Spirituality, Equality & Diversity Blogs

A Portuguese Rosary Group – A Circle of Friendship
This is a story of the power of bringing in volunteers from specific cultural and faith backgrounds to ensure that this aspect of people’s unique

Talking about the elephants in the room
“English people are really bad at talking about feelings.” “Eastern Europeans often talk in a very abrupt way.” “Filipino staff are always kind and hard-working.”

The gift of your mother tongue
I recently returned from a visit to Southern Spain. I am used to visiting countries where either I can speak a bit of the language

Dementia, Divinity and Diversity
A practical approach to supporting spirituality in care What does it mean to forget, to lose words, thoughts, images of our lives, not recognise the

Mind Your Language
Breaking the Stigma Lessons Learnt from Caring for People with HIV and AIDS January 2021 saw the screening of Russell T Davies’ “It’s A Sin”

The power of story in indigenous cultures – what can we learn?
As a child, my beloved grandmother told me lots of stories. As she was a New Zealander, this included lots of references to Maori culture.
