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There is a lot starting to happen at the moment across Wales. The Assembly is preparing to implement Sustainable Social Services in Wales part of which will be a new Social Services bill which will develop over the next year. It is important that our Alliance is able to share the stories how people are: [...]
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Thanks to ‘The Wakefields’ from Flintshire for this video story about development of a self directed support package for Tom Wakefield. Inspiring stuff
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A talented group of people in Corwen, North Wales are beating the recession and fighting doom and gloom by opening the SIOP GALLU GWNEUD ……………………the CAN DO shop in Corwen. This is a genuine business opportunity as part of a life skills programme for people with learning disabilities and older people. People will be supported [...]
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Richard; living the dream Richard has lived in supported living for more than 5 years but since 2008 moved on to a different service in North Wales. In his own admission he doesn’t very much enjoy socialising in large groups so as a provider we have found it a challenge to engage him in activities [...]
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Chris Chris first came to our services 18 months ago and it was clear from day one that he wanted more autonomy and choice in what he wanted from his life. Despite being placed in a residential care home he wanted to make the place his own. I guess at this stage we were lucky [...]
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Craig Craig has been in residential care in North Wales since 2001 living in an area with little opportunity to make friends but that hasn’t stopped him from being a huge part of his community. Craig very much enjoys collecting things and this has sometimes proved to be challenging for us and him as his [...]
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Pat’s story- moving on Pat left her family home when she was young and went to live at Ely Hospital. She shared a ward with two other women. In the early 1990′s the three women moved to a house in Barry and they lived there for 18 years. Before they moved to their new home, [...]
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Robert’s Story – Getting my own home Robert used to live in a council house in Undy near Magor which is out in the country. The house had stairs but Robert had good legs then. He lived with his Mum and Dad and 2 brothers. When Robert’s Dad died, his Mum took over the tenancy. [...]
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Thanks to Stephen Wyn Jones for this message I have Citizen Directed Support myself and have made lots of changes to my life. I am able to do things I didn’t expect to be able to do before and have lots of new friends.
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Luke Conlon of Community Choice and Inclusion offers us this My thanks to Alan, for the following analogy (Alan spend 8 years trying to find a home of his own and a support system that put him in control, on 3rd May he moved into his own home) An aeroplane cannot fly without resistance of [...]
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