Tuesday, 1 May 2018

Make a Difference 2018 ‘It’s all about people and relationships‘ People .Places and Pledges




The last few years have been quite an incredible journey, ending 2017 at Wilshaw General Hospital talk 667, reaching more than 100,000 people in person, on our make a difference tour across the country.  With 17,000 Nurses, Students, Hospitals, Care Homes, Universities, Colleges and Individuals making pledges and commitments to make a difference In so many ways and settings.
Reflecting over the break and looking ahead to 2018, the theme has been consistent, and I know will continue to be so, that its people who change lives, its people who make a difference over and above policies and strategies, its people who make the difference every day.
This has been reflected within the pledges received and people I feel so lucky to have met on the tour.  Remarkable people, doing remarkable things every day.
We are so very proud to be sharing key messages at talks in Scotland  from Professor Fiona McQueen CNO for Scotland and in England Leading Change adding Value Framework for Nursing Midwifery and Care Staff for Professor Jane Cummings CNO to help support pledges and turning good intentions into purposeful actions.
Someone asked me what did I learn caring for my mum living with dementia, I feel a lesson my mum had been trying to teach me all of my life and maybe should have listened much sooner, that people are amazing, remarkable, everyone has a story to tell and if we take the time to listen, we will find out how remarkable they are, taking time I feel to ask ‘ what matters to you and who matters to you.
We look forward to continuing our make a difference tour across the country, meeting more remarkable people, strengthening existing and building new relationships along the way.
If you would like us  to bring our ‘Make a Difference’ talk to your place of work, please contact us at dementiacarersvoices@alliance-scotland.org

You can read every pledge at the links below




March 
























February

06/02/18 Craigielea, People, Pledges, Music, Wishes and Life Stories

16/02/18 Portsmouth Hospitals Launch Pledge Tree

20/02/18 Queen Margaret University, Nursing Students Add Pledges

21/02/18 Abertay University open sessions

28/02/18 The Midlands and East Region LCAV Conference Delegates Add Pledges

 




January

09/01/18  Make a Difference – LCAV at UCLAN January 2018

12/01/18  Abbott Nutrition Nurses Scotland, England and Wales Pledge



  17/01/18   Keele University – 2nd Year Nursing add LCAV Pledge
 26/01/18     West Lothian College Pledge to Make a Difference
31/01/18       Bradford District Care NHS Trust Launch Pledge Tree

2017 

December 

18/12/17  Wishaw  General hospital tree of kindness and care 

15/12/17 Specialist Community Nursing Pledge Tree
13/12/17 Community Nursing Wrexham

13/12/17 Bangor University Nursing Society
11/12/17  University Stirling 1st Year Nursing   

08/12/17 University of Derby Christmas Lecture – Leading Change Adding Pledges
06/12/17 Dudley Group NHS Trust Leading Change Adding Pledges
05/12/17  UWE Bristol University Nursing Student Conference

04/12/17 Black Country Partnership Trust – People, Pledges and LCAV

01/12/17  Edge Hill University – 1st Year Nursing Students Add Pledges



November 

03/11/17 Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 
06/11/17 Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnerships

