Social care does not occur in isolation and the ‘More Than a Provider’ events are all about improving the future of care through sharing experiences, innovations, and stories.

Supported by United Response, Choice Support, Certitude and MacIntyre, this Social Care Future event saw people coming together to chat, laugh and dance their way through a day of serious stuff, shared with passion and love.

This was no old school conference! Attendees spent the day painting flower pots, singing along to performances, chatting in a public living room from Camerados, and much, much more.

We hope you enjoy our photo diary of the day.

Team United Response

This is a picture of volunteers stood ready to welcome people to More Than a Provider.
#TeamUnitedResponse…a team of brilliant volunteers came together to help run the day. Here they are, waiting for the attendees to arrive.

Kicking the day off with fun, creativity and storytelling

This is a picture of our CEO speaking to an audience of people.
After being welcomed by the registration team, everyone came together to hear from our CEO, Tim Cooper.
This is a picture of Open StoryTellers, dressed in old fashioned costume clothing, holding up a banner with song lyrics on.
Getting creative right from the start…Open StoryTellers got everyone feeling excited and energised by teaching us a new song…

Coming together to make change

This is a picture of people from Potter's Den presenting to an audience, who are sat around tables.
After the opening ceremony, people went off to attend lots of different sessions…
This is a picture of people sat around a table having a conversation.
Many wonderful discussions took place, and we addressed important questions about the future of social care…
This is a picture of a person pointing to a screen, stood in front of an audience who are sat around tables.
It was a great chance to learn from each other and share experiences!

Getting Connected

This is a picture of pieces of fabric with plant drawings sewn on.
There were also lots of activities happening in The Big Connect space, like this lovely sewing activity.
This is a picture of a mini stop-motion animation studio.
People could even make their own stop-motion animation!
This is a picture of colleagues from Hft, stood in front of a Hft banner that says 'personalised technology solutions for people with learning disabilities.'
And everyone got the chance to meet lots of different organisations…
This is a picture of staff from shop Positively Unique, posing in front of a table of products.
Buy some goodies from Positively Unique…
This is a picture of United Response staff who delivered First Aid training.
Learn how to save lives…
This is a picture of two people drawing on some flower pots.
And even decorate some pots!

Ending the day with laughter and smiles

This is a picture of lots of people in a hall with their hands in the air. This photo was taken in the closing event.
To finish the day we all came back together to have fun and celebrate each other…
This is a picture of our graphic facilitator, stood in front of the drawing he made of the day.
We got to relive the day by looking at this wonderful graphic recording.
This is a picture of lots of people dancing together in a hall. This photo was taken in the closing event.
And all have a dance!

The best bit of the day was the new connections we all made. At it’s heart, that’s what the ‘Big Connect’ is all about. It’s about coming together, and finding new ways to make change, together.

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  • Ali Mills is Communication and Engagement Officer at United Response