Choosing Your Support

Choosing Your Support

• Providers – to showcase their services to the public.

• Service Users – to see what services are available, and try them out.

• LCC – to find out what services people really want, and what services need to be developed.


• 45 Providers • 200+ attendees

• flower pressing,• arts and crafts,• head, hand & shoulder

massages,• aromatherapy, • reflexology,• a Nintendo Wii,

• salsa dancing lessons,• relaxation and centring

workshops,• a digital photography

masterclass,• cake decorating• and many more.



Research Project

About Just Services A small co-operative Work with groups and

communities A stronger voice for

people using services Work collaboratively

with others

About the research

Partnership working with West Leicestershire Mindmosaic: shaping

disability services Self Advocacy in Action

About the research

Questionnaires Wishing Tree Focus groups Sample group

Facts and figures 46 people completed

questionnaires 57% of people using

services attending the day 18 ideas on the “Wishing

Tree” 38 people attending ‘focus

groups’

Findings People using services have

… Enjoyed many different

activities in the past Enjoy many different

activities in the present Have many aspirations

for the future

Findings people using services

want … Help to source, access and

start to use services Clear and understandable

information in a range of formats

To be treated with respect Concerns about Personal

Budgets to be addressed

RecommendationsThere needs to be …

Access to a wide range of activities and opportunities for people using Personal Budgets

Clarity about the ‘rules’ for Personal Budgets

More events like the one on 2 November 2010

Availability of information

Recommendations continued

Opportunities for people who can’t get out easily

Pre-activity or service support

Making sure people don’t speak for others

Changing the way we work

What now?

Who gets the report?

How can we all use this?

Any questions?

Documents

Choosing Your Support