My cohort spent the last 2 days of the Peer Leadership Academy together on the 19th and 20th July. I was feeling quite nervous because I was presenting my personal story and having been pretty busy, only got it finished the morning of the same day. Luckily for me, with all the presenting I…
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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – access to reproductive services for disabled women
The venue was the college itself in London, a building lined with rather magisterial portraits of former alumni and professors. The conference covered all aspects of sexual and reproductive health, from sex education in schools, through to family planning and contraceptives, via pregnancy, labour and birth, with some stop-offs around the menopause and also sex…
June’s photos
A selection of my goings-on from last month, June 2017.
Finding Lines Opening 14/7/17
Tonight I went to the opening of Finding Lines, the last exhibition at Derby Museums and Art Gallery. It was curated by my wonderful friend Andrea Hadley-Johnson, who has been sadly absent in my life recently because of the flurry of activity in getting everything ready. The creative and wonderful results have been worth the…
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Peer Leadership Academy, days three and four.
It seems like the last month has passed by in a flash and I found myself travelling back to Loughborough to participate in the second installment of the Peer Leadership Academy co-produced by the lovely PeopleHub and NHS England. Considering how surprised I was by the first session I had less expectation and more anticipation…
Derbyshire Autism Partnership Board meeting, May 2017
**Please note all views in this blog post and website are my own and are in no way affiliated or represent the Derbyshire Autism Partnership Board.** I attended my first ever Autism Partnership Board (APB) meeting for Derbyshire and I have to say (quite ashamedly) how much it has opened my eyes to the scope…
Peer Leadership Academy – NHS England and People Hub
This week I attended the first two of six days of a personal development programme run jointly between NHS England and People Hub after I was successful in my application to take part in the Peer Leadership Academy. The Derbyshire PHB Network leader Tina Brown was kind enough to forward me the applicant’s information which…
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Introduction to Autism – Derbyshire NHS Foundation Trust
On the 22nd May I attended the first of several days training to be delivered by Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. I had approached the county’s Clinical Lead for Adult Autism, Gaynor Ward, a while ago to see if there was anything I could do to help progress awareness in the organisation. Gaynor, who is…