THE STORY OF THE GRANT SO FAR 2017 to NOW (and a bit on the future) - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
THE STORY OF THE GRANT SO FAR 2017 to NOW (and a bit on the future) NORTH KENT INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY SCHEME Some of the Groups and Meetings we RUN SUPPORT ATTEND Delivery groups Moan and Groan Friday Local council meetings
NORTH KENT INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY SCHEME
Delivery groups IPAG (independent police advisory group) Elders Forum DEMENTIA HAPI HEALTH LeDr
Some of the Groups and Meetings we…………
Moan and Groan Friday Easy Read Information JIP working group JIP Self Advocacy Groups Buddy Group Books Beyond Words Local council meetings Ebbsfleet development Clinical Commissioning Health Inequalities meeting
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Some of the Organisations we work with……
NHS Public Health England Police Borough Councils Dementia Friendly Sheppey Matters JobCentre+ Kent Community Health NHS Trust Day centres YMCA Kent County Council Trading Standards Kent Credit Union Illegal Money Lending Team The Letting Partnership Company Local Voluntary organisations in Dartford Gravesham and Swale.
We concentrated on issues people were telling us about in the self advocacy meetings being discriminated against having their disability highlighted debt and loan sharks
Worked on Darent Valley Hospital website Held a Stay up Late Disco Ran “Representing Yourself and Others” training workshops for self advocates
We concentrated on, Abuse, Scams, Loneliness and Friendships
The Moan and Groan Group and the Buddy Group encourages people to make friends and socialise with each other in the evening and weekends especially those who live independently
Domestic Abuse, Friendship abuse
We made this film for Kent Police who use it for conferences and training Trading standards asked us to make their new scam campaign leaflets and booklets easy read
We have concentrated on Voting (European and local elections), Making Easy Read Information leaflets and Health Issues
We held a diabetes awareness workshop and a healthy eating day, We done a lot of work with people so they understood both the European Elections and Local Council Elections We have produced easy read information leaflets for Darent Valley Hospital and we are just finishing a SEPSIS poster for World SEPSIS day.
Ran workshops on confidence building and self-esteem Held a Film Premiere showing the films we had made in 2017/2018 Had information stalls at Darent Valley Hospital Supported Linda and Sam to run the Book Beyond Words group in Swale Started working on The Hidden Gems booklet Started working on the Box of Bits Produced Kent Savers Easy Read Leaflets
What we want to do in the next 6 months and beyond..
Delivery groups IPAG (independent police advisory group) Elders Forum DEMENTIA HAPI HEALTH LeDr
Carrying on supporting Groups and Meetings
Moan and Groan Friday Easy Read Information JIP working group JIP Self Advocacy Groups Buddy Group Books Beyond Words Local council meetings Ebbsfleet development Clinical Commissioning Health Inequalities meeting
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Between now and March 2020 The following pieces of work will be finished. Domestic abuse leaflet Kent Police. Domestic Abuse Booklet -identifying types of abuse. The Sepsis leaflet And Hidden Gems
Dementia Awareness Workshop How the Job Centre can help you and Internet Safety Training and We are speaking at a conference for Letting Agents and Landlords on how they can help their tenants who have learning disabilities
We are applying for funding for the buddy group. Our aim is in the future we are working towards supporting the members of the group to learn to
We would continue to support the NHS and Darent Valley Hospital Hospital Access and Planning and Ideas Group H.A.P.I Easy Read Information Supporting with the NHS Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment
We are planning a community concert for next September in Swale. We already have some local bands and the rock choir interested in taking part. (Music Matters)
Buddy Group Applying for funding The funding will pay for supporting people to learn how to run the group for themselves in the future.
We asked people what they would like to see the grant used for Here’s what some of them said.