by Ali Rice | Apr 17, 2021 | By Brendan Martin
On this date 10 years ago, at 1.42 in the morning, my mother Betty Martin took her last breath as I held her hand in Lewisham Hospital, south east London. She had taken her first nearly 88 years earlier in Dunmanway, west Cork. I have spent much of the decade since...
by Ali Rice | Dec 23, 2020 | By Liam Redden
Four words that mean so much. Four words we use every day. Four words that can help us to get to know each other. Four words that can break down barriers. Four words that we can shy away from. Four words which we can be frightened of. Four words that can help to...
by Ali Rice | Nov 11, 2020 | By Ali Rice
As I sat having a socially distanced cup of tea with my 75-year-old dad a few weekends ago, we found ourselves talking about his best friend’s mum. I had known her as ‘nanna’ because she had spent a lot of time looking after my dad when he was younger, as his own mum...
by Ali Rice | Oct 29, 2020 | By Rachel Way
Our team at Public World partnered with Buurtzorg to found Buurtzorg Britain and Ireland for a reason: because we believe that the way in which Buurtzorg has transformed care at home in the Netherlands should inspire and inform a much better way of doing things in...
by Ali Rice | Sep 26, 2020 | By Brendan Martin
Sir Keir Starmer, MP, the leader of the British Labour Party, told its virtual conference this week: “Our care workers are heroes. But the social care system in Britain is a disgrace to a rich nation.” He went on to point out that Conservative governments of the last...
