Engaging with national and local Media

Sometimes local media can be useful partners in helping generate momentum behind a cause. They could be used to highlight specific examples of poor practice in local areas and/or organisations and staff that excel at delivering on dignity.

Action could involve writing articles, short stories or poems or may simply involve taking the time to share your dignity story (both good and bad) in radio talk shows, webchats, TV show phone in's etc.

This section provides resources which may help support individuals people looking to engage local or national media to raise awareness of dignity issues.

• Poem on ageing - See me?
  The origin of this poem is uncertain. General consensus is that when an old lady died in the geriatric ward of a hospital, it appeared she had left nothing of value but on packing up her possessions,...
• Community Care Website - Guidelines on submitting articles to community care
  This link to Community Care Magazine provides guidelines for submitting articles on community care magazine.