The project was commissioned by Bath and Northeast Somerset Council (B&NES), and SWALLOW led the work. As Our Self Advocacy, we ran workshops and asked people about the support they need. This gave people a chance to share their views and talk about what matters […]
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This blog is about to share what Ourself advocacy is doing in the future. Recently, we have done one project which we are proud of. We wanted to share what has been happening and what is coming next. Now we have been asked by Bath and North East Somerset Council, who have commissioned our self‑advocacy team to complete
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We’re proud to share some great news. The Our Self Advocacy team has been named finalists in the Dimensions Leaders Awards 2026, in the Work and Education category. This is a national award, and being shortlisted means a lot to us. Being part of Our Self Advocacy has helped us grow as a group. It has made us stronger and more confident,
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS! We are on holiday until January 5th. In case you are stuck for a film to watch this Christmas, Paul recommends Through The Front Door. Here’s a link! https://vimeo.com/1095657776
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Book review: A wish in the city of Wells, The Mary Ann book shows the life story of Mary Ann and how society had an impact on the life of people like her. I think the character drawing of Mary Ann throwing a teapot is very humorous way of portraying a serious incident. I showed
The Festival of Voices is a celebration of self-advocacy in Somerset’s learning disability community. It is the culmination of the OurSelf Advocacy project, run by Openstorytellers, commissioned by Somerset Community Foundation. The project’s aim is to find out about the current state of self-advocacy in Somerset and to raise awareness. OurSelf Advocacy is co-led by
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We are very excited to announce our film premiere of Through The Front Door. Friday 6th June, 1pm to 3pm at the Assembly Rooms (part of Frome Memorial Theatre). This is a film sharing the personal and public heritage of people with learning disabilities through the places we have inhabited. “The story of a
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Alex writes: We are lucky. We get some extraordinary visitors through our big red front door! And on May 2nd it was our complete pleasure to spend some time with one of our funders, Laura Blake from Somerset Community Foundation. She bought with her, Pam who you can see in this photograph. Pam is one of
Message from Joe We wanted to say a massive thank you to Somerset Community Foundation for giving us the money for this project and this excellent film We are very excited to see how the project evolves and connects people with other groups across Somerset. We made a video with Somerset Community Foundation to tell
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We had a really good chat with Andy from Somerset Community Foundation and Sarah who is from Somerset Council. We discussed having a webinar meeting with all the organizations together in one meeting. We have designed a survey to make sure we can get an understanding of groups who use self advocacy and their charity
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