18th April 2011

Managing Locked-in Syndrome

By lousyncsounds

In November 2008, English and Spanish teacher Marini McNeilly suffered a massive stroke, slipped into a coma and was left suffering with the effects of locked-in syndrome. Unable to communicate or move her muscles, Marini found herself bed-ridden for 23 hours of the day and dependent upon others in order to maintain a very basic [...]


1st April 2011

Community Asset Transfers – Building a Community

By lousyncsounds

Three new videos appeared on the Building Community site last week, all of which chronicle community groups and councils through the process of undertaking community asset transfers and regenerating land and buildings used by the community to integrate with their neighbours, partake in social and self-improving activities, and become active members of society. The website [...]