SLP UK Conference Intro Cardiff Oct 11 FOX

8/3/2019 SLP UK Conference Intro Cardiff Oct 11 FOX

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www.sharedlivesplus.org.ukwww.communitycatalysts.co.uk

Shared Lives and personalisation

Alex Fox, CEOShared Lives Plus

www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk

http://alexfoxblog.wordpress.com

Karl and Clare with carers Blossom and Mike, at

their wedding, before moving to live independently


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Our values

We consulted with our members to establish our

shared vision, mission and aims, based on these

values:

We believe people should be in control of

their services and able to pursue ordinary,

valued lives within their chosen families,

relationships and communities.


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Our aims

You asked us to focus our work on:

Supporting you when you needed it most.

Producing useful and timely guidance, products

and training.

Helping you get your voices heard, locally and

nationally.

Raising awareness.

We worked with groups of carers and scheme workers

to find a new name to help us in raising awareness.


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Highlights of the Year

We provided Shared Lives members with:

One to one support and guidance to 150 schemes.Support and advice to 600 Shared Lives carers, including

150 in crisis. 20 local group visits.Free legal helpline and cover to all members.Optional tailored insurance products.A new approach to training purchased by schemes.

We worked with our social enterprise, Community Catalysts,

to bring our values to new audiences and to generate

income.


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We helped to bring Shared Lives to new groups:

Shared Lives promoted as a new choice to older unpaid family

carers in Scotland.

A partnership and campaign on supporting parents withlearning disabilities and their children.We raised awareness of Shared Lives as a personalised

service, compatible with Direct Payments.Weve made Tyze personal networks available to carers.We produced guidance on support carers, who pays for what,

transport, tax, outsourcing decisions


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Our members being heard by decision makers:

Wales: working with Welsh Government to implement new

training requirements and minimum standards. England: CQC joint statement and best ever ratings.

Scotland: support and funding from Scottish Government.

Chancellor of the Exchequers Growth Review committed

government and Shared Lives Plus to tackle red tape. UK: clarification on Winter Fuel and other benefits issues.

New guides on developing Homeshare programmes.



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You and Yours on Radio 4

The Guardian Society (severaloccasions)

Community Care magazine: articles,

column

A blog, Twitter, a re-designed website Articles in a number of journals


We raised awareness of our members work


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Reports and research

Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on ageing

COPA at St Margarets evaluating older carers project

Esmee Fairbairn grant for SWAPS on dementia

Kent University evaluating Shared Lives

A number of other researchers seeking funding



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Thanks

Thanks to our members

Members involved in governance as Trustees

The working groups and committees

Member-to-member support

Those who have contributed stories

Our staff team for this event and so much more

Our Chairs, speakers and facilitators

Thanks to West Wales AP for their hard work and to

Ecclesiastical for their generous support.


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Alex Fox

[email protected]

www.SharedLivesPlus.org.uk;

07738641897http://alexfoxblog.wordpress.com

Twitter: @AlexatNAAPS

Sian Lockwood, CEO, Community Catalysts

[email protected]

www.communitycatalysts.co.uk

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SLP UK Conference Intro Cardiff Oct 11 FOX