Gloriously Ordinary Language
Real. Inclusive. Human.
With Tricia Nicoll and Bryony Shannon
Are you working in or with an organisation where most of the language people use isn’t what you would use in the kitchen with your family, or in the café or pub with your mates?
Do you feel, like we do, that this is not ok?
We think too much of the language people use in and about social care reveals and shapes attitudes and ways of working that prevent people from living gloriously ordinary lives. We believe that the language of social care should be ordinary. Everyday words about everyday life. And we think our language should be glorious. Wonderful words about flourishing lives.
Rehumanise.
Reconnect.
Reimagine.
Gloriously Ordinary Language is an exciting new eight-month programme for local councils and other social care organisations who want to rehumanise their language, reconnect practice with personal and organisational principles and reimagine care and support.
This is how it works.
MONTH 1
A half-day Zoom workshop with 20-30 people working in – and drawing on support from – your organisation. We’ll all listen to each other’s experience of the language of social care, and the impact and influence it has on people’s thinking and behaviour. By the end of this session, you’ll have agreed 5-6 people who want to lead local work on rewriting social care (your team) and you’ll have a good sense of what needs to change.
MONTHS 2 - 7
Six full-day (10am – 4pm) Zoom workshops for your team, and teams from five other places who are also looking to work on their language. These workshops will help you influence how people think and communicate with and about each other, and about the purpose and practice of adult social care.
PURPOSE
For example:
Strategy
Annual report/Local account
Web pages
Information leaflet
Video script
PRACTICE
For example:
Job description
Job advert
Policy document
Practice guidance
E-learning module
PEOPLE
For example:
Recording conversations
Support plans
Standard letters
Each team will pick three things to work on during this time – one from each area above. We’ll work on these things in the sessions and support you to work on them in between each session too. You’ll also benefit from sharing ideas and learning from the other teams participating in the programme.
MONTH 8
A full day (10am – 4pm) gathering to meet each other, potentially face-to-face, and share what each team has produced together, celebrate successes and plan next steps.
Ready to rehumanise, reconnect and reimagine?
Continue reading below for more information or to book on to the programme, please contact us directly.
Tricia - tricia@tricianicoll.com
Facilitators
Tricia Nicoll
Tricia Nicoll has worked in the world of health and social care for 30 years and is passionate about helping services and support work in ways that really do help people to get Gloriously Ordinary Lives. She is Mum to two amazing grown-up children who happen to be autistic.
Bryony Shannon
Bryony Shannon has worked in adult social care information, communications and practice development in local government for almost 20 years and is the author of the popular Rewriting Social Care blog.
Course Information
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£4,950 + VAT per organisation.
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1. November/December 2024
2. Friday 10 January 2025
3. Friday 7 February 2025
4. Friday 7 March 2025
5. Friday 4 April 2025
6. Friday 9 May 2025
7. Friday 6 June 2025
8. Friday 4 July 2025
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1. November/December 2024
2. Wednesday 29 January 2025
3. Wednesday 26 February 2025
4. Wednesday 26 March 2025
5. Wednesday 23 April 2025
6. Wednesday 21 May 2025
7. Wednesday 18 June 2025
8. Wednesday 16 July 2025
Book places on the programme
For more information, or to book on to the programme, please contact us directly.
Tricia - tricia@tricianicoll.com
