UK Study Tour9 – 20 June 2014

Community is the Answer Conference9 – 11 June, Glasgow, Scotland

Health

• Connection to community = personal well-being• Three levels of resilience (Emmy Werner)• Personal attributes – positive outlook• Family – close bonds with at least one family member• Community – connection and meaning

We don’t necessarily need great, organised change. 100 small things that work can have the same effect.

Sir Harry Burns

Our role is to support understanding and build society with people not for them.

Stuart Murdoch

Wealth

• Funding constant projects has no sustainable impact• Is money entering people’s lives in a way that they can use it?• Our identity comes from consumption not contribution• Our structures are designed for living in an economy, not society.• Micro-savings revolution www.fininc.eu

Power

We cannot change an existing culture(Margaret Wheatley) People as actors not recipients

Government as stewards

Community organisations – facilitate and support self-organising people and communities.

Conversations and Debates

• Outcomes and Evidence

• The Kiwi way

• Community regeneration

• Missing links

LEAD Scotland

• Linking Education and Disability• Funded by Education Scotland• Learner at the centre – tailoring support• Volunteers• Employability, not employment, is the outcome

www.lead.org.uk

Serenity Café

• Created and run by people in recovery from addiction and supported by COMAS• Community Café• Volunteers – 100 Tasks Sheet• Culture of sharing and exchange• Staff skills:• Being a good host• Listening• Encourage peer support• Creative and organised

• Community viability over financial viability

Unity Kitchen Cafés

• Camden Society – 8 Community Cafes• 2 models• Fully commercial• Council support for social enterprise• Olympic Park• Tooley St, London Bridge

Unity Kitchen Cafés

Apprenticeship Scheme

• 1 intake per year• Full pay – work and college (1 day)• Graduate with qualification and work experience• 85% move in to full-time work

UK Personalised Support System

Assessment

Undertaken by Council (gov’t) Social Worker

Assesses and puts together funding package

Support Planning

Family, Independent support planner or NGO

3 bands of support needs

Plan has to be agreed by panel.

Initial review at 6 weeks and then annually

Budget Holders

Families

A4E(large organisation)

Council

Support Services

Individual contracts with people who want to use service.

Invoice budget holder for service delivered.

Block contract will go in October.

Impact on Services

• Restructuring• Reducing staff terms and conditions• More evening work• ‘Transformation Fund’ available• Investment in marketing and promotion• Personalisation has taken much longer to implement than intended

Thera Group

• Umbrella organisation for 11 NGOs• Shared values and governance• Demonstrate person-driven values and service• Commitment to shared standards• Members: autonomous• Thera: infrastructure, tenders, head office support• www.thera.co.uk

What next?

• Full written report

• Following up on ideas…..

• Community is the Answer NZ, 2015