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Your NASPC
Brenda Walker
As the National Adult Support and Protection Coordinator for Scotland, Brenda has a real commitment to making adult support and protection (ASP) more effective for both practitioners and the adults themselves.
Contact me about:
- National work regarding the support and protection of adults (Adult Support and Protection – ASP)
- Ideas for ASPire (Adult Support and Protection innovation and reflection events) Sessions ideas for the
- Iriss ASPire Resource Hub – media of any kind linked to ASP which is of national interest
Email: brenda.walker@iriss.org.uk
The ASPire Hub is a place for everyone working in Adult Support and Protection in Scotland to access and share resources. It is regularly updated and we welcome feedback and new additions!
From our blog
Climb Every Mountain
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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. (Edward Everett Hale)
Today I had a very positive meeting with Joanna Macdonald, Deputy Chief Social Work Adviser within the Office of the Chief...
The news no parent wants to hear
Yesterday I attended a Drug Education Showcase Event in the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan. There was a packed...
Just like buses
After the last few years of being (understandably) invited to very few face to face meetings or events, this week...
Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity (Nat Turner)
In the last ten days or so, I have attended two meetings with the importance of clarity central to them...
Meetings should have as few people as possible, but all the right people (Charles W Scharf)
I have been at several meetings this week, probably the two that stand out the most for me this week...
What’s in a name?
This week on Monday and Wednesday I was with my Iriss (Institute of Research and Innovation in Social Services) colleagues...
Money, Money, Money
I have just attended the very first meeting of a new Group – The multi-agency Financial Crime Triage Hub Pilot...
ASP Awareness Day – Monday 20th February 2023
National Adult Support and Protection Coordinator Very First Blog Every year, for the last six years or so, the Adult...