While we’re busy working on our Making the Future – Together paper, we thought we’d give you a little reminder of the energy and passion on the day… Here you can find a ‘rough’ edit of the amazing performance by Moveable Feast. More than 200 people from all areas of the health, social care and education sectors, as well as provider organisations, community groups, and ‘experts by experience’ gathered at the event in…
An inspiring blog post from a parent and social worker talking about a workshop run by Caroline Tomlinson on behalf of In Control for Herts CLDS. Do you have the balls to build community? Caroline Tomlinson certainly has. Today I had the privilege of attending one of her training sessions on building community.It was a very full day and we all had a lot to learn, I’ll try to remember and share…
By Miro Griffiths As described by his family, “Connor Sparrowhawk was a fit and healthy young man, who loved buses, London, Eddie Stobart and speaking his mind. He was known as LB online, short for Laughing Boy.” On the 19 March 2013, he was admitted to Slade House Assessment and Treatment Unit run by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust in order to be assessed for support. Devastatingly, after #107days in the…
Nikki Dalgarno and Tricia Nicoll made a lasting impression with their thought provoking and emotional presentation at the 23rd Children’s Residential. Audio and slides from their presentation are now available. Nikki is a Partners in Policymaking graduate and Tricia is one of In Control’s associates. Both are mums and were invited to present at the Children’s Residential event this month to share their experiences of the challenges of the system and the resilience needed to…
One of our Stay Connected members, Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living, has won a national GSK IMPACT award. And another, Brent Mind is reporting the success of ‘Nucleus’ their mental health brokerage service. Wiltshire CIL wins national award More than 400 charities applied to be part of GSK’s flagship UK community investment pogramme and Wiltshire CIL is only one of 10 winners and have been recognised as standing out in their approach in meeting…
In Control’s helpline which offers information and advice to individuals, family members and organistions has seen a record number of enquiries these past few months. People across England, and also on an international level, have been getting in touch asking for help with issues such as lack of flexibility over use of personal budgets, charging policies and disputes, housing issues, use of ‘approved provider’ lists and carers rights to name just a few. More…
In Control, Mott MacDonald and Pathfinder Champions have created a new personal budgets resource. The resource ‘An offer of personal budgets by September 2014’ is the first document which will form a toolkit for children’s services. It has also been added as an appendix to the SEND Pathfinder March 2014 Personal Budgets Information Pack. Its development has been supported by the Department for Education. An Offer of Personal Budgets by September 2014
This blog post has been written by Andrew Tyson one of our long-standing associates. It is based on our response to the Department of Health’s consultation on the draft Care Act guidance. In Control produced a joint response to the guidance on behalf of the Inclusive Change Partnership which includes In Control, Inclusion North, Community Catalysts, Inclusive Neighbourhoods and Shared Lives Plus. Under the banner of ‘Inclusive Change’ these five organisations have joined together…
