Liz Tilly
Qualifications
B.Ed University of Nottingham
Matlock College of Higher Education, Mental handicap 1981
M. Med. Sci. University of Birmingham, Mental disability studies 1996
M. A. University of Birmingham, Applied Social Research 2008
Role
PhD Student
Contact details
Email: liz.tilly@bristol.ac.uk
Biography
Liz started her PhD in January 2009, and is exploring the social networks and social capital of a group of people with a mild learning disability, with particular regard to managing money and living with poverty. The title is ‘Money, Friends and Making Ends Meet’ and the research is being done in partnership with Building Bridges Training, an independent training social enterprise that Liz initiated in 2008.
Building Bridges Training makes a difference to people’s lives through delivering training. They are a group of experienced trainers with learning disabilities who live in Sandwell, in the West Midlands.
They aim to demonstrate how everyone can contribute towards providing better support and improved services and true inclusion for all. As their name says they want to help build bridges so that people with learning disabilities can be more included in their communities.
Liz’s previous work with people with learning disabilities includes teaching 16 to 19 year olds, founder and Chief Executive of Options for Life, a voluntary organisation in Sandwell, and many years of youth work. She currently works part time as a trainer and consultant.
Liz is the book editor for Community Living Magazine
Publications
Options for Life (2007). Making Voices Heard.
Tilly, E. (2008). "Enabling People with Learning Disabilities to Manage Their Own Health and Well-being." Medicine, Conflict and Survival 24(S 1): S108-S113.
Tilly, E. (2008). Living in Sandwell; An Exploratory Study into the Key Issues and Challenges that Affect a Small group of People with Mild Learning Disabilities University of Birmingham.
Tilly, E. (2008). "Living in Sandwell; an Exploratory Study into the key issues and Challenges that Affect a Small Group of People with Mild Learning Disabilities." Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice 5(2).
Tilly, L., B. Haddock, H. Shakespeare, et al. (2008). "'We don't want to live with this in our community'." Community Living 22(2): 20-21.
Tilly, L. (2011). Person centred approaches when supporting people with a learning disability (Supporting the Learning Disability Worker, Bild and Learning Matters