1. ‘Respect – Integrity – Inclusiveness - Commitment’
‘Partnership’ and ‘Accountability’
Welcome the Third Sector Forum here in [locality], these are your events, your opportunity to network and engage with other Third Sector organisations and partners, enable you to bring your experience, views and ideas on how the sector can contribute to our community planning partners and hopefully drive forward a positive outlook for this sector by highlighting the impact it has on the local and wider communities of South Lanarkshire.
We would encourage you to get involved and contribute to what is your forum.

2. Break and a chance to network –
Agenda
A brief overview of how the first year of the TSF has performed.
Getting it Right for South Lanarkshire’s Children and Families Children’s Services Plan
Community Safety Officer Police Scotland, Safer Communities.
Sense Scotland, South Lanarkshire Inclusive Communication Project.
Break and a chance to network –
Table top discussions
Aspiring Communities Fund
Volunteer Friendly
Over to you and your chance to discuss locality matters.
One of the areas of feedback from the last event was a request for more networking time, hopefully today we can accommodate this after the break with the table top discussions and your chance to discuss locality issues.

3. How was the first full year of the TSF?
16 events were delivered during 2016.
The feedback has improved steadily throughout, highlighting that the shift to locality events is resulting in better networking and engagement.
The average attendance over the year sits at 84, with 247 organisations attending over the year.
Key points of feedback from 2016,
The interactive element has again provided some useful analysis of the sector, as you may remember we asked that you discuss and then align your organisations work with the three priority areas as identified by the Health and Social Care partnership. The results over the four events highlight the following;
Percentage of Organisations
Mental Health and Wellbeing: 37%
Intermediate Care: %
Early Intervention, Prevention and Health Improvement: 43%
Organisation who identified with;
1 area of work: %
2 areas of work: %
3 areas of work: %
This type of information will start to inform locality planning groups, providing a clear view on the level and types of Third Sector organisation out there who are contributing to key areas of need,  
2017 will hopefully build on the momentum of the Third Sector Forum by involving more partners to engage with these locality events, creating a defined platform for engagement with the wider Third Sector.

4. How was the first full year of the TSF?
Key points of feedback from 2016.
The steady increase in feedback over the year

5. How was the first full year of the TSF?
Good to hear other people and their work.
Valuable opportunity to share and learn.
Always a great opportunity to meet groups working in the area.
Great meeting gained a lot.
Impressed by the number of organisations present.
It help me discover where we fit in the Third Sector.
Worthwhile presentations and discussions.
Key points of feedback from 2016
Good to hear other people and their work.
Valuable opportunity to share and learn.
Always a great opportunity to meet groups working in the area.
Good connections made, gained new knowledge.
Learned about support agencies.
Great meeting gained a lot.
It help me discover where we fit in the Third Sector.
Impressed by the number of organisations present.
Worthwhile presentations and discussions.
Maybe have a sign on the door of the room.
A chance to get views from other organisations.
A good morning with valuable discussion.
Good quality of information.
Would have preferred more time for networking.
Always informative.
The purpose of the activity could have been explained better, felt artificially pigeon-holed into categories.
More information on linking companies and community groups.

6. Engage with it, help to build awareness of these events.
This is your forum,
Engage with it, help to build awareness of these events.
Contribute to the agenda.
Create an engagement platform for consultation with Community Planning Partners.
Lets build on the momentum of the Forum by involving more organisations and partners to engage with these locality events, creating a defined platform for engagement with the wider Third Sector.

7. All events will run from 9.00 am until 1.00pm (finishing with lunch),
Input to Children’s Services, Getting it Right for South Lanarkshire’s Children and Families Children’s Services Plan
Holiday Inn East Kilbride covering East Kilbride and Cambuslang/Rutherglen localities (Thursday 16th March) and;
The Radstone Hotel, Larkhall covering Clydesdale and Hamilton localities (Thursday 23rd March).
All events will run from 9.00 am until 1.00pm (finishing with lunch),
a programme for the events will be available soon.
If your interested in attending please contact Ann Sangster:
You may be aware of the current Realigning Children's Services programme and the intention of ensuring that resource investment in South Lanarkshire best matches identified need. You may also be aware of the demands placed on children’s services partners by the Children and Young People’s Scotland Act 2014 i.e. to put in place robust Children’s Rights Reporting procedures and a refreshed Children’s Services Plan that best safeguards, supports and promotes the wellbeing of children and young people. One of the criteria for the above aim, is that stakeholders at all levels are involved in the process and consulted with. To this end the Children's Services strategy Group have agreed to prioritise events as part of the Children's Service Plan consultation and preparation process.
one event in the Holiday Inn East Kilbride covering East Kilbride and Cambuslang/Rutherglen localities (Thursday 16th March) and * one event in the Radstone Hotel, Larkhall covering Clydesdale and Hamilton localities (Thursday 23rd March). All events will run from 9.00 am until 1.00pm (finishing with lunch), a programme for the events will be available soon.
If you are interested in contributing we have agree with partners that representatives from across the Third Sector can attend one of these events, there will be a limit on numbers and you will need to be involved in services for children.

