The Disruption Diary
Below you will find a collection of diary entries from a range of voices exploring all things systems change and capturing their experiences of various systems associated with tough times. If you have something to say or would like to contribute to this page then please don’t hesitate to get in touch
Platfform’s Manifesto for Change
You can read Platfform's Manifesto for Change, which launched on the 2nd of February 2023, here. Mental health: overhaul of
#HousingMattersWales
By Oliver Townsend, Head of Partnerships and Practice at Platfform. #HousingMattersWales We are trying to do things differently in Platfform,
Natasha Almond discusses Homeless Bound
Natasha Almond from the Good Organisation writes about Homeless Bound (Coterminous CIC, 2022)- A book that explores how the language
No Unplanned Crises
By Alex Fox, CEO of Mayday Trust. Alex believes that the UK’s charities and public services have one goal: to
Are good relationships possible in a broken system?
Jen Daffin is a Community Clinical Psychologist with a passion for social justice. She has 15 years experiences of working
I’m Still a Risk: a Poem by Simon Whitter
Trigger warning: this content contains mention of abuse in all forms. I’m Still a Risk, a poem by Simon Whitter.
NEF Consulting Report: Evaluating the Person-Led, Transitional and Strength Based Response’ – A New Way to Respond to Homelessness
NEF Consulting was commissioned to conduct a two-year evaluation of the Person-Led, Transitional and Strength Based (PTS) Response delivered
Radical Activist Practitioners – Without the Professionalisation Trap
Oliver Townsend, Head of Partnerships and Practice at Platfform and Head of PTS and New System Alliance in Wales,
Professional Empathy and a Duty of Hope
Nell Hardy is an actor, writer and theatre facilitator with lived experience of homelessness and mental health hospitalisation. Her
A Place to Thrive
Homelessness doesn’t start with not having somewhere to live: it starts the second you don’t feel safe in the