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Exchanging
Ideas & Information
Information
is a shared resource. The important thing about this exchange of ideas
and information is the transaction itself. Information needs to be tempered
with experience and wisdom. This is what people add to the process.
Local
Forums
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open meetings held to gather views of users and carers on: Dental
Services, Sheltered Housing, Day Care for older people, Direct Payments,
Occupational Therapy, Out-of-hours Services, New Pension Service,
Advocacy Highland, Dementia Awareness, Podiatry, Respite Care, Occupational
Therapy Best Value Review
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members attend and input into the proceedings of the Joint Committee
for Community Care
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collaborated with Raigmore hospital to set up wheelchair service users
groups
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forum newsletters reach over 5000 individuals and groups in Highland
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worked with Young Carers in Skye and Gairloch to support the Highland
Young Carers Strategy
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workers and members attend Local Action Network meetings, LHCCs, LIGs
and can be represented on CED Groups, CABs, Drug and Alcohol Forums
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provided reports and information for the HCCF and local web sites
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Badenoch & Strathspey initiated discussion of a second hand bookshop
 Highland
Users Group
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HUG newsletters revamped and distributed with more focus on self-help,
positive stories and personal testimony. Psychology Department at
New Craigs agreed to do a series of articles about keeping mentally
healthy
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HUG meetings act as forum for passing on news of the activities of
HUG members and workers
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HUG Round Table acts as a way of passing on news amongst branches
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HUG bulletin acts as a way of keeping key decision makers such as
MPs, MSPs and councillors informed about our views
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HUG reports are widely distributed and read across the Highlands and
beyond and have created changes in service delivery as a result
Highland
Carers Project
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New Craigs Relatives Group met regularly for mutual support, sharing
of information and to discuss issues with agencies involved in New
Craigs resettlement programme. Relatives travel from around Highland
and as far away as Aberdeen and Western Isles to attend these meetings
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information packs on “Relatives Rights” and “Adults
with Incapacity Act” produced for New Craigs Relatives
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contact between relatives from previous and current resettlement programmes
facilitated to provide mutual support and information
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Carers Bulletin circulation now 600 with six editions a year in response
to greater volume of information and news for carers
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updated Carers Information Pack has nine new information sheets: e.g.
Direct Payments, Power of Attorney, Caring for a Person with a Mental
Illness
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New Carers Project database enables more detailed analysis of enquiries
to be undertaken
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carers attended a workshop on the Adults with Incapacity Act
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Young Carers Information Worker appointed
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production of a Highland Young Carers Support and Information Pack
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set up message boards, accessed through the HCCF website, as a facility
for young carers nationally to communicate online
People
First
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members attended meetings of other People First groups in the Highlands
to exchange news
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all groups contributed to the ideas expressed in the People First
section of the HCCF business plan currently being developed
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invited to elect a member to the committee of People First Scotland
following a visit by a representative
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HCCF
keeps the network up to date with information about national developments. |
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Annual
Review 2004
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