay2 survey & webinar can be part of that representation.