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  • Invitation to the launch of Making it Real: a citizen-led approach to marking progress with personalisation and community-based support
    You are invited to join us for the "live" launch of Making it Real: a citizen-led approach to marking progress with personalisation and community-based support at the Community Care Live conference, taking place on Thursday 17 May 2012. Time: 2:30 - 3:45pmLocation: Room 1, Business Design Centre, London, N1 0QH• Hear Paralympic gold medallist and world record holder Danny Crates share his thoughts on why Making it Real is so important.
  • Leadership for Empowered and Healthy Communities EVENTS
    This national programme, initiated by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), will bring together senior leaders from across the country to explore how senior leaders can grow and nurture local social capital in order to build stronger communities and improve health and wellbeing. The programme, which has been developed through a partnership between the National Skills Academy for Social Care, Skills for Care, NHS South of England (Central), the Think Local Act Personal Partnership and the Local Government Association's Ageing Well Programme, will help to shape the national debate around communities, co-production and public sector leadership.
  • Best Practice in Direct Payments Support
    Best Practice in Direct Payment Support: A guide for commissioners was originally funded by the London Joint Improvement Partnership and describes how to commission really good direct payments support by showcasing examples of innovative practice. It provides a practical toolkit to benchmark against best practice, identify gaps and build a shared view with local people and providers of how to develop the support needed to make DPs an attractive option for more people.
  • NESTA Neighbourhood Challenge
    NESTA's Neighbourhood Challenge project is developing new ways of supporting community-led innovation in order to release creative potential within local communities. This interim paper explores their two main insights so far - that communities, even those with low social capital, have the potential to generate their own solutions to their own priorities.
  • Issac Sameuls' story
    Making it Real for Issac Samuels means choosing a personal assistant that shares the same values and aspirations. Video Troubleshooting If you are experiencing poor video playback we suggest you 'pause' the video and allow it to fully download, then resume watching the video.
  • Issac Samuels' story - Subtitled
    Making it Real for Issac Samuels means choosing a personal assistant that shares the same values and aspirations. Video Troubleshooting If you are experiencing poor video playback we suggest you 'pause' the video and allow it to fully download, then resume watching the video.
  • June Ramadan's story
    Making it Real for June Ramadan means making her own decisions based on how she feels. Watch the BSL and sub-titled version here Video Troubleshooting If you are experiencing poor video playback we suggest you 'pause' the video and allow it to fully download, then resume watching the video.
  • June Ramadan's story - Subtitled
    Making it Real for June Ramadan means making her own decisions based on how she feels. Video Troubleshooting If you are experiencing poor video playback we suggest you 'pause' the video and allow it to fully download, then resume watching the video.
  • Marjory Broughton's story
    Making it Real for Marjory Broughton means better use of resources for people's support. Watch the BSL and sub-titled version here Video Troubleshooting If you are experiencing poor video playback we suggest you 'pause' the video and allow it to fully download, then resume watching the video.
  • Tom McLoughlin-Yip's story
    Making it Real for Tom McLoughlin-Yip means treating people as individuals. Watch the BSL and sub-titled version here Video Troubleshooting If you are experiencing poor video playback we suggest you 'pause' the video and allow it to fully download, then resume watching the video.