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ABSTRACT The ESRC funded Innovate Project has explored how innovation is undertaken and experienced by professionals tasked with the responsibility of introducing new practice approaches in welfare provision for young people at risk of harm outside the home. This paper reports on our experiences of facilitating reflective discussion groups for professionals engaged in introducing Transitional Safeguarding into welfare settings in the UK. Within these reflective spaces we became aware of how the emotional impact of innovation is under-recognised and needs to be attended to, in order to ensure that the investment of peoples’ time and energy, alongside public monies, is not compromised. We draw on the psychoanalytic concepts of borderline states and the analytic third to highlight how such reflective spaces can provide the ‘emotional infrastructure’ to protect and promote the efficacy of innovation in challenging contexts.

PurposeDiscriminatory abuse has been a distinct category of abuse in safeguarding adults policy since 2000, but it is rarely used in practice, according to recent official statistics. As part of a larger project, the authors undertook a literature review to clarify the concept, explore reasons for low reporting and consider recommendations for practice. The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of this literature review.Design/methodology/approachThis literature review comprises 35 sources, which were identified using three academic databases, reference harvesting and sector-specific websites. Findings were developed through thematic analysis of the data.FindingsThe literature review demonstrates that definitions of discriminatory abuse stretch from an interpersonal emphasis in policy documents to a more structural approach. There are open questions about the status of discriminatory abuse as a category of abuse due to the complicated interface between discriminatory motivations and the abusive acts through which they are experienced. A range of factors can obscure its identification, particularly the hidden, stigmatised and normalised nature of discriminatory abuse. Some recommendations for practice are identified, but more work is needed to develop the practice vocabulary and required skills.Originality/valueThis study brings together existing research on discriminatory abuse to argue that it is time to revive this understanding of abuse and develop safeguarding practice with adults who have protected characteristics.

This article explores the recent development of mindfulness in the West since the late 1970s. Mindfulness has entered widely into the personal, public, and business sector of society. The primary purpose of the wide variety of current mindfulness programs addresses the reduction of stress. Mindfulness mentors offer guidance and instruction to individuals and groups in clinics, hospitals, schools, and prisons, as well as people attending regular mindfulness classes. The article examines the growing development of mindfulness in businesses and large corporations. The article points out that mindfulness addresses both internal and external factors contributing to stress, conflict, and anxiety in the workplace. Mindfulness has a 2600-year-old history of connection with ethics, moderation in lifestyle, environment, deep values, and spirituality. The application of an authentic mindfulness contributes to an enquiry into intentions, actions, and the consequences. Is the corporate world ignoring a comprehensive application of mindfulness and made mindfulness subservient to the policies of the company, especially around productivity, efficiency, and the achievement of company goals? The author calls for the application of the Four Noble Truths to businesses.

Journal Article Easter Speulchres Get access Joseph E. Morris Joseph E. Morris 1Totnes Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume 187, Issue 12, 2 December 1944, Page 258, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/187.12.258a Published: 02 December 1944

Variation in the Introduced English Sparrow Get access David Lack David Lack Totnes, South Devonshire, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Condor, Volume 42, Issue 5, 1 September 1940, Pages 239–241, https://doi.org/10.2307/1364483 Published: 01 September 1940

Journal Article Monumental Brasses in Northern Counties Get access Joseph E. Morris Joseph E. Morris 1Totnes Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume 174, Issue 8, 19 February 1938, Pages 138–139, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/174.8.138 Published: 19 February 1938

Journal Article Speaking in church in service time Get access Joseph E. Morris Joseph E. Morris 1Totnes Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume 172, Issue 10, 6 March 1937, Page 175, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/172.10.175a Published: 06 March 1937