1. Choosing Your Support Providers – to showcase their services to the public. Service Users – to see what services are available, and try them out. LCC – to find out what services people really want, and what services need to be developed.

2. Choosing Your Support 45 Providers200+ attendees flower pressing, arts and crafts, head, hand & shoulder massages, aromatherapy, reflexology, a Nintendo Wii, salsa dancing lessons, relaxation and centring workshops, a digital photography masterclass, cake decorating and many more.

3. Choosing Your Support

4. Research Project

5. About Just Services A small co-operative Work with groups and communities A stronger voice for people using services Work collaboratively with others

6. About the research Partnership working with West Leicestershire Mind mosaic: shaping disability services Self Advocacy in Action

7. About the research Questionnaires Wishing Tree Focus groups Sample group

8. Facts and figures 46 people completed questionnaires 57% of people using services attending the day 18 ideas on the Wishing Tree 38 people attending focus groups

9. Findings People using services have … Enjoyed many different activities in the past Enjoy many different activities in the present Have many aspirations for the future

10. Findings people using services want … Help to source, access and start to use services Clear and understandable information in a range of formats To be treated with respect Concerns about Personal Budgets to be addressed

11. Recommendations There needs to be … Access to a wide range of activities and opportunities for people using Personal Budgets Clarity about the rules for Personal Budgets More events like the one on 2 November 2010 Availability of information

12. Recommendations continued Opportunities for people who cant get out easily Pre-activity or service support Making sure people dont speak for others Changing the way we work

13. What now? Who gets the report? How can we all use this? Any questions?