Newsletter July 2016 We're Oxfordshire Charity of the Year 2016!
Newsletter July 2016 We’re Oxfordshire Charity of the Year 2016!
We’re very excited to have won Oxfordshire’s Charity of the Year award for 2016. Here’s some pictures of us at the awards ceremony.
www.mylifemychoice.org.uk
Charity number: 1073247
My Life My Choice News Money from the Local Sustainability Fund My Life My Choice has been awarded £94,458 from a grant called the Local Sustainability Fund. What will we spend the money on?
Recruiting and training a new Power Up Coordinator to develop our Power Up training.
Training a new Inspections Coordinator to develop work like Quality Checkers and Care and Treatment Reviews. This work involves people with learning disabilities being paid to monitor and check services that they have experience of.
Paying somebody to help us check that we are following the law and help us with our policies.
Advice from the Foundation for Social Improvement.
Training for our trustees.
100 club 100 club committee members went to the train station and asked staff to pick the winners of the June draw. The winners were John Jackson and Yvonne Price. John kindly donated his £100 prize to My Life My Choice—thank you John! Next year’s 100 Club tickets are now for sale! Buy one for a chance to win £100 first prize and £25 second prize.
July 2016 Newsletter
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Staff changes
Alex, Patty and Clerence have all left My Life My Choice. We want to thank them for all their hard work for the charity. We will miss them!
We also have 6 new members of staff...
Jess is our Power Up Coordinator. She works in the office.
Ros is the new Group Leader for the Wantage and Henley Groups.
Lydia is our new Finance and Admin Worker. She works in the office part time.
Hayley is the new Group Leader for the Didcot and Abingdon Groups.
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Tina is our new Stingray Coordinator. She also runs the Oxford Group.
Paula is the new Group Leader for the Oxford Young People’s Group.
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Champion news MLMC Champions campaign, lobby and speak up for people who have a learning disability. This month, Paul and Shaun went to London to have a meeting in Parliament.
They met with Suella Fernandes MP and Alistair Burt MP (the Minister for Community and Social Care) to tell them about Connor Sparrowhawk, the Justice for LB Campaign and the problems with Southern Health NHS Services. Afterwards, they watched the parliamentary debate about the failings at Southern Health. Shaun said: “It was a good day out. Alistair Burt listened to what we had to say and I hope that will make a difference. It was interesting to watch a debate in Parliament, but it wasn’t very easy to understand.” Jackie, Shaun, Kate and Michael had a meeting with Tim Smart. Tim Smart is the interim Chair of Southern Health. We asked him about the sale of Slade House, funding for our health checks work, and how he plans to engage with people with learning disabilities. He said “I want to make sure that I’m meeting with groups of people with learning disabilities” and “The NHS needs to enable people with learning disabilities to fulfil their potential.” Follow @OxChampions on Twitter or read the blog on our website to find out more about what MLMC Champions get up to.
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Transforming care event In May we held a workshop about the Oxfordshire Transforming Care Plan. The Transforming Care Plan will make services better for people with learning disabilities who display behaviour that challenges. MLMC has been working with Oxfordshire Family Support Network, Autism Oxford, and the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to write the plan. We asked people with learning disabilities and families what they thought of our ideas so far. Aims of the Transforming Care Plan Overall: To enable people with learning disabilities and / or autism to have a good, meaningful and “ordinary” life. 1. To improve people’s health. 2. To improve the quality of support. 3. To help people stay safe. 4. To enable people to have an active voice and role in their community. 5. To improve support for families and
carers. 6. To improve the continuity of care for
children and families when preparing and / or moving into adulthood. 7. To improve early intervention and
support for children and families. 8. To improve people’s housing options and choices about where they live.
July 2016 Newsletter
This is what Dawn thinks needs to happen.
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Join a MLMC group Abingdon group is 7pm—9pm at 35 Ock Street
Wednesday 20 July, Wednesday 21 September, Wednesday 19 October Banbury group is 1.45pm—3.45pm at the Ruscote Community Hall Thursday 28 July, Thursday 25 August, Thursday 22 September Carterton group is 7.15pm—9.15pm at the ICE Centre Tuesday 12 July, Tuesday 13 September, Tuesday 25 October Chipping Norton is 1pm—3pm at The Albion, 1 Market Place Thursday 21 July, Thursday 18 August, Thursday 15 September Didcot group is 10.30am—12.30 pm at Didcot Methodist Church Wednesday 13 July, Wednesday 17 August, Wednesday 21 September Henley group is 7pm-9pm at Henley YMCA
Monday 18 July, Monday 15 August, Monday 12 September Oxford group is 2.30pm-2.30pm at Albion Day Time Support Wednesday 27 July, Wednesday 24 August, Wednesday 7 September
Oxford Young People’s group is 6.30pm—7.30pm at the MLMC Offices Wednesday 27 July, Wednesday 17 August, Wednesday 21 September Wantage group is 7pm—9pm at the Wantage Methodist Church Tuesday 12 July, Tuesday 13 September, Wednesday 12 October Dates and venues sometimes change, so if you’re coming to a group for the first time please phone the office to double check.
