I may have been busy lately with work, lobbying, and fighting the most stubborn tonsillitis bug ever... but I have most definitely neglected my blog and website. What can I say? Twitter has been the gift that keeps on giving (and definitely taking time!).

So, in a bid to make an effort to provide a few updates, actually record stuff I'm working on and give my blog some love, I'm challenging myself to upload one blog every day for the next 7 days. This means I am sat by my husbands laptop (my own has gone to laptop heaven in the sky...) with sexy Sunday bedhead hair, furiously typing away to prep a few potential blogs. There are a few exciting things to write about - campaigning for a place on the BIGSPD executive committee, meeting Sir Norman Lamb at Portcullis House (Parliament offices) alongside some fierce & inspirational colleagues to lobby for equality in Public & Patient Involvement funding allocation, future public speaking engagements, Mad Studies success in attracting authors to groups in Birmingham.... and whatever other stuff enters my consciousness in the next week.

So...

Day 1 (Sunday 14 July): BIGSPD Elections Campaign... Your votes appreciated!!!

Day 2 (Monday 15 July): Lobbying Sir Norman Lamb - Part 1: How it All Started

Day 3 (Tuesday 16 July): Lobbying Sir Norman Lamb - Part 2: Joining Forces to Prep

Day 4 (Wednesday 17 July): Lobbying Sir Norman Lamb - Part 3: Meeting @ Parliament Offices

Day 5 (Thursday 18 July): A #MeToo Moment for Lived Experience Practitioners?

Day 6 (Friday 19 July):

Day 5 (Saturday 20 July):

Enjoy!