Peter Beresford
peterberesford.bsky.social
Peter Beresford
@peterberesford.bsky.social

Activist, writer, researcher UK interested in disability, mental wellbeing, sustainability and welfare state, wants to see a better more sharing, kind and cooperative world

Peter Beresford OBE, FAcSS, FRSA is a British academic, writer, researcher and activist best known for his work in the field of citizen participation and user involvement, areas of study he helped to create and develop. He is currently visiting professor and senior research fellow in the School of Health & Social Sciences at the University of East Anglia, emeritus professor of citizen participation at the University of Essex and emeritus professor of social policy at Brunel University London. Much of his work has centred on including the viewpoints, lived experience and knowledge of disabled people, mental health and other long term service users in public policy, practice and learning, and working for a more participatory politics. .. more

Education 31%
Public Health 22%

a handbook for Jake and the greens if you are serious about getting rid of neoliberalism
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The Antidote
The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice; The Antidote explores what we can learn from the equalisation of personal roles and relationships to make possible ...
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what we need is The Antidote
Amazon review
Its a timely critique of neoliberalism and an inspiring call for a different politics people can engage with. It offers diagnosis & direction, inviting readers to imagine & participate in more equitable, democratic & caring forms of social organisation.

conclusion of official report on Covid disaster

too little too late
and when will heads roll???

see this Amazon review of The Antidote

provides a framework thats intellectually rigorous politically grounded & deeply humane making The Antidote a significant & encouraging contribution to contemporary debates about democracy social justice & our everyday choices about the future of public life

Read how this Brill bike racer transed and how this bike mag gave respect to them
Cheered me up

those were the days of our lives
with my favourite video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdCo...
Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives - Official Music Video (Disney Version) (High Quality)
YouTube video by Chinwonder2
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Reposted by Peter Beresford

We can name a thing without ever capturing its essence. Yet the words we choose still enter the world and take on a reality of their own.

a Mad Studies view on 'recovery'
out today open access

please share thanks

doi.org/10.1017/ipm....
Reassessing ‘recovery’ in the light of Mad Studies: a survivor perspective | Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Reassessing ‘recovery’ in the light of Mad Studies: a survivor perspective
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the worries about the UK i have
housing prices, conditions for renters, crisis in NHS, failure of social care etc
the worry i don't have
making up for our relatively low birth rate with new migrants to our country

check this out too friends

a great loss
RIP a hero of human rights
Geoffrey Bindman
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Sir Geoffrey Bindman obituary
Human rights lawyer who helped to expand Britain’s Race Relations Act and investigated apartheid in South Africa
www.theguardian.com

here' s a chance to spread the word for Mad Studies internationally

please share as much as you can

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check this out if you want to challenge the neoliberal song book, latest expression trying to destroy the BBC

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The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books
The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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if you have found this book helpful please write a review and spread the word in an unequal society

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The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books
The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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Starmer needs to change or go else we can only expect even worse from other parties

My new essay in Please See Me explores the shadow side of a mental health diagnosis—the parts our diagnostic tools can’t hold and the slow work of finding language that truly fits.

#Nonfiction #NarrativeEthics #LivedExperience #MentalHealth #NarrativeMedicine

pleaseseeme.com/issue-17-fre...

as the train attack the other day highlights don't rebrand our guards as revenue officers, let them be the positive people they clearly are and let them still guard us and protect us. thanks all

check out this link and see why social care should be a top political priority instead of being ignored and devalued by politicians

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mul2...
End Social Care Disgrace - National Conference 2025
YouTube video by End Social Care Disgrace
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worried about the unkind world our politicians are creating for us
then check this out
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How lived experience can influence politics, policy and practice
The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice by Peter Beresford OBE draws on multidisciplinary research evidence and first-hand experience to understand how live...
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worried about the unkind world our politicians are creating for us
then check this out
arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...
How lived experience can influence politics, policy and practice
The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice by Peter Beresford OBE draws on multidisciplinary research evidence and first-hand experience to understand how live...
arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk