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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 1h

Come and join me and Beverley Ward chatting about #RewritingSocialCare in London on Thursday 23 October #BookLaunch www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Book launch Rewriting Social Care London 23 October 6:30pm Tickets £12 - includes a glass of fizz and 15% off the book if you buy it at the launch

Bryony and Beverley wearing long colourful dresses. Bryony is holding a glass of wine and Beverley is holding a copy of Bryony’s book.

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 7d

Book launch!
#RewritingSocialCare
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Book launch Rewriting Social Care Sheffield 2 October 6:30pm - last few tickets remaining. Sales end soon.

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Gerry Nosowska @gerrynos.bsky.social · 8d

It's past time to change the narrative about later life... #socialwork #socialcare #IDOP2025

Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 8d

It’s UN International Day of Older Persons so I’ve teamed up with Gerry Nosowska to share some thoughts about the language of ageing.

*New*: ‘The elderly’ and ‘the wellderly’: why the language of ageing makes us go hmmm…

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#RewritingSocialCare

‘The elderly’ and ‘the wellderly’: why the language of ageing makes us go hmmm…

Today is United Nations International Day of Older Persons, observed under the theme “Older Persons Driving Local and Global Action: Our Aspirations, Our Well-Being and Our Rights”. It’s a day…

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 8d

It’s UN International Day of Older Persons so I’ve teamed up with Gerry Nosowska to share some thoughts about the language of ageing.

*New*: ‘The elderly’ and ‘the wellderly’: why the language of ageing makes us go hmmm…

rewritingsocialcare.blog/2025/10/01/t...

#RewritingSocialCare

‘The elderly’ and ‘the wellderly’: why the language of ageing makes us go hmmm…

Today is United Nations International Day of Older Persons, observed under the theme “Older Persons Driving Local and Global Action: Our Aspirations, Our Well-Being and Our Rights”. It’s a day…

rewritingsocialcare.blog

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 17d

*New blog post:* Letter to Bryony S

#RewritingSocialCare
#LanguageMatters
#UsNotThemAndUs

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Letter to Bryony S

Yesterday I received a direct message on Instagram from Maria. She said she hoped I didn’t mind her writing to me out of the blue, but that she was reading my book, and she wondered if she co…

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 20d

Publication day!! 🌸

Info about the book and book launches at rewritingsocialcare.blog/2025/07/26/b...

#RewritingSocialCare
#LanguageMatters
#UsNotThemAndUs

An image of Rewriting Social Care by Bryony Shannon. It’s a very pink book, on a background with images of daisies

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you Eleni 🩷

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 25d

New blog post: Words that make me go hmmm: Professional
#RewritingSocialCare

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Words that make me go hmmm: Professional

‘Professional’ is yet another of the ‘us and them’ words that dominate our narrative. It’s a blanket term used to distinguish the people who work in organisations (regardless of any professional qu…

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Sep 1

Tickets are now available for the Sheffield and London launches of my book, Rewriting Social Care: Challenging and Changing Language and Practice for a Better, Brighter Future 🌸

Find out more and book tickets here:
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Hope to see you there!
#RewritingSocialCare

Book launch for Rewriting Social Care: Challenging and Changing Language and Practice for a Better, Brighter Future

Sheffield 2 October Sheffield Plate 6.30pm
London 23 October Mary Ward House 6.30pm

Tickets on sale now.

In association with The Writers Workshop - Sheffield

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Aug 18

One month until publication! 🌸

#RewritingSocialCare #LanguageMatters #UsNotThemAndUs
#PreOrder

In image of a pink book by Bryony Shannon. Behind the book there’s a green background covered in daisies. The title of the book is Rewriting Social Care - Challenging and Changing Language and Practice for a Better, Brighter Future. There’s a quote from Elly Chapple, Founder, #FlipTheNarrative on the cover saying “What everyone in the social care space needs right now.”

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Aug 2

We are all ‘people with lived experience’. But this phrase is fast becoming yet another a label to mean ‘them’.

