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Exchanging
Ideas & Information
If
information is power then ideas are the means by which its power is
harnessed. In the digital age we all have to become interpreters of
information. It is vital to create conditions in which information and
ideas can flow freely. People must be able to see what others are doing
and find out what works and what doesn't. People need to keep talking
to one another.
Local
Forums
- Local
Forums involved in feedback on the single shared assessment
- Highland
review of Occupational Therapy being delivered through Local Forum
- Getting
Involved video shown at a variety of major conferences in Scotland
promoting the work of service users and carers in Highland
- HCCF
and Local Forum web sites provide opportunities for sharing information
- carer
members of Local Forums, particularly Gairloch, participated in the
development of the Carers Strategy
- Local
Forum staff from Skye participated in the development of Young Carers
Strategy
- Gairloch
Local Forum facilitator involved in school talks about community care
HUG
- HUG
newsletters provided information, service development updates and
opportunities to share ideas
- reports
on Respite Care, Stigma, Current Issues in Mental Health, and Discharge
from Hospital included in existing list of HUG reports available on
paper or from the HUG web site
- published
a special edition of Moonstruck together with a collection of members'
poetry
- updated
HUG web site provides a continually changing publication outlet for
news, talks and reports
Highland
Carers Project
- Carers
Conference held in Carers Week in June 2002 enabled a direct contribution
from carers to carers' legislation and the Highland Carers Strategy
Review
- two
carers and Project Development Officer attended Princess Royal Trust
10th birthday lunch with HRH Princess Anne
- the
project sent 12 people to Pontins Holiday Centre (6 carers and their
families)
- Carers
Project was represented at an International Conference on Caring in
Washington DC
- carers
online discussion set up to enable exchange of ideas through the internet
- £5,856
funding raised on behalf of carers through the PRTC Trust Funds for
breaks; general relief; bursaries; and young carers' educational funds.
New Transport fund introduced March 2003
- 645
enquiries were received this year, ranging from very complex issues
to straightforward requests for an Information Pack. Complex issues
included - power of attorney, record of needs, respite requests, transport,
heating/equipment advice; simple requests included - direct payments,
benefits, community care assessments and free personal care
- assisted
two carers to attend two Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
conferences with project workers
People
First
- People
First members regularly dropped into HCCF's base at Highland House
to work on newsletters, posters and the organisation of meetings
- in
Caithness members met with the local MP and MSPs on a regular basis
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HCCF
organised 4 major events involving the whole network: Joint
Future, Election Messages, Carers Conference, Annual Conference |
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Annual
Report 2003
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