Get in touch My Life My Choice, The Jam Factory, 27 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HU 01865 204214 www.mylifemychoice.org.uk @mylifemychoice1
www.facebook.com/1mlmc
We’re very excited to have won Oxfordshire’s Charity of the Year award for 2016. Here’s some pictures of us at the awards ceremony.
www.mylifemychoice.org.uk
Charity number: 1073247
My Life My Choice News Money from the Local Sustainability Fund My Life My Choice has been awarded £94,458 from a grant called the Local Sustainability Fund. What will we spend the money on?
Recruiting and training a new Power Up Coordinator to develop our Power Up training.
Training a new Inspections Coordinator to develop work like Quality Checkers and Care and Treatment Reviews. This work involves people with learning disabilities being paid to monitor and check services that they have experience of.
Paying somebody to help us check that we are following the law and help us with our policies.
Advice from the Foundation for Social Improvement.
Training for our trustees.
100 club 100 club committee members went to the train station and asked staff to pick the winners of the June draw. The winners were John Jackson and Yvonne Price. John kindly donated his £100 prize to My Life My Choice—thank you John! Next year’s 100 Club tickets are now for sale! Buy one for a chance to win £100 first prize and £25 second prize.
July 2016 Newsletter
Page 1
Staff changes
Alex, Patty and Clerence have all left My Life My Choice. We want to thank them for all their hard work for the charity. We will miss them!
We also have 6 new members of staff...
Jess is our Power Up Coordinator. She works in the office.
Ros is the new Group Leader for the Wantage and Henley Groups.
Lydia is our new Finance and Admin Worker. She works in the office part time.
Hayley is the new Group Leader for the Didcot and Abingdon Groups.
July 2016 Newsletter
Tina is our new Stingray Coordinator. She also runs the Oxford Group.
Paula is the new Group Leader for the Oxford Young People’s Group.
Page 2
Champion news MLMC Champions campaign, lobby and speak up for people who have a learning disability. This month, Paul and Shaun went to London to have a meeting in Parliament.
They met with Suella Fernandes MP and Alistair Burt MP (the Minister for Community and Social Care) to tell them about Connor Sparrowhawk, the Justice for LB Campaign and the problems with Southern Health NHS Services. Afterwards, they watched the parliamentary debate about the failings at Southern Health. Shaun said: “It was a good day out. Alistair Burt listened to what we had to say and I hope that will make a difference. It was interesting to watch a debate in Parliament, but it wasn’t very easy to understand.” Jackie, Shaun, Kate and Michael had a meeting with Tim Smart. Tim Smart is the interim Chair of Southern Health. We asked him about the sale of Slade House, funding for our health checks work, and how he plans to engage with people with learning disabilities. He said “I want to make sure that I’m meeting with groups of people with learning disabilities” and “The NHS needs to enable people with learning disabilities to fulfil their potential.” Follow @OxChampions on Twitter or read the blog on our website to find out more about what MLMC Champions get up to.
July 2016 Newsletter
Page 3
Transforming care event In May we held a workshop about the Oxfordshire Transforming Care Plan. The Transforming Care Plan will make services better for people with learning disabilities who display behaviour that challenges. MLMC has been working with Oxfordshire Family Support Network, Autism Oxford, and the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to write the plan. We asked people with learning disabilities and families what they thought of our ideas so far. Aims of the Transforming Care Plan Overall: To enable people with learning disabilities and / or autism to have a good, meaningful and “ordinary” life. 1. To improve people’s health. 2. To improve the quality of support. 3. To help people stay safe. 4. To enable people to have an active voice and role in their community. 5. To improve support for families and
carers. 6. To improve the continuity of care for
children and families when preparing and / or moving into adulthood. 7. To improve early intervention and
support for children and families. 8. To improve people’s housing options and choices about where they live.
July 2016 Newsletter
This is what Dawn thinks needs to happen.
Page 4
Join a MLMC group Abingdon group is 7pm—9pm at 35 Ock Street
Wednesday 20 July, Wednesday 21 September, Wednesday 19 October Banbury group is 1.45pm—3.45pm at the Ruscote Community Hall Thursday 28 July, Thursday 25 August, Thursday 22 September Carterton group is 7.15pm—9.15pm at the ICE Centre Tuesday 12 July, Tuesday 13 September, Tuesday 25 October Chipping Norton is 1pm—3pm at The Albion, 1 Market Place Thursday 21 July, Thursday 18 August, Thursday 15 September Didcot group is 10.30am—12.30 pm at Didcot Methodist Church Wednesday 13 July, Wednesday 17 August, Wednesday 21 September Henley group is 7pm-9pm at Henley YMCA
Monday 18 July, Monday 15 August, Monday 12 September Oxford group is 2.30pm-2.30pm at Albion Day Time Support Wednesday 27 July, Wednesday 24 August, Wednesday 7 September
Oxford Young People’s group is 6.30pm—7.30pm at the MLMC Offices Wednesday 27 July, Wednesday 17 August, Wednesday 21 September Wantage group is 7pm—9pm at the Wantage Methodist Church Tuesday 12 July, Tuesday 13 September, Wednesday 12 October Dates and venues sometimes change, so if you’re coming to a group for the first time please phone the office to double check.
Get in touch My Life My Choice, The Jam Factory, 27 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HU 01865 204214 www.mylifemychoice.org.uk @mylifemychoice1
www.facebook.com/1mlmc
