Gloriously Ordinary Sundays - 1st June 2025

Written By Tricia Nicoll
Video call screenshot showing two people in conversation. Top participant sits in front of exposed beams with a circular wall plaque visible. Bottom participant has a colourful patterned tile wall background and wears glasses.

Once a month I chat with someone about Gloriously Ordinary Lives and how it resonates with them for the Gloriously Ordinary Sundays Podcast.

In episode 12 I chat with ⁠Maff Potts⁠, founder of ⁠The Association of Camerados⁠ and author of 'Friends and Purpose'.

We explore Maff's brilliant concept of 'front of house' versus 'back of house' - using the restaurant analogy to show how we often bring our very dehumanising policies, procedures, and language into spaces where people should feel human, comfortable and valued.

Together, we discuss how this actually produces worse data and increases risk, and the practical ways social workers, commissioners, and support organisations can create more genuine conversations.

Book cover for "Friends and Purpose" by Maff Potts showing a yellow mug with a biscuit being dipped into it. Subtitle reads "Stories from sofas on streets and some confounding ideas for tough times." Book held against bookshop background.
 

Find out more about The Association of Camerados at ⁠https://camerados.org/⁠

Get Maff's book 'Friends and Purpose' at ⁠https://www.wallingfordbookshop.co.uk/product-page/friends-and-purpose-maff-potts⁠

Have a listen - I'd love to hear what you think!

 
 
Tricia Nicoll
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