07/11/17 New College Lanarkshire

08/11/17  Care at home teams Livingston 

09/11/17 Hospice at Home teams Carlisle and Lakelands 

16/11/17  NHS Lanarkshire Quality Improvement Day



   29/11/17    University of Glasgow, 1st Year Nursing Students, Pledge
October 2017
03/10/17 York Teaching Hospital Conference Delegates Pledge to Make a Difference
04/10/17 City of Glasgow College Pledge to Make a Difference
06/10/17 UWS, Paisley Campus – 2nd Year Nursing Students Pledge
11/10/17 District Nurses Keele University and visit to Combined NHS Trust
12/10/17 University Hospital North Midlands Pledge to Make a Difference
13/10/17 RCN Bedford, Herefordshire and Milton Keynes Members Add Pledges
14/10/17 Haematology Association Ireland Nurses & AHPs Pledge
17/10/17 Napier University, 1st Year Nursing Students Pledge to Make a Difference
18/10/17 Glasgow Caledonian Nursing Pledges #makeadifference & #HelloMyNameIs
19/10/17 Care Quality Commission Registration Conference Delegates Add Pledges
24/10/17  Wishaw General Hospital Staff Induction Day
25/10/17  NhHS Borders District Nursing 
26/18/17 Stirling University 3rd Year Nursing
September 2017
01/09/17 Pledges from Teesside University
05/09/17 Stirling University reflect on and add new pledges for 2017
06/09/17 West Lothian College Pledge to Make a Difference
08/09/17 Healthcare Improvement Scotland Launch Pledge Trees
12/09/17 RCN Nottingham Branch Dementia Conference Pledge to Make a Difference 
14/09/17 Bristol Dementia Wellbeing services add Pledges
15/09/17 The University of Western Scotland -Ayr Campus Pledge to Make a Difference
18/09/17 Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust Launch Pledge Tree
19-22/09/17 Make a difference tour of Jersey – people, places and pledges
26/09/17 RCN Learning Disability Nursing Network Conference Delegate Pledges
27/09/17 UWS Hamilton – 2nd Year Nursing Students Pledge to Make a Difference
28/09/17 Kings College London – 2nd Year Nursing Students #lead2add Pledges
August 2017
22/08/17 Lancashire Teaching Hospital Pledge to Make a Difference
25/08/17 Loretto Care to Launch Pledge Trees
30/08/17 Dementia Carer Voices Western Isles Tour Day 6 – back to visit
31/08/17 Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership Staff Pledges
July 2017
03/07/17 Southport Hospital Pledge to Make a Difference
06/07/17 Colchester Hospital Unveils Pledge Tree
07/07/17 The Dudley Group NHS Trust Pledge to Make a Difference
12/07/2017 Pre-Registration, BSc Adult Nursing Students Birmingham City University pledge
17/07/2017 Salford University Nursing Society add pledges
24/07/2017 Northumbria University senior student nurses add pledges 
June 2017
01/06/17 #DAW2017 Western Isles Tour – Day Three
02/06/17 #DAW2017 Western Isles Tour – Day Four
03/06/17 #DAW2017 Western Isles Tour – Day Five
07/06/17 St Clare`s Hospice – pledge to make a difference
28/06/17 Northumbria Trust Pledge to Make a Difference
May 2017
09/05/17 Glasgow Housing Association and #WMTY17
10/05/17 Dementia Carer Voices attend Focus on Dementia Conference
12/10/17 @CombinedNHS Launch What Matters To You Pledge Trees
18/05/17 Pledges from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
19/05/17 Northern Health and Social Care Trust Pledge to Make a Difference
