Radical Visions for Social Care
By RVSC
Radical Visions for Social CareMar 29, 2024
Episode 4 - John's Story
Welcome to episode 4 of the Radical Visions for Social Care podcast. In today's episode (released on his birthday and to mark Scottish Learning Disability Week!), John shares the story of his early life, education and career, including how those lead her to get involved with the social care sector. You can watch a video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UtGPyrqkjQY. You can also read a blog version of this podcast and find out more about other episodes by visiting radicalvisions.co.uk/podcast and you can get in touch with us by emailing info@radicalvisions.com. Thank you to Adam Ross and Randolph's Leap for allowing us to use their track 'Let this Lie' as our podcast theme. You can hear the full track here: fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/track/let-this-lie.
Episode 3 - Radical Visions in Madrid
We've just spent a few days at the Global AIREA event in Madrid, Spain https://inclusionyapoyoaprocor.org/agencia-de-transformacion-social/
In this episode you'll hear from 13 of the people we met and hear voices from all over the world – here is more info about each.
Fionn and Jonathan Angus are a son and father team planning to change the world. They go on adventures together, share those adventures andfigure out how to live a good life together.
Website: www.fionnathan.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fionn-and-jonathan-angus-0612597b
Sandra Fietkau is a facilitator for Person-Centred Planning and a Professor of Inclusive Education at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Websites: www.sandra-fietkau.de
www.eh-ludwigsburg.de/en
www.persoenliche-zukunftsplanung.eu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-fietkau-897909a
Jack Pearpoint founded Inclusion Press “decades ago!” and now runs this alongside his wife, Lynda Kahn. Their website includes many free downloads, great articles and a lot of history to explore.
Website: www.inclusion.com (explore website for social networks)
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jack-pearpoint-205483b and www.linkedin.com/in/lynda-kahn-22990b6
Patti Scott is from New Jersey in the United States. She started and leads Neighbours Inc, supporting people to live life in the community via a focus on relationships and creating good communities.
Websites: www.neighbours-inc.com and www.neighbours-international.com
Podcast: youtube.com/@NeighboursInternational
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/patti-scott-49363657
Belén Martinez was born in Bilbao, but now lives in Madrid. After working for over 20 years supporting people with intellectual disabilities in an organisation in Madrid she established an organisation called Aula Escalena which is focussed on community.
Website: www.aulaescalena.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/belenmartinezfernandez
Beth Gallagher is the founder, owner and CEO of Life Works in San Diego, California. They provide Supported Living services for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). Their support is customized
and individualized.
Website: www.lifeworks-sls.com
Céline Müller lives outside of Hamburg and works for a large service provider (Leben mit Behinderung Hamburg) supporting people with disabilities. She is in charge of establishing Person-Centred Planning and Person-Centred Thinking and working in the organisation.
Website: www.lmbhh.de
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/c%C3%A9line-m%C3%BCller-55538bb7
Gerti Lecher comes from Austria and works for an organisation that supports people with disabilities (Balance). She came into the field through a series of coincidences but is still working there because she sees and feels that change
is possible.
Website: www.balance.at
Markus Vähälä comes from Finland and is the CEO of the global Citizen Network Co-operative, a platform to make change happen in inclusion, democracy, protecting the environment, building resilient communities of care everywhere. He invites anyone who is interested to join Citizen Network for free via the website.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/markusvahala
Website: www.citizen-network.org
Clare Tarling is from Dorset in the South of England. She is a freelance designer of accessible or easy read information. She works with universities and museums and local authorities to make their information as accessible as possible.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/clare-tarling-80a77530
Website: www.claretarling.co.uk
Juultje Holla, is from the Netherlands. She works with people with disabilities to find how we can organise their best lives. She is in the process of setting up an organisation called Gewoon Leven which means “a normal life” but also
means “I want to live instead of just existing.”
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juulholla Website: www.stichtinggewoonleven.nl
Episode 2 - Frances's Story
Welcome to episode 2 of the Radical Visions for Social Care podcast. In today's episode, Frances shares the story of her own early life, education and career, including how those lead her to get involved with the social care sector. You can watch a video version of this episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/80Q_uKUwdvw. You can also read a blog version of this podcast and find out more about other episodes by visiting radicalvisions.co.uk/podcast and you can get in touch with us by emailing info@radicalvisions.com. Thank you to Adam Ross and Randolph's Leap for allowing us to use their track 'Let this Lie' as our podcast theme. You can hear the full track here: fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/track/let-this-lie.
Episode 1 - Simon's Story
In the very first episode of the Radical Visions for Social Care podcast, John & Frances chat with Simon Duffy, Director of Citzen Network. Simon talks about the values and ideas that have inspired Simon from an early age. He also explores the personal and career history that brought him into the social care world and how he ended up connecting with John and Frances.
He also explores why 15th February (today!) is a very important date in his life story...!
You can find out more about the podcast by visiting radicalvisions.co.uk/podcast and you can get in touch with us by emailing info@radicalvisions.com. You can also view a video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/63-osQEWXpI
Thank you to Adam Ross and Randolph's Leap for allowing us to use their track 'Let this Lie' as our podcast theme. You can hear the full track here: https://fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/track/let-this-lie.
Intro Episode
Welcome to the Introductory Episode of the Radical Visions for Social Care Podcast.
Listen to this episode to find out more about John & Fran, their experience in health and social care, what Radical Visions is all about and what you can expect from the podcast.
You can find out more about the podcast by visiting radicalvisions.co.uk/podcast and you can get in touch with us by emailing info@radicalvisions.com. You can also view a video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/xwPqlqBZudw
Stay tuned for our first full episode!
Thank you to Adam Ross and Randolph's Leap for allowing us to use their track 'Let this Lie' as our podcast theme. You can hear the full track here: https://fikarecordings.bandcamp.com/track/let-this-lie.