Some recent work for an internal training event.
This first image was done in advance of the workshop, the feedback has contributed to a new practice framework for this organisation.
Focussing on people's strengths, doing things with people not 'to' them.
These images are to launch the first gathering of the London Genetics Network on the 4th December 2020 - this Friday!
https://genetics.org.uk/events/london-genetics-network/
The conference is unusual in our age of international collaboration, because it's encouraging a more local approach. One of the main aims of the online meeting is for early career researchers to be encouraged to make more connections with more senior scientists, and nurture a local ecosystem of genetics research.
I was asked to scribe three live webinars, held over 3 mornings in one week. There were some powerful stories coming from children's direct experience of the family courts system, and some lessons on how it could be improved.
Although this year's conference subject was domestic abuse, and the statistics make for pretty grim reading, it was a really inspiring week of meetings, because I was working with the Family Justice Young People's Board.
The FJYPB informs and supports the work done by Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service).
Stories of resilience despite difficult circumstances, responses to the Harm Report and most importantly: practical suggestions that could improve the way children are treated during this stressful period of their lives, amplifying their collective and individual voices.
This was a set of illustrations commissioned by the organisation National Voices to set out main aims and objectives both during and after our era of Covid-19.
More about National Voices here:
https://www.nationalvoices.org.uk/about-us
One day, if we're lucky, we'll grow to be old, and possibly quite frail.
Let's hope, once we're through all of this, that we end up caring more for each other, especially the elderly, infirm and those with long-term health conditions.
Below is my record of a 2 hour event from last week. The first remote annual meeting for Merton's Centre for Independent Living. The event is split into three sections 1) the board meeting, 2) theatre workshops, 3) a discussion of participants' needs.
Lots of eye-opening things happen when you're an able bodied person scribing for a group of disabled people.
But what I'm always left with is admiration for people's resilience and comradeship, it's all very humbling.