26/05/17 406 Nursing Students at Edge Hill Uni Pledge to Make a Difference
30/05/17 #DAW2017 Western Isles Tour – Day One
31/05/17 #DAW2017 Western Isles Tour – Day Two
April 2017
05/04/17 Pledges from Northumbria University
13/04/17 Hatton Lea Care Home Launch Pledge Initiative
25/04/17 North West Non-Medical Prescribers Pledge to Make a Difference
March 2017
01/03/17 New College Lanarkshire Pledges to Make a Difference
07/03/17 UWS Integrated Health and Social Care Year 2 Students Pledge
13/03/17 Trinity Hospice Pledges to Make a Difference
18/03/17 Every hand has a pledge. Every pledge holds a hand – RCN Ayrshire & Arran add pledges
20/03/17 Glasgow University School of Nursing Pledge to Make a Difference
22/03/17 Royal Bournemouth Hospital Pledge to Make a Difference
23/03/17 Poole Hospital Pledge to Make a Difference
29+30/03/17 Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust Pledge to Make a Difference
February 2017
02/02/17 UCLAN Nursing Students 2017 pledge to make a difference
10/02/17 Pledges at Northern Devon Healthcare Trust
20/02/17 Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust add personal pledges
January 2017
9/01/17 Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences Students @ University of Strathclyde pledge
10/01/17 Balhousie Care Ambassadors add personal pledges
12/01/17 University of Huddersfield 3rd Year Social Work Students Pledge to Make a Difference
19/01/17 Keele University and North Staffordshire Healthcare pledge to make a difference
24/01/17 Scunthorpe Hospital Pledge to Make a Difference
26/01/17 3rd Year Students – Portsmouth University Pledge
December 2016
05/12/16 Tommy Keynote Speaker at Northampton General Hospital
08/12/16 University of West of England Pledge to Make a Difference
12/12/16 St Giles Hospice Pledge to Make a Difference
14/12/16 Stirling University Nursing Students Pledge to Make a Difference
16/12/16 #UCLAN 3rd Year Nursing Students add pledges
November 2016
02/11/16 Glasgow Caledonian Nursing #Pledge to Make a difference
04/11/16 Musgrove Park – Turning Pledges into Actions
09/11/16 Northumbria NHS Trust add Pledges
November 2016 Practice Nurses at GCU add Personal Pledges
11/11/16 University Hospital Bristol Pledge to Make a Difference
16/11/16 Carewatch Motherwell Pledge To Make a Difference
23/11/16 Association for Prescriber`s Delegates Pledge
25/11/16 Association of Chartered Physiotherapists Pledge to Make a Difference
30/11/16 Dementia Ambassadors across Scotland add Pledges
October 2016
03/10/16  DCV team travels to RGU #makingadifference
05/10/16  Making a difference at Bromley Healthcare
10/10/16  Glasgow Clyde College Pledge to Make a Difference
11/10/16 NHS NSS  Local Intelligence Support Team 
12/10/16 SEPT dietitians pledging to make a difference
13/10/16 NHS Northern Training Advisory Group Pledge to Make a Difference
15/10/16 African & Caribbean Community Nurses pledge to make a difference
18/10/16 South East Trust Northern Ireland Pledge to Make a Difference
25/10/16 West Sussex NHS Trust Pledge
September 2016
05/09/16 Katharine House Hospice Pledge to Make a Difference
13/09/16 Belfast General ward collaborative pledge to make a difference
