Why PSHE matters in primary schools
Poor old PSHE. It’s always had a rather insecure place in the school curriculum and indeed in the hearts of many teachers. It can been…
Author: JKP
Pia Matthews on developing her ethical approach to chaplaincy
Pia Matthews is a Senior Lecturer of Bioethics, Medical Law, Theology and Healthcare Ethics at St Mary’s University Twickenham. Here, she reflects on how she…
Inside the Refugee Experience – An extract for World Refugee Day
For World Refugee Day it felt right to share an extract from A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees by Angelina Jalonen and Paul…
A new model of care for older people? Yes, that is possible.
Between 2014 and 2015, the Abbeyfield Society commissioned a survey on the spiritual life of their staff and residents. The findings were far more wide-ranging…
An unexpected conversation about Islam
Declan Henry, an Irish Catholic social worker, has been working with Muslim youth over the past few years. Intrigued by Islam, he set about interviewing…
Why are some gay men turning to chemsex?
Rusi Jaspal is Professor of Psychology and Sexual Health at De Montfort University, Leicester. His new book is a practical guide for clinicians working with men…
Sex and the Single Aspie – why I wrote it, why you may want it
I’ve written a book called Sex and the Single Aspie (SATSA). For over a year I worked on this manuscript against the backdrop of Paris,…
Empathy? Who cares?
Have you ever wondered how many Google searches there are for empathy? No, I can’t say I have either, but because it’s Empathy Day on…
Why did the NHS fail this young transgender woman?
Transgender campaigner, Jane Fae, exposes the institutional and societal discrimination that a young trans woman, Synestra de Courcy, faced before her untimely death aged just…
15 Things to Say at your Book Launch
Adapted from the inspiring speech she gave at the launch of her first book, Debby Elley highlights the reasons why she wrote Fifteen Things They…