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Bryony Shannon
@bryonyshannon.bsky.social
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Challenging and changing adult social care language and practice #RewritingSocialCare #LanguageMatters #UsNotThemAndUs
https://rewritingsocialcare.blog/
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Book launch next week ⬇️⬇️
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Book Launch: Rewriting Social Care by Bryony Shannon
Join The Writers Workshop and Bryony Shannon to celebrate the launch of her new nonfiction book, Rewriting Social Care.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Come and join me and Beverley Ward chatting about #RewritingSocialCare in London on Thursday 23 October #BookLaunch www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Book launch Rewriting Social Care London 23 October 6:30pm Tickets £12 - includes a glass of fizz and 15% off the book if you buy it at the launch Bryony and Beverley wearing long colourful dresses. Bryony is holding a glass of wine and Beverley is holding a copy of Bryony’s book.
October 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Book launch!
#RewritingSocialCare
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Book launch Rewriting Social Care Sheffield 2 October 6:30pm - last few tickets remaining. Sales end soon.
October 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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It's past time to change the narrative about later life... #socialwork #socialcare #IDOP2025
October 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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It’s UN International Day of Older Persons so I’ve teamed up with Gerry Nosowska to share some thoughts about the language of ageing.

*New*: ‘The elderly’ and ‘the wellderly’: why the language of ageing makes us go hmmm…

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#RewritingSocialCare
‘The elderly’ and ‘the wellderly’: why the language of ageing makes us go hmmm…
Today is United Nations International Day of Older Persons, observed under the theme “Older Persons Driving Local and Global Action: Our Aspirations, Our Well-Being and Our Rights”. It’s a day…
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October 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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*New blog post:* Letter to Bryony S

#RewritingSocialCare
#LanguageMatters
#UsNotThemAndUs

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Letter to Bryony S
Yesterday I received a direct message on Instagram from Maria. She said she hoped I didn’t mind her writing to me out of the blue, but that she was reading my book, and she wondered if she co…
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September 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Publication day!! 🌸

Info about the book and book launches at rewritingsocialcare.blog/2025/07/26/b...

#RewritingSocialCare
#LanguageMatters
#UsNotThemAndUs
An image of Rewriting Social Care by Bryony Shannon. It’s a very pink book, on a background with images of daisies
September 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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New blog post: Words that make me go hmmm: Professional
#RewritingSocialCare

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Words that make me go hmmm: Professional
‘Professional’ is yet another of the ‘us and them’ words that dominate our narrative. It’s a blanket term used to distinguish the people who work in organisations (regardless of any professional qu…
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September 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Tickets are now available for the Sheffield and London launches of my book, Rewriting Social Care: Challenging and Changing Language and Practice for a Better, Brighter Future 🌸

Find out more and book tickets here:
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Hope to see you there!
#RewritingSocialCare
Book launch for Rewriting Social Care: Challenging and Changing Language and Practice for a Better, Brighter Future Sheffield 2 October Sheffield Plate 6.30pm London 23 October Mary Ward House 6.30pm Tickets on sale now. In association with The Writers Workshop - Sheffield
September 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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One month until publication! 🌸

#RewritingSocialCare #LanguageMatters #UsNotThemAndUs
#PreOrder
In image of a pink book by Bryony Shannon. Behind the book there’s a green background covered in daisies. The title of the book is Rewriting Social Care - Challenging and Changing Language and Practice for a Better, Brighter Future. There’s a quote from Elly Chapple, Founder, #FlipTheNarrative on the cover saying “What everyone in the social care space needs right now.”
August 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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We are all ‘people with lived experience’. But this phrase is fast becoming yet another a label to mean ‘them’.

*New blog post* - People with lived experience

#UsNotThemAndUs
#LanguageMatters
#RewritingSocialCare

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People with lived experience
In my previous ‘What do we call them?’ post, I wrote about ‘people we support’ and ‘people who draw on care and support’ – two phrases that are increasingly replacing references to ‘service u…
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August 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Save the date(s)!
#BookLauch
#RewritingSocialCare

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Save the date. Rewriting Social Care. Book launch. Sheffield 2 October 2025 6:30pm London 23 October 6:30pm. In association with the Writers Workshop - Sheffield
July 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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A not to be missed conversation with @bryonyshannon.bsky.social on the power of language in social care. @nicksinclair.bsky.social and @clentonf.bsky.social host a fascinating and fun conversation on our podcast series. Thanks for taking part Bryony! open.spotify.com/episode/4xqV...
Podcast series - Changing It Up: Rewriting Social Care
Changing it Up · Episode
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July 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Service users. Customers. Clients. Cases. People we Support (PwS). People who draw on social care.