14/09/16 Nursing Students UWS Hamilton Pledge to Make a Difference
16/09/16 University West Scotland Ayr Nursing Students Pledge to Make a Difference
20/09/16 Admiral Nurses Pledge to Make a Difference
21/09 16  Northern Trust (NHSCT) Northern Ireland, for Social Workers, make a difference
23/09/16 Recognising the Carers Conference
27/09/16  Kings College London Nursing Students add personal pledges
August 2016
30/08/16 Lanarkshire Care Homes pledge to make a difference
July 2016
05/07/16  Wishaw General Hospital Launch Pledge Hearts
11/07/16  Deputy Chief Medical Officer pledges to make a difference!
18/07/16  NHS Ayrshire & Arran pledge to make a difference
22/07/16  Lancashire Pledge to Make a Difference!
25/07/16  Ashford & St Peters Pledges and New Dementia Bays
June 2016
22/06/16  Project Engagement Lead gives keynote speech at #RCN16 Congress
14/15/06/16  DCV attends NHS Conference
01/06/16  DCV celebrate #DAW2016 at Hairmyres
May 2016
04/05/16 Lincoln ULH NHS and LPFT Trusts pledge from the Heart  
06/05/16 Care Watch launch inspiring pledge tree
12/05/16 DCV celebrates #Ind16 at Salford
19/05/16 Bolton NHS Fountaion Trust raise awareness of DCV
19/05/16  North Devon Pledge to Make a Difference
April 2016
08/04/16 Chapel house and University of Chester Pledge to make a difference
06/04/16 Celebrating 353 pledges with Manchester University
14/04/16 Cumbria pledges to make a difference
25/04/16 DCV attends Gateshead Dementia Conference
15-29/04/16 Busy few weeks for Dementia Carer Voices #Scotland #Tour
28/04/16 West College Paisley Students Pledge to Make a Difference!
March 2016
09/03/16 Hairmyers Hospital create their own pledge tree!
11/03/16 West Hertfordshire Hospitals pledge to make a difference!
14/03/16 Cornwall Pledges to make a difference!
16/03/16  Leadership Academy pledge to make a difference!
22/03/16 Bolton pledges to make a difference!
24/03/16 Hampshire Hospital Trust pledges!
31/03/16 184 pledges from University of Central Lancashire
February 2016
03/02/16  Making a Difference at CSH Surrey
05/02/16  Ashford & St Peters Hospitals Pledge to Make a Difference!
08/02/16 Stobhill Care Home launch pledge trees
10/02/16  University of Cumbria Pledge to Make a Difference!
19/02/16 DCV attends Care Makers Event
22/02/16  Papworth Hospital Pledge to Make a Difference!
Anam Cara unveil permanent pledges
January 2016
Pledges from January 2016!
19/01/16 Musgrove Park Hospital Pledge to Make a Difference
08+12/01/16  First pledges of 2016 come from Uclan and Shropshire
December 2015
07/12/15 Nottingham pledge to make a difference!
08/12/15 DCV Visits West Lothian College
09/12/15 NHS Forth Valley pledge to Make a Difference
14/12/15 Bolton NHS Foundation Trust pledges to make a difference!
16/12/15 NHS Leadership Academy pledge to make a difference
21/12/15 DCV ends 2015 at New Lanarkshire College
November 2015
02/11/15 Pledges Fife – Durham – Shrewsbury #Nov #Tour
NHS Fife pledge to Make a Difference 
3+11/11/15 Moray Council Pledge to Make a Difference!
10/11/15 Moray College students pledge to #makeadifference
25/11/15 NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Add Personal Pledges
27/11/15 Oxleas NHS Trust Care Support Workers Pledge to Make a Difference
October 2015
05/10/15 Huddersfield Uni Students Pledge to Make a Difference
07/10/15 NHS Grampian AHPs add pledges to make a difference
09/10/15 GCU Health and Social Care Students make a pledge to make a difference
10/10/15 Dementia Friends Session – Lancaster University March 2015
16/10/15 Day 4 UWS Tour, Dumfries
23/10/15 Carer’s Journey – pledges by health and care professionals and students
26/10/15 Stirling University make their pledges to make a difference!
September 2015
07/09/15 DCV first stop of the week, South Tyneside District General Hospital
08/09/15 From Glasgow to Fife #makingadifference
01/09/15 A heartfelt thank you to University of Central Lancashire
16/09/15 University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Making a Difference
17/09/15 Day 1 of UWS Tour, Paisley
18/09/15 Day 2 of UWS Tour, Ayr
21 and 22/09/15 Sunshine House Wigan & National Bereavement Conference make their pledges
24/09/15 Day 3 UWS Tour, Hamilton
29/09/15 #EGA Cohort 1:1 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson programme, pledge to make a difference
August 2015
04/08/15 East Ren make pledges to make a difference
12/08/15 Anam Cara Pledge to Make a Difference!
July 2015
09/07/15 Pledges of the week #CountyDurham #Online
22/07/15 Canterbury make their pledges
28/07/15 DCV return to Hertfordshire #pledges #makeadifference
June 2015
02/06/15 Hinchingbrooke Hospital Pledge to Make a Difference
04/06/15 Essex and Broomfields Hosptial Pledge to #Makeadifference
08/06/15 Future-Focused Finance #Valuemakers #Pledges #Carersweek
09/06/15 University Nottingham Hospitals NHS Trust Pledge to Make a Difference
15/06/15 University of Bedfordshire pledge to DCV #ICare Conference
19/06/15 Oxleas NHS Trust pledge to make a difference!
May 2015
07.05.15 Abbotsford Nursing Home, Ardrossan
14.05.15 Hertfordshire International Nurses Day Conference
18.05.15 Dementia Awareness Week #England #Pledges
April 2015
08.04.15 Pledges from Care Inspectorate events Shetlands and Inverness
08.04.15 Tommy and Irene speak to GCU #livedexperience #rights
14.04.15 #Bridlington #Hull #Grimsby #HICA 14th April 2015
16.04.15 Embedding Compassion in Practice, New life Centre Sleaford Lincolnshire
24.04.15 Two talks County Durham #pledge #makingadifference
29.04.15 Care Home Staff, Fife Council #pledges #feedback
March 2015
02.03.15 New Lanarkshire College – Cumbernauld
05/06.03.15 Pledges #SSSC #EPIC #QMU
10.03.15 Seabank Care Home make their pledges
11.03.15 NHS Change Day – 127 Pledges!
12.03.15 The inspiring Rachel Johnston #Abertay
25.03.15 Curriculum Development working group – Edinburgh Napier University make their pledge
25.03.15 GCU Mental Health Students
25.03.15 #DCV speaks to Social Work Students
26.03.15 Student Nurses, University of Stirling Highland Campus #pledges
27.03.15 Dementia Carer Voices visits West College, Scotland #pledge
31.03.15 Dementia Champions Conference #UWS Hamilton
February 2015
07.02.14 Open University Students
17.02.15 University Hospital, Coventry
23.02.15 King George Hospital add a pledge tree 
24.02.15 The of Future Mental Health Nursing Conference
January 2015
05.01.15 Ipswich Hospital make their pledges
09.01.15 First pledges of the week 2015
26/27.01.15 Warrington Borough Council

