1. The Get Involved Group Advocacy and Benefits Advice Wednesday 29 June 2016 Friend’s Meeting House 2pm – 5pm

2. Agenda 2.00pm – Intro, Ice breaker & Updates
2.20pm – Advocacy Intro and presentation
2.30pm – Advocacy group workshops
3.05pm – Feedback and questions
3.30pm – Break
3.50pm – Disability Advice Centre Q&A
4.50pm – Feedback Forms and evaluation
5.00pm – Close

3. Ice Breaker and Intros!
Introduce yourself, how you heard about the meeting and your first memory of money

4. We’ve changed our name to…
Blurb and pish about PP

5. GIG & Possability People Updates
Looking After Yourself Consultation
Lonely Planet Accessible Brighton Guide
BSUH Patient / Service User Disability Group meeting on Thurs 14 July, 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Newsletter articles and content!
Right Track Support Group – 7 July 2016

6. Ground rules Keep to the topic! Maintain confidentiality
Participate, do not dominate
Only share what you are comfortable sharing
Be open to hearing other points of view

7. It’s about giving people…
Advocacy
What is advocacy?
It’s about giving people…
VOICE CHOICE CONTROL

8. We Support… People with a physical and/ or
sensory impairment. Including people who are Deaf or hard of hearing

9. BHAP We are part of the BHAP along with… MIND (Mental Health)
SPEAKOUT (Learning disability)
AGE UK (People aged 50+)
IMPETUS (Learning disability & family court)

10. We can support you to… We are on your side
Understand & exercise your rights
Make your views & wishes heard
Challenge decisions that affect you & support
to make complaints
Support at meetings & appointments
Identify & understand individual issues & look
at options
We are on your side

11. Contact us…
Phone:
Website:

12. What issues do you face that specialist advocacy could help with?
2.30pm – 2.40pm = Group discussions on tables
2.40 – 2.45 = Feedback and identify themes/case studies for each group to work on

13. Advocacy Issues… For Example… Social Care Housing Complaints
Finance & Benefits
2.45pm – 3.05pm = In-depth group work detailing journey of given case study / issues on tables
3.05pm – 3.20 = FEEDBACK from group as a whole

14. Break Time!
3.30pm - break

15. Disability Advice Centre
Free independent and confidential advice on disability related matters
3.45pm – 4.45pm

16. AOB
Any other comments?
4.50pm
Feedback forms

17. Evelyn Glennie Court, Somerset St,
Tuesday 16 August 2016
2pm – 5pm
Evelyn Glennie Court, Somerset St,
Brighton, BN2 1LT