NW Regional Forum Conference 2016 Welcome

There are a few things we want to tell you about so you can get involved and have some fun…..

Gingerbread People Find a Gingerbread Person shape. Decorate it – maybe draw your own face? Write or draw a message of support for the Campaign. Stick your Gingerbread person onto the bus. We will send the bus back to the Justice Shed with Richard after Conference

Makaton Challenge You will have been given a team answer sheet. You need to find each member of the conference team and work out what they are signing. Write your answer in the box then get together with your team and make sure you have them all. Post a complete form into the post box in the conference room. One entry per team.

Makaton Challenge Try using as many of the signs that you can remember while you are at conference – it’s the only way to learn. Final challenge Can your team make a sentence to sign to conference? We will ask each team on the last day if they want to sign their sentence to the room. And the winners We will pick 2 correct entries from the box and each team member will win a Regional Forum calendar

Questionnaire Lancaster University want some advice to help improve how prescriptions and medicines are used. Can you fill in a questionnaire? It needs to be done today. Put your entries in the box at the back.

Questionnaire Make sure you put your name on it though. We will pick 10 lucky winners from the box who will win £20 CASH each. The draw will be TONIGHT at the Gala dinner.

- NORTH-WEST SPEAKS OUT

Tell us what’s important to YOU? Come to our Table

N/West LDA will help you tell your Councillors & MPs TODAY Email Tweet @LWLDA

And put them on a Conference Board Conference Views We will take photos of your concerns And put them on a Conference Board

Manchester People First Manchester People First will be around to get your thoughts and ideas on what you think of services in your area.  We would like to get as many of your thoughts down as possible about what is good and what is not so good so the bosses know what you think.

Manchester People First These will be written down in speech bubbles so the big bosses can see and read them when they come to conference on Thursday. Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Cheshire, Warrington, Wirral and Merseyside will use different coloured paper so you can find out easily what people in your area think.

Keeping Your Voices Heard The North West Keeping Your Voices Heard

Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group Self Advocates Elect representatives Being Safe Staying Healthy Living Well Board North West Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group National

Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group Self Advocates Families Elect representatives Being Safe Staying Healthy Living Well Board North West Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group National

Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group Self Advocates Lead Officers Families Elect representatives Being Safe Staying Healthy Living Well Board North West Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group National

Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group National YOUR REPS Families Self Advocates Lead Officers North West Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group Board Representatives elected 2015 - 2017 Representatives elected 2014 - 2016 EACH SUBGROUP HAS A COORDINATOR EACH SUBGROUP LETS THE REF GROUP KNOW ABOUT IT’S WORK AND THE REF GROUP TELLS THE BOARD

Confirm and Challenge Group National YOUR REPS Families Self Advocates Lead Officers North West Confirm and Challenge Group Derek represents the Staying Healthy Group Sean represents the Board Jonathan represents the Living Well Group Mark represents the Being Safe Group Mark and Jonathan represent The National Forum Representatives elected 2015 - 2017

YOUR REPS National Families Self Advocates Lead Officers North West Confirm and Challenge Board Living Well Representatives elected 2015 - 2017 Representatives elected 2014 - 2016 EACH SUBGROUP HAS A COORDINATOR EACH SUBGROUP LETS THE REF GROUP KNOW ABOUT IT’S WORK AND THE REF GROUP TELLS THE BOARD Universal Services Education Social Care

YOUR REPS National Families Self Advocates Lead Officers North West Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group Board Staying Healthy Representatives elected 2015 - 2017 Representatives elected 2014 - 2016 Janice will be giving us some feedback on our self assessment Winterbourne View Health equalities Framework Positive Behaviour Support Health Networks Public Health

YOUR REPS National Families Self Advocates Lead Officers North West Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group Board Being Safe Representatives elected 2015 - 2017 Representatives standing down 2016 Safeguarding Quality Support Community Connections

National Families Self Advocates Julia Erskine Denise Allen OR Gail Ranford Representatives elected 2015 - 2017 Jonathan Hurley – vacancy as Jonathan is now Co-Chair of the National Forum Mark Shackleton

All Representatives will meet. We meet 4 times a year Self Advocates Regional Forum All Representatives will meet. We meet 4 times a year The meetings are so you can – Find out what your representatives have been doing for you Tell them the things you want them to take to their meetings for you

All Representatives will meet. We meet 4 times a year Regional Families Forum All Representatives will meet. We meet 4 times a year The meetings are so you can – Find out what your representatives have been doing for you Tell them the things you want them to take to their meetings for you

All Representatives will meet. We meet 4 times a year Lead Officers Forum All Representatives will meet. We meet 4 times a year The meetings are so you can – Find out what your representatives have been doing for you Tell them the things you want them to take to their meetings for you

Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group WHAT WE NOW HAVE National Families Self Advocates Lead Officers North West Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group Board Need to remember that this is all about support to improve and change what we do so people have better outcomes. So we can ask for help, especially in the areas where we have a red light or an amber. Being Safe Staying Healthy Living Well

Do you think being a regional representative is for you?

Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group WHAT WE NOW HAVE 1 vacancy – video nominations closed 9th February, you can watch them tonight to help you decide who you want to vote for. National North West Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group 1 vacancy Board 1 vacancy Being Safe Staying Healthy Living Well Need to remember that this is all about support to improve and change what we do so people have better outcomes. So we can ask for help, especially in the areas where we have a red light or an amber. 3 vacancies 2 vacancies 4 vacancies

Representatives Must be committed to coming to meetings Must be interested in the subject Must be willing to listen to other people, speak up for people with a learning disability and report back to the Forum about what you have been doing.

Think That’s for you? Make a poster. Make sure you write your name and why you think you would be a good representative on it – however you want to. Give your poster to one of the team from Pathways. You can nominate yourself for more than one group.

Voting If there are more people than vacancies conference will need to vote. We will tell you tomorrow when conference opens which groups you need to vote for and how you can vote.

Nominations Nominations OPEN now and CLOSE at 8 pm Wednesday 24th February. Nominations will not be accepted after this time.

Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group WHAT WE NOW HAVE National Families Self Advocates Lead Officers North West Learning Disability Confirm and Challenge Group Board Need to remember that this is all about support to improve and change what we do so people have better outcomes. So we can ask for help, especially in the areas where we have a red light or an amber. Being Safe Staying Healthy Living Well

GOOD LUCK