December 2014
Pledges of the week
02.12.14 NHSGGC Person-Centred Health and Care Collaborative Learn and Share Local Event
02.12.14 Promoting Excellence: Shifting the Paradigm in Dementia Care and Support – Driving Innovation in Education
16.12.14 Pledges of the week – Featuring @ALLIANCEScot @CarersTrust @SunderlandRoyal
15/16.12.14 Norfolk and Suffolk
18.12.14 Care Inspectorate Support You Can Make a Difference

November 2014
03.11.14 Online pledges
07.11.14 Burton Hospital
13.11.14  Pledges of the week
17.11.14 University of Glasgow – School of Nursing
21.11.14 Lister Hospital –  Nursing Students
24.11.14 The Retreat York
October 2014
13.10.14 More Pledges
7-9.10.14  Parliament Exhibition, MSP Pledges
15.10.14 University of Abertay 
20.10.14 Birmingham City Hospital
20.10.14 Heartlands Hospital Birmingham
22.10.14 Julie Sheen Guest post with pledges from The University of Chester 
23.10.14 Dundee University
24.10.14 Warrington Social Work (2 talks)
27-30.10.14 NHS Highland Tour

September 2014
01.09.14  Teesside University
09.09.14 Belford Hospital 
10.09.14 Dementia Friends/We can make a difference session
16.09.14 Glasgow University Staff Development Day
17.09.14 Warwick University
18.09.14 Dementia Champions Forum Burton Hospital
19.09.14 University of the West of Scotland – Ayr Campus
30.09.14 Thank you for your pledges!
August 2014
07.08.14  Occupational Therapy Team in South Ayrshire
19.08.14 ALISS Programme Team @ALLIANCE
26.08.14 Care Staff at North Ayrshire Council
29.08.14  Crossreach Dementia Ambassador Awards
July 2014
11.07.14 NHS Ayrshire and Arran
15.07.14 Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital
31.07.14 Warrington and Halton Hospital
July Online pledges
June 2014
3/4.06.14 NHS Conference
06.06.14 Alzheimer Scotland Conference
09.06.14 Equal Partners in Care
18.06.14  Carers Week 2014 pledges
19.06.14 Care Inspectorate Pledges
19.06.14  Birmingham tour pledges
 19.06.14 Salford University Pledges
26.06.14 Community Nursing – School of Nurses NHSGG&C
27.06.14 BCDA Birmingham
May 2014 
01.05.14 Sunshine House – Wigan
14.05.14 Scottish Practice Nurse Association Conference 
20.05.14 University of Abertay – 3rd Year Nursing Students
27/28.05.14 Person-Centred Health & Care Collaborative Learning Session 4 at the SECC
April 2014
04.04.14 James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
(08 -10).04.14 NHS Dumfries & Galloway 
11.04.14 Glasgow City Council
11.04.14 2nd Year Mental Health Students @GCU
25.04.14 Online pledges for April 2014
March 2014
07.03.14 Queen Margaret University
19.03.14 Glasgow Caledonian University
28.03.14 Collection of online pledges
28.03.14 ALLIANCE Link Worker Programme Team
February 2014
06.02.14 University of Abertay
13.02.14 University of Edinburgh
13.02.14 Glasgow Kelvin College
13.02.14 Collection of online pledges
13.02.14 Collection of online pledges(2)
13.02.14 Abertay University
17.02.14 Royal College of Nursing Scotland – Lothian Branch
19.02.14 NHS Fife
20.02.14 University of Edinburgh – MSc Integrated Service Improvement Students
21.02.14 Collection of online pledges
26.02.14 NHS Grampian – Day 1 
27.02.14 NHS Grampian – Day 2
28.02.14 NHS Grampian – Day 3
28.02.14 ‘Stop, Start, Continue’ Feedback from Dementia Carer Voices visit to NHS Grampian
28.02.14 Collection of online pledges
January 2014
We began the campaign by asking “What does caring mean to you?”
Thanks for reading my blog, You can now view my 8 short flims here! http://tommy-on-tour-2011.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/my-mums-name-was-joan-this-is-our-story.html
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Sunday, 1 April 2018

Personal Poetry: A Chance to Share Your Personal Experience of Dementia

Dementia Carer Voices is proud to be able to work with Jane Joy (Nursing & Health Care Lecturer at the University of Glasgow) and Dr Diane Willis (Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University) to collect poetry from people living with dementia, their carers and loved ones.
Please send your poems to us at dementiacarervoices@alliance-scotland.org.uk by the end of April. We would absolutely love to hear your own lived experiences in your own words!
ALLIANCE Director Irene Oldfather and UK Lead Tommy Whitelaw previously worked together in partnership with Jane and Diane collecting letters from carers. These were then published as a part of Letters, Life and Love Stories – A Celebration of Caring in Scotland and in the below publication, which Irene and Tommy co-authored:
Joy J, Whitelaw TJ, Oldfather I, Willis D (2016) Examining dementia Caregivers’ Experiences. The International Journal of Aging and Society 1 (2) pp 59-72
At this time, we also received some very moving poetry. However, we felt these poems should be analysed in their own right as a separate project. We wanted to make sure they were given the attention they deserved.
It is the intention of Diane and Jane to examine the poems from this time up to the present day and share their content for educational and publication purposes. This will help to inform carers and health providers on the needs of individuals living and caring for people with dementia.
Irene had this to say on our new project:
“The letters we received touched people’s hearts. Caring is a very emotional experience which lends itself well to creative expression and our latest venture is to ask people to capture their individual experience whether that is joy, sadness, or love and laughter of what caring meant for you through the medium of poetry.”
Tommy agreed, adding that he is ‘very proud to continue our great working relationship with Jane, Diane and the University of Glasgow. It is important that we keep people’s voices and experiences at the heart of what we do.’
Dementia Carer Voices is committed to giving you a voice. This project gives you the opportunity to give that voice a creative outlet.
We will not publish any poems received on our website without your permission. These poems will be used to support research and education. Have a look at some of the other poetry we’ve been sent in the meantime, to give you a bit of inspiration.
(These links will take you away from our website)
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Thanks for reading my blog, You can now view my 8 short flims here! http://tommy-on-tour-2011.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/my-mums-name-was-joan-this-is-our-story.html
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