Shared Lives and personalisation

Alex Fox, CEO Shared Lives Plus

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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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Highlights of the Year

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 with learning 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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Highlights of the Year

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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Highlights of the Year

We raised awareness of our members work You and Yours on Radio 4 The Guardian Society (several occasions) Community Care magazine: articles, column A blog, Twitter, a re-designed website Articles in a number of journals
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Highlights of the Year

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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Contact details Alex Fox alex@naaps.org.uk

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Sian Lockwood, CEO, Community Catalysts Sian.lockwood@communitycatalysts.co.uk

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