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The ALLIANCE Humans of Scotland 2021 review

  • Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
  • Type: News Item
  • Published: 18th February 2022
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Humans of Scotland, sharing stories from people in Scotland during COVID-19.

The ALLIANCE’s successful Humans of Scotland initiative continued to share peoples experiences of COVID-19. The story sharing project amplified the voices and experiences of disabled people, people with long term conditions, unpaid carers and staff working in health and social care, and became an essential platform to share the COVID-19 experiences of those who were disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

We gathered stories from people who wanted to speak out on how the pandemic was having profound impacts on their lives. We heard from unpaid carers desperately trying to cope, people whose mental health was impacted upon and people with sight loss put at risk by others.

The project has highlighted a range of stories from our Self Management Awards nominees featuring stories on setting up a Long Covid support group, supporting people with endometriosis, and self management of mental health. We featured a four week series of stories from Forth Valley Sensory Centre, featured ALLIANCE Links Worker, Kayleigh, by publishing her story to mark National Links Worker Day and also featured a story on lived experience of homelessness in partnership with Glasgow Alliance to end Homelessness.

A second book, Humans of Scotland – Stories from people in Scotland during COVID-19 was published in December.  The book included a forward from Cabinet Secretary Humza Yousaf and contains 34 stories written by disabled people, people living with long term conditions and unpaid carers on their experiences of the pandemic.

The book was sent to all MSPs and has been donated to the 481 public libraries in Scotland. An audiobook is free to access on the ALLIANCE’s website and a braille version is available from Scottish Braille Press who also donated 30 copies to organisations and community groups across Scotland supporting people with sensory loss.

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