Local Info

Thursday February 16th 2006

Signage and wayfinding

New government key document- signage and wayfinding for people with learning difficulties.

Friday February 10th 2006

Easy read - Consumer Audit of Person Centred Planning in Hampshire

Southampton Centre for Independent Living have completed a consumer audit of person centred planning in Hampshire and the person centred planning team project.

Thursday February 9th 2006

Basketball club in Eastleigh

Eastleigh Disability Leisure Access Group are running a Basketball club at Eastleigh College, Chestnut Avenue, 10am-11am.

The club runs every other Saturday and costs £2 a session.

Everyone is welcome. For more details please contact James Coney 02380 688489

Wednesday February 8th 2006

Handy Hints for Planning with People who have High Support Needs

When people have a lot of needs and difficulty in communicating it can be hard to know what they want. This makes planning a challenge for their circle of support.

Lots of people have helped us by giving their good ideas. To help you, we have put these together as a useful guide.

Thanks to everybody who shared their ideas with us at the workshop in Hampshire in January 2006.

Wednesday February 1st 2006

New Forest centre runs great person centred planning sessions

New Forest Day Services have made great use of some extra funding to help people start thinking about their person-centred plans.

They applied to the Adult & Community Learning Unit (part of Hampshire County Council); for funding and then set up sessions for a small group.

People worked on things like their best day; what do people like about me; their wishes; life story lines with smiley faces on the happiest times. They used drawings and disposable cameras which made things more fun and accessible. They also had a local couple come in to talk about their own plan and how it had helped.

The course got really positive feedback - so much that people have asked for more person-centred planning!