I’ve been working again with In the London Borough of Redbridge with the Redbridge User Led organisation…. and their partners Redbridge Concern and Redbridge Link.

They were working on the Local Authorities Draft Strategy around “Early Intervention and Prevention in Health and Social Care” and were ensuring participation and full involvement of service users by having a large public consultation involving many citizens of the area.

I worked on a large graphic to capture the themes and outcomes of the day, hopefully ensuring full involvement from all present and creating a group memory too.

I didn’t have much preparation time nor was I involved in designing the facilitative process to collate the large groups thoughts (there were approximately 80 people present) however, Jon from Redbridge concern  a great local mental health support group did share the strategy with me beforehand… so i had some idea of the themes… But the day itself involved totally thinking on my feet to create the visual metaphor and try my best to map out the ideas so it would make sense to one and all.

I really enjoyed working with them all…. I hope they liked it… and I hope I get to work with them again.

the original graphic was approx 10 feet long by 4 feet deep.

Another Graphic recording made live during a one and half hour presentation from the Disability rights and Inclusive education campaigner Micheline Mason at the Partners In Policy Making training course.

A graphic recording of a session led by the fantastic disability rights campaigner Micheline Mason.

This is a Graphic recording of a session led by the Inspirational Alan Tyne at a ‘Partners In Policymaking’ training course. Partners In Policymaking is a leadership course for Adults with a disability and parents of young people with a disability or additional needs.

This Graphic, which was produced over an hour and a half, with little or no prior knowledge of the sessions content, shows the history of the disability movement in the UK.

The purpose of the Graphic record is to create a group memory, to be a live interesting set of visual minutes and as it was happening before the participants eyes….  They’ll have a personal connection to the content. Each learner got to take a copy away to reflect on afterwards.

the original graphic was approx 10 feet wide x 4 feet deep 

Family Leadership:

Tied in to the personalisation agenda of social care and the continual desire and self-determination by individuals and their families to take control of their services and supports, this graphic which is approx 8 feet wide by four feet deep, was arranged, mapped out and developed during a facilitated meeting with a group of families of people with a disability and their allies to show:

• The skills and qualities a family will need.
• The core values that are shared by families.
• The supports and legislation
• The history of the disability movement
• Organisations that are there to support
• Some of the barriers that families face
• Hopes for the future

A “Talking Wall” created at the Thurrock “POW WOW” Positive Ways into the World Of Work Event using graphic recording and graphic facilitation techniques.