Caring Activism: A 21st Century Concept of Care by Peter Limbrick, edited by Professor Hilton Davis. FREE PDF OF THE WHOLE BOOK
This book is a proposal for citizens to join together to support vulnerable children, teenagers, adults and elderly people
From the back cover: Think of rough sleepers in Europe’s capitals, of teenagers leaving care homes without aftercare, of elderly people struggling alone without family or friends. Think of people displaced by conflict and natural disasters.
How many of these people have autism or cerebral palsy, are blind or deaf, suffer from serious mental or physical illness? Nobody knows. But being ill or disabled brings added risk in these challenging situations and can mean being excluded when some help arrives.
Many of these vulnerable people live beyond the reach of public services and must cope as best they can on their own. This book suggests every citizen has the choice of turning away from their plight or taking action.
Peter Limbrick’s concept of Caring Activism harnesses the commitment and energy typical of activists in other spheres of human concern. Caring activists create power with others rather than working alone.
“I wholeheartedly recommend this humane book, which is about releasing our power as individuals in communities to help each other as a complement to and enhancement of professional services.
The messages are refreshingly respectful and highly relevant to our modern society, where governments are prepared to ignore the needy and futile violence continues to devastate whole societies and drives mass migration.”
Hilton Davis, Emeritus Professor of Child Health Psychology at King’s College London
