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…
We’re over the moon to have joined The Black United Representation Network (BURN) as a membership organisation. This partnership is a big step for us. We can’t wait to share what it means for the future of PSS. Making PSS a…
Yesterday, for Shared Lives Week 2024, we held a live virtual awards ceremony to announce the winners of our Shared Lives Carer Awards. The hour-long ceremony was co-hosted by (our resident Ant & Dec) chief exec, Lesley Dixon and director…
It’s Shared Lives Week and as well as the wonderful celebrations going on across the country, the day has come for the annual PSS Shared Lives Carer Awards! As the first ever provider and creator of Shared Lives we’re…
Shared Lives carer and super volunteer, Paul This week is Volunteers’ Week. Volunteers were the foundation of Shared Lives when we first invented to model of care in 1978. PSS pioneered a service where these older people would go and…