Lifted Ground

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Guidance for care-experienced people, practitioners, policymakers and researchers using evidence and lived-experience insights.

A large cork noticeboard covered with carefully arranged printed charts, social policy infographics, and handwritten notes on safeguarding and ACEs, each pinned with colored pushpins in a deliberate pattern. Thin red string connects key documents, suggesting relationships and systems thinking. The board hangs on a matte, off-white wall above a clean, uncluttered work surface holding a single spiral notebook and a closed tablet. Soft overcast window light enters from the left, producing even, shadowless illumination that enhances legibility without glare. Shot from a slightly angled, three-quarter perspective with moderate depth of field, the photographic image feels analytical yet accessible, conveying a methodical, evidence-based approach to understanding the care system.
A neatly stacked pile of well-worn policy reports and ring-bound care system briefings on a pale oak desk, each cover labeled with clear, sober typography in muted blues and greys. Beside them lies a closed laptop with a brushed aluminum finish and a slim fountain pen resting precisely parallel to the stack. The scene is set in a minimalist office with soft, neutral walls and an out-of-focus bookshelf holding organized binders in the background. Gentle daylight from a nearby window creates diffused, natural illumination, casting calm, elongated shadows. Photographed at eye level using a shallow depth of field, the composition feels orderly, professional, and reflective, with photographic realism suited to a serious social policy blog homepage.

For People Shaping Care Futures

Lifted Ground is for people with care experience, practitioners, policymakers and researchers who want honest, evidence-informed writing on the care system and ACEs, practical tools for change, and space to centre lived experience in social policy debates.

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Find routes into Lifted Ground tailored for you: curated reading lists, practice resources, policy briefings and research summaries, all organised for care-experienced people, frontline practitioners, decision-makers and academics.

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A large cork noticeboard covered with carefully arranged printed charts, social policy infographics, and handwritten notes on safeguarding and ACEs, each pinned with colored pushpins in a deliberate pattern. Thin red string connects key documents, suggesting relationships and systems thinking. The board hangs on a matte, off-white wall above a clean, uncluttered work surface holding a single spiral notebook and a closed tablet. Soft overcast window light enters from the left, producing even, shadowless illumination that enhances legibility without glare. Shot from a slightly angled, three-quarter perspective with moderate depth of field, the photographic image feels analytical yet accessible, conveying a methodical, evidence-based approach to understanding the care system.