Over a Brew Sessions with NE ADASS (including North Cumbria)
Ongoing monthly 90-minute online gatherings.
Since January 2025, Curators of Change have been working with ADASS NE to hold regional virtual Over a Brew sessions. Over a Brew is a relaxed, welcoming online space where people come together as equals to share ideas, listen, and help shape better adult social care. It’s all about co-production — working side by side so everyone’s voice is heard and valued.
Since bringing Over a Brew to the North East and North Cumbria, we have engaged people from right across the region — in brave spaces, having conversations, listening to one another, building connections and relationships, exploring together how we change the experience people have of care and support.
Through 2025, some of the topics we talked about were Assessments and Reviews, Health and Housing, Safeguarding and the Wellbeing Principle.
Sessions will run right through to 2027, continuing to grow the community of people who care about improving our health and care systems. Some of the topics we will be covering in 2026 include dementia, age (with a focus on older people), carers, and access to employment and volunteering.
We have a wide range of people who attend the sessions, including people who draw on care and support, carers, people working in adult social care, health, or related services, providers, commissioners, and anyone interested in improving social care.
Some of the feedback we’ve received from people who have attended the sessions:
- “Thanks very much for the space, and I’m looking forward to the next one.”
- “Accounts were so powerful.”
- “Welcome space with lovely people. Great opportunity for learning and sharing.”
- “Powerful and inspiring discussions.”
- “I really enjoyed the session today — lots of opportunities for discussion and I was in a room with people I hadn’t met before which was great. Thanks so much.”
- “People have answers and solutions — there’s a lot of expertise in this space. I hope we can make some good things happen.”
- “Thank you all, this was very informative and I thoroughly enjoyed the session.”
Register for upcoming sessions: ticketsource.co.uk/curators-of-change