Aug 21 2024 39 mins
Welcome to Thursdays@3 our regular series of conversations with people living and working at the end of life.
We have had some big conversations in this season, we take that up a notch today with a man who has spent his life advocating for children. Sir Albert Aynsley-Green has over forty years’ experience working with governments and organisations worldwide – being a voice for children.
He was the first Children’s Commissioner for England, has been a Clinical Lecturer in adult and paediatric medicine at the University of Oxford, and is the bestselling author of ‘The British Betrayal of Childhood’.
In 2006 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his services to children and young people, and just recently was appointed the first, and so far, only Professor in Compassionate Care in the UK, through Northampton University.
Underpinning his work and passion is his own personal story through childhood and in more recent times, the death of his beloved life partner Rosemary.
Click play and join Al’s “momentum for compassion.”
More information and show notes:
- Aynsley-Green’s key publications on compassion - HERE
- ‘The British Betrayal of Childhood’ - HERE
- More about Sir Albert Aynsley-Green - HERE
- PCA’s Paediatric Palliative Care Project - HERE
- QuoCCA, delivering education in paediatric palliative care - HERE
Thank you to you for tuning into Thursdays@3 whether that’s via PCA socials or Spotify, and engaging in ‘matters of life and death’.
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