8. Community Safety Officer Police Scotland, Safer Communities.
Internet safety/social media
Crime Prevention/Doorstep crime
Drugs/NPS (legal Highs)
WRAP (workshop to raise awareness for Prevent) this would be for staff/volunteers/workers and is a government driven input.
PC Gillian Fothergill covers Clydesdale and Hamilton Localities -

9. South Lanarkshire Inclusive Communication Project.
Sense Scotland’s Inclusive Communication Project.
One of the 19 projects funded through the Health and Social Care Partnerships Integrated Care Fund.
(For info the contact is Jacky Smith)

10. Communication Connection Project Inclusive Communication- Health and Wellbeing

11. Who are we? - Sense Scotland
“Transforming lives through trust, relationships and communication.”
We are a Scottish charity set up by parents of Deafblind children over 30 years ago. We support both children and adults with complex communication support needs across our services in Scotland.

12. Services We work to support people across the whole of Scotland.
The service we offer in Lanarkshire are:

13. TouchBase Lanarkshire – Day support
TouchBase Lanarkshire is a new, exciting and fully accessible base for people with communication support needs in Lanarkshire.

15. Early Years
Early Years – Up to 9th Birthday With support from the Scottish Government, we have dedicated Early Years Advisers who can support families in those early years.

16. Family Advisory Service
Our family advisors cover the whole of Scotland and offer support from pre-birth. We can provide you and your family with benefits advice, representation and how to cope with the transitions of life.

17. One Giant Leap
One Giant Leap is Sense Scotland's programme for young people with disabilities to help them make the leap from school to adult life.
Starting in South Lanarkshire in Summer 2017
Bases at TouchBase Lanarkshire

18. Other Services in Lanarkshire
Short Breaks
We provide short breaks for adults who have communication support needs in our dedicated service in Blantyre.

19. Housing Support Services
Supporting people in their own homes
Out and About Services
Supporting both children and adults to get out in the community

20. Communication Connector Project
Communication Connector is based at TouchBase Lanarkshire (Hamilton)
Is funded by the South Lanarkshire Third Sector Interface health and social care integration fund, and managed by Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire (VASLAN).

21. Project Outcomes and Targets
People with Communication Support Needs (CSNs) can exercise more choice and control over their care and support, enabling greater involvement in improving their health and wellbeing.

22. Definitions
Inclusive communication means sharing information in a way that everybody can understand.
People have communication support needs if they need support with understanding, expressing themselves or interacting with others.

23. Support
This includes
Increased access to materials, technology and trained staff
Support with setting own personal outcomes
Offering support to local health teams on how to best communicate with people who have communication support needs to participate in their own care 

24. Support to other organisations
Local businesses, community groups, voluntary and public organisations receive support and training around inclusive communication.
Leading to increased engagement of people who have communication support needs.

25. Sharing
We will organise and facilitate practice sharing workshops across public and voluntary organisations
Build links with other organisations to promote inclusive communication
Create a web based library of resources

26. This Hub is aimed at anyone with an interest in improving their inclusive communication tools and processes. The Hub aims to promote inclusion and accessibility in its content and structure. Throughout this Hub you will find helpful resources in the Library, Case Studies and Blogs from employers and individuals, details of training and the latest news on Inclusive Communication.

27. Why this important?
There are strong
Legal
Business
Human
reasons to adopt inclusive communication.

28. How can we help?
We are fully funded – so our support costs your organisation nothing.
We can offer support until March 2018 in South Lanarkshire
We can offer Inclusive Communication Sessions tailored to your organisation or business

29. Our Inclusive Communication Training generally lasts for 1-2 hours, however we can train to fit into your own timescales.
Our training covers the following learning outcomes -

30. Learning Outcomes for Inclusive Communication Training
To understand what inclusive communication is.
To understand what communication support needs are.
To know why inclusive communication is important.
To be equipped with practical tools to be a better communication partner.

31. We can offer practical support to convert your information into different formats such as
Easy read
Braille
Audio
Large print

32. We can offer an accessibility audit service
We can offer a ‘Mystery Shopper’ service
Our facilitators have lived experience of communication support needs, and can advise you on what adjustments would make your business more accessible

33. Feedback from previous Inclusive Communication Sessions

34. A very informative and challenging session (independent café)
The exercise on communicating let us realise how frustrating it can be for the person with different communication needs. Had not appreciated the extent of this.
The simplicity of methods that could be used was also surprising – less complicated than anticipated. (local authority culture and
leisure service)

35. The training was excellent and really helped open my eyes to some of the easy things that we can do to make sure that our office is as inclusive and accessible as possible for everyone (local business)
the session was enjoyable and informative, with many useful practical tips and resources signposted to us which we would not have been aware of otherwise. (local business)

36. Questions?

37. How to contact us Paul Hart Jacky Smith Tina Yu
Telephone: Contact us on

38. - Break -
A chance to network and talk to a selection of organisations showcasing their services.

39. - Aspiring Communities Fund -
Table top discussions
- Aspiring Communities Fund -
- Volunteer Friendly -

40. - Over to You -
Now it’s over to you, are there any point you want to highlight?, areas that you would like VASLan to look at?
It’s your forum, your chance to be involved.

41. - Closing Remarks -