Why is it so hard for us just to talk about people? We? Us?

*New blog post* - What do we call them?
#LanguageMatters
#RewritingSocialCare
#UsNotThemAndUs
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What do we call them?
As part of the Gloriously Ordinary Language programme I run with Tricia Nicoll, we spend a full day focusing on the language we use to communicate with and about people. We begin these se…
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July 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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‘Signposting’ is about process and efficiency, not people and efficacy. If we really want to ‘transform’ social care, we need to focus connection, not redirection.
*New blog post* Words that make me go hmmm: signposting
#LanguageMatters
#RewritingSocialCare
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Words that make me go hmmm: Signposting
“Signposting: “the act of telling someone which organization they need to go to to find the help they need.” Cambridge Dictionary [1] “‘Signposting’ indicates that the client will not be supported …
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June 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Rewriting Social Care THE BOOK now officially has a cover, and isn’t it fabulous!? It’s due to be published in September and is available to pre-order now.. more info including reviews at www.hachette.co.uk/titles/bryon... 🌼🩷
A pink book with the title ‘Rewriting social care: challenging and changing language and practice for a better, brighter future’ by Bryony Shannon. There’s a daisy ‘growing’ from the ‘g’ of rewriting to symbolise flourishing. A quote from Elly Chapple, Founder, #FlipTheNarrative reads “what everyone in the social care space needs right now”
May 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Instead of all the conversations about ‘demand’, it’s time to demand a different conversation.

New blog post: Words that make me go hmmm: Demand

#RewritingSocialCare
#UsNotThemAndUs
#LanguageMatters
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Words that make me go hmmm: Demand
While many words make me go hmmm, there are some that make me squirm the most, either due to what they reflect about the way we think about people (like ‘case’ and ‘non-compliant’) or about the way…
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May 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Pathways belong in a world which says ‘this is what we do to people like you’. Where the labels we apply determine the course of our ‘interventions’, and the decisions we make are about you without you…

Words that make me go hmmm: pathway
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Words that make me go hmmm: Pathway
“Pathways: Not sure. But modelled on Hampton Court Maze.”  Mark Neary [1] In everyday life, pathways meander through parks or fields or forests, offering direction. A route towards a destinati…
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April 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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While we may talk too much about beds in relation to social care, I don’t think we talk anything like enough about dreams.

New blog: Dreams
#RewritingSocialCare

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Dreams
“Living an unfilled life carries a greater risk of harm than what may befall someone in pursuit of their dreams. The latter can be folded into a story; the former is the absence of story. The latte…
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April 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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While we may talk too much about beds in relation to social care, I don’t think we talk anything like enough about dreams.

New blog: Dreams
#RewritingSocialCare

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Dreams
“Living an unfilled life carries a greater risk of harm than what may befall someone in pursuit of their dreams. The latter can be folded into a story; the former is the absence of story. The latte…
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April 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Such a powerful quote from the wonderful Mark Neary yesterday, about the fragility of your life when you or the people you love have social care needs. He said “we are always one new worker, one new decision from having our lives turned upside down”.
March 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Happy March! 🌸🌱

Not long to go til Social Work Week.

During the week I’m running two half-day workshops exploring why language matters in social work and social care.

More info and bookings here ⬇️

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Gloriously Ordinary Language
Join Bryony Shannon, author of the popular Rewriting social care blog, to explore why language matters in social work and social care.
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March 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Happy March! 🌸🌱

Not long to go til Social Work Week.

During the week I’m running two half-day workshops exploring why language matters in social work and social care.

More info and bookings here ⬇️

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gloriously...
Gloriously Ordinary Language
Join Bryony Shannon, author of the popular Rewriting social care blog, to explore why language matters in social work and social care.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Have you set any measurable outcomes for your weekend? Planned any meaningful activities?

Let’s stop using language that gets in the way of people living #GloriouslyOrdinaryLives

#LanguageMatters
#GloriouslyOrdinaryLanguage

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Measurable daily outcomes
YouTube video by Gloriously Ordinary Lives
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February 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Heading home after a fab weekend in Birmingham with @tricianicoll.bsky.social, planning more of our #GloriouslyOrdinaryLanguage programme.

We still have some places left on the next round of the programme starting in May. Find out more at www.gloriouslyordinarylanguage.co.uk
Tricia and Bryony smiling
February 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM