Prototyping a u.lab Movement in Scotland for social change
It has been a whirlwind couple of years in u.lab Scotland. As we head into the summer and begin gearing up for u.lab 2017 in Sept, we’ve had a chance to reflect a little and gather u.lab stories from a number of participants. Many of these stories were told through the impact stories blog series […]
Read moreNext in our series of posts around prototyping, Allison Johnstone, the Training and Development Manager at Equate Scotland, talks about the prototype she began working on in 2015 and has continued to work on this year. Equate Scotland are an organisation working on making a positive difference for women in science engineering, technology and the […]
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The prototyping part of the U can be something that is difficult for people to recognise, with participants speaking of being unsure what a prototype is and when they are actually prototyping. Our series now moves on to looking at participants’ stories of prototyping with Brendan Rooney the Executive Director of Healthy n Happy Community Development […]
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In the final of the series of four blog posts around the co-sensing element within u.lab Kuladharini, the Chief Executive of the Scottish Recovery Consortium, talks about using u.lab tools to have a “Deadly Serious Conversation” around tackling the issue of death from substance misuse. When I spoke to her she noted that this […]
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The third in a series of four blog posts around co-sensing is with a group of people who have been involved in a coaching circle as part of U.Lab in Glasgow. Anne McCann, Kate McHendrie and Tommy all work with different organisations and came together after attending an open evening advertised on the u.lab Scotland Facebook […]
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Carol Chamberlain is a Senior Health Improvement Officer leading on inequalities within NHS Lanarkshire. She was a joint hub host in a mixed member hub in 2015 and has also hosted a hub this year which is mainly comprised of individuals working in the NHS in Lanarkshire and which is continuing to meet after the […]
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The NHS Lanarkshire Hub is made up of members with a variety of roles within the NHS, along with a member from the Citizens Advice Bureau, all based in the Lanarkshire area. The group was formed following the holding of taster sessions within NHS Health and Improvement which were hosted by a hub formed during […]
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I’m currently a PhD student at the University of Glasgow and have just completed a 3 month Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) internship at the Scottish Government. The internship was around exploring attempts to gauge and illustrate any impact that u.lab may be having in Scotland and through this I became involved in […]
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