What is the IMPACT project about?

If I had to summarize, our project IMPACT stands for improving adult care together. And basically it's about looking at data and data from the perspective of people with lived experience of adult social care. So for me, it's data with soul.

Why is this research important?

Why is it important? It's to get the perspectives and views and experience of people who draw on care and support. It's ultimately important that we help shape, develop and design care and support in the future.

Why do you work on this?

The reason I do what I do is, to describe, I would say a houseplant analogy is if you think of a houseplant, most people will water it you’ll feed it, if you're lucky, you'll even talk to your houseplant. And if you really lucky, you'll put your houseplant on a window ledge so we can get some sunshine. That, to me is just surviving. I want to thrive. And the lives, good, good lives for people. That's why I'm in it.

What does home mean to the people involved in your project?

I believe home means to people is good lives being able to be connected to community. It's also being able to do the things that are everyday activities that we take for granted, like going the cinema going to you know, football, or going to a theater, just doing everyday mundane things, even shopping.