*New blog post* - People with lived experience

#UsNotThemAndUs
#LanguageMatters
#RewritingSocialCare

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People with lived experience

In my previous ‘What do we call them?’ post, I wrote about ‘people we support’ and ‘people who draw on care and support’ – two phrases that are increasingly replacing references to ‘service u…

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Jul 26

Save the date(s)!
#BookLauch
#RewritingSocialCare

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Save the date. Rewriting Social Care. Book launch. Sheffield 2 October 2025 6:30pm London 23 October 6:30pm. In association with the Writers Workshop - Sheffield

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Community Catalysts @commcats.bsky.social · Jul 22

A not to be missed conversation with @bryonyshannon.bsky.social on the power of language in social care. @nicksinclair.bsky.social and @clentonf.bsky.social host a fascinating and fun conversation on our podcast series. Thanks for taking part Bryony! open.spotify.com/episode/4xqV...

Podcast series - Changing It Up: Rewriting Social Care

Changing it Up · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks for inviting me! 💜

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Jul 6

Service users. Customers. Clients. Cases. People we Support (PwS). People who draw on social care.

Why is it so hard for us just to talk about people? We? Us?

*New blog post* - What do we call them?
#LanguageMatters
#RewritingSocialCare
#UsNotThemAndUs
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What do we call them?

As part of the Gloriously Ordinary Language programme I run with Tricia Nicoll, we spend a full day focusing on the language we use to communicate with and about people. We begin these se…

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thank you! 🩷

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thank you Phyl.. brilliant photos 😍

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Jun 7

‘Signposting’ is about process and efficiency, not people and efficacy. If we really want to ‘transform’ social care, we need to focus connection, not redirection.
*New blog post* Words that make me go hmmm: signposting
#LanguageMatters
#RewritingSocialCare
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Words that make me go hmmm: Signposting

“Signposting: “the act of telling someone which organization they need to go to to find the help they need.” Cambridge Dictionary [1] “‘Signposting’ indicates that the client will not be supported …

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · May 23

Amazing - thank you so much Phyl 🩷

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · May 23

Rewriting Social Care THE BOOK now officially has a cover, and isn’t it fabulous!? It’s due to be published in September and is available to pre-order now.. more info including reviews at www.hachette.co.uk/titles/bryon... 🌼🩷

A pink book with the title ‘Rewriting social care: challenging and changing language and practice for a better, brighter future’ by Bryony Shannon. There’s a daisy ‘growing’ from the ‘g’ of rewriting to symbolise flourishing. A quote from Elly Chapple, Founder, #FlipTheNarrative reads “what everyone in the social care space needs right now”

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · May 17

Instead of all the conversations about ‘demand’, it’s time to demand a different conversation.

New blog post: Words that make me go hmmm: Demand

#RewritingSocialCare
#UsNotThemAndUs
#LanguageMatters
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Words that make me go hmmm: Demand

While many words make me go hmmm, there are some that make me squirm the most, either due to what they reflect about the way we think about people (like ‘case’ and ‘non-compliant’) or about the way…

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Apr 19

Pathways belong in a world which says ‘this is what we do to people like you’. Where the labels we apply determine the course of our ‘interventions’, and the decisions we make are about you without you…

Words that make me go hmmm: pathway
#RewritingSocialCare
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Words that make me go hmmm: Pathway

“Pathways: Not sure. But modelled on Hampton Court Maze.” Mark Neary [1] In everyday life, pathways meander through parks or fields or forests, offering direction. A route towards a destinati…

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Apr 5

While we may talk too much about beds in relation to social care, I don’t think we talk anything like enough about dreams.

New blog: Dreams
#RewritingSocialCare

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Dreams

“Living an unfilled life carries a greater risk of harm than what may befall someone in pursuit of their dreams. The latter can be folded into a story; the former is the absence of story. The latte…

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Bryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · Apr 5

While we may talk too much about beds in relation to social care, I don’t think we talk anything like enough about dreams.

New blog: Dreams
#RewritingSocialCare

rewritingsocialcare.blog/2025/04/05/d...

Dreams

“Living an unfilled life carries a greater risk of harm than what may befall someone in pursuit of their dreams. The latter can be folded into a story; the former is the absence of story. The latte…

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Rob Mitchell @robmitch92.bsky.social · Mar 21

Such a powerful quote from the wonderful Mark Neary yesterday, about the fragility of your life when you or the people you love have social care needs. He said “we are always one new worker, one new decision from having our lives turned upside down”.

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