By Lisa Maynard-Atem, PSS Board apprentice Board meetings are often seen as formal, structured, and perhaps a little rigid. Attendees are typically senior leaders and decision-makers, gathered around a large table discussing strategy, budgets, and organisational priorities. But my recent…
A PSS Shared Lives arrangement has been highlighted as a case study in a national study from the Older People’s Housing Taskforce (OPHT), commissioned by the UK government. Our Future Homes: Housing that Promotes Wellbeing and Community for an Ageing…
In today’s world, the word ‘authentic’ is overused, often to the point of losing its meaning. Many organisations, even those with large budgets and communications teams, often struggle to convey their values in ways that feel genuine and meaningful. This…
On Friday 18th October, PSS Shared Lives carer, Karen Jackson, took home the Gold award for community care in this year’s Wales Care Awards, organised by Care Forum Wales. Lots of our Shared Lives carers say the best part of…
Earlier this year we told everyone that we’ve joined the Black United Representation Network, and as part of that, signed up to their Board apprenticeship scheme. We want to offer Black professionals who are part of the BURN network the…
We are over the moon to announce that one of our amazing Shared Lives carers, Karen Jackson, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2024 Wales Care Awards! Karen has been nominated for the Supported Living or Small Group…
We’re excited to announce that we’ve launched a brand-new research project in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University. It’ll focus on understanding and addressing self-harm and suicide prevention in Shared Lives arrangements. Disclaimer: When life is difficult, Samaritans are there –…
At PSS we’ve been disgusted and outraged to watch the horrific, shameful acts of racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia that have happened around the UK over the past few weeks. Nobody should ever feel worried about being harmed or treated differently…
PSS is an organisation that supports people to live happy and hopeful lives, no matter who you are. We were over-the-moon to be able to show that to the LGBTQIA+ community of Liverpool recently at our first official march at…
A few months ago, the people we support made a video about what they wanted to see from our next CEO. What they told us became part of the list of things we looked at when we interviewed the people…