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Community Reporter training – two-day course, in person

• 5^th and 6^th Feburary 2026, Beech House, Waterside South, Lincoln LN5 7JH

Aim: To train participants as Community Reporters so that they can independently gather digital stories of their own and others’ lived experiences.

The course will cover:

• What is Community Reporting?
• Snapshot Stories, Dialogue Interviews and Personal Monologues
• Photography, audio and video recording
• Responsible Storytelling
• Using the Community Reporter website
• Making plans for your next steps as a Community Reporter

Due to room size places are limited to 10 per course, so book early if you can or forward on to people you think may be interested, as we will be publicising these courses more widely next week.

Booking link: Community Reporter training bookings

More information about the project can be found here:

Community Reporting – capturing and valuing our shared stories

Lincolnshire Community Reporting stories gathered so far

We are aware that both these courses are in Lincoln which may not be helpful for some of you.  Please drop me a line if you would like to do the training but can’t get to Lincoln – and let me know whereabouts in the county you are based.

We would also love to hear from partners who might be up for hosting a course in return for a number of places for your community members, volunteers and/or staff.

Please do get in touch if you have any questions about the project or the training.

Are we measuring what matters — or just what’s easy to count?

This session takes a playful but pointed look at how outcomes and personalisation collide. We’ll explore whether our measures reflect real impact or just system satisfaction, and how small, everyday changes can lead to big shifts in someone’s life.

Come ready to challenge assumptions, rethink your spreadsheets, and maybe even fall back in love with the idea of meaningful outcomes.

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Come and join us at the next Personalisation Huddle, where we’ll be hearing, learning and sharing from a group of colleagues and students working as part of the newly named Lincoln Student Health Network, who had an idea…..

We would like to share our experience of introducing personalisation with you. We will share the way all of us can contribute even when things might not always go to plan.

Our project is focused on supporting our Lincoln University Students access care relating to their physical health, starting by looking at increasing the uptake of HPV vaccinations.   We have worked with a wide range of stakeholders during the project, and it would be fair to say the project has mushroomed!!!

Have we evoked a little interest/ curiosity – we would love to share our experience of starting small and dreaming big, and how persistence can win through.

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1 day virtual course over Zoom. If you spend your life explaining to the people you support - what they should, could, must or need to do,then this is the course for you. Motivational interviewing is a style of communication that uses a guiding/reflective style to engage with people, clarify their strengths and aspirations, and utilise their own motivations for change, and promote independence of decision making.

To book your place, Click here to register. Please note, the places are limited.

Shared Decision Making (SDM) is an essential component of personalised care, which supports people and carers to feel more confident in having informed and meaningful conversations with health and care professionals about the treatment, care and support that is right for them at that time.

Come and join our local trainers in an interactive session which will support staff to feel more confident in having Shared Decision Making conversations.

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Having ‘What matters to you’ conversations and getting personalised care
and support planning right is essential for people to gain more choice and
control over their life and the support they are receiving.
The Personalised Care and Support Planning module is targeted at staff who want
to improve their awareness of the subject and/or develop and update care and
support plans with people.

Come and join our local trainers in an interactive session

Click here to register

What if we designed services like we design apps — intuitive, responsive, and built around the user?

This session explores how digital tools can enhance personalisation… or quietly erode it. We’ll look at the future of care through the lens of innovation, asking how we prepare for big challenges like an ageing population and workforce pressures without losing sight of what matters most: the person.

Expect bold ideas, a few tech-induced existential questions, and maybe a system crash or two (metaphorically speaking).

REGISTER FOR THIS SESSION

Shared Decision Making (SDM) is an essential component of personalised care, which supports people and carers to feel more confident in having informed and meaningful conversations with health and care professionals about the treatment, care and support that is right for them at that time.

Come and join our local trainers in an interactive session which will support staff to feel more confident in having Shared Decision Making conversations.

Click here to register

Having ‘What matters to you’ conversations and getting personalised care
and support planning right is essential for people to gain more choice and
control over their life and the support they are receiving.
The Personalised Care and Support Planning module is targeted at staff who want
to improve their awareness of the subject and/or develop and update care and
support plans with people.

Come and join our local trainers in an interactive session

Click here to register