ALLIANCE Live April Round-up
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 30th April 2021

Catch up on the various podcasts, videos and webinars that have been released throughout April on ALLIANCE Live.
A What Matters To You conversation with Shaun Mayer (released 22/04/21)
Shaun Mayer, Strategic Advisor on person-centred care at Scottish Government and Principal Educator at NHS Education for Scotland, speaks with Tommy Whitelaw, ALLIANCE National Lead for Caring and Outreach about the ‘What Matters To You’ movement and the many ways for health and care professionals to start their quality improvement journey one action at a time.
Living and Dying Well in Ayrshire: an interview with Carla MacEwan (released 27/04/21)
Irene Oldfather – Director of Strategy and Engagement at the ALLIANCE speaks with Ayrshire Hospice Chief Executive, Carla MacEwan about her ambitions for the Hospice to lead the way in Ayrshire for Compassionate Communities and providing a holistic, More Than Medicine approach to anyone accessing their services including their carers and families.
Right Design for Communication (released 19/04/21)
A series of recorded presentations from the keynote speakers of deafscotland’s cancelled 2020 Annual Conference. Chief Executive, Janis McDonald provides an introduction to the recordings in the accompanying Opinion article along with a summary of the past year’s activities for her organisation and their plans for the year ahead.
Read the full Opinion article and find links to the ALLIANCE Live recordings.
#ALLIANCEManifesto21 (released throughout April)
A selection of small clips have been released over the course of the month from the ‘ALLIANCE Scottish Parliament 2021 election manifesto launch and political panel’ event during the Digital Gathering. These clips highlight some of the key themes from the ALLIANCE’s manifesto. Watch all of the clips and join in with the conversation by searching #ALLIANCEManifesto21 on Twitter.
Do you have a particular topic you have listened to on ALLIANCE Live that you would like to hear more of? Or would like to suggest one that has yet to be covered? Tweet us @ALLIANCEScot and use #ALLIANCELive.
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