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Guide for supporters

National Forum of People with Learning Disabilities Meeting

Session Preparation and support needed Minutes and actions taken

Before the meeting: Go through the minutes with your regional rep. Highlight any areas you are unsure of or points you want to raise. If your regional rep has been asked to complete an action, check whether this has been done. During the meeting: Support to raise concerns or ask questions if needed.

Money report, results of the election

Before the meeting: Look at the money report from the last meeting. During the meeting: Support to raise concerns or ask questions if needed.

Regional Report

Before the meeting: Make sure you have worked with the regional rep to prepare the report using the template provided. Send it to Lucy at Inclusion North before the meeting or within a week of the meeting so it can be added to the

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minutes During the meeting: Support the rep to talk through the report and to answer questions that other might have. Support your rep to write down one of the main things that each area talked about on the sheet provided. The rep can use this as part of their feedback to the region about the National Forum meeting.

About our region

Before the meeting: This session will focus on the Yorkshire and Humber region. Let the rep know this- it will be all about what is happening across this region for self-advocates. During the meeting: Support the rep to ask questions where appropriate. Write down the main thing that the Yorkshire and Humber region talked about on the sheet provided.

A good life

Before the meeting: Prepare the regional rep for this session with Christian and Matt. Look at the minutes from the last session and talk to your rep about Christian’s session. During the meeting: Support the rep to ask questions where appropriate After the meeting:

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Support the rep to think about how these ideas could work in their region.

Transforming Care in the regions

Before the meeting: Talk to your regional rep/co-ordinator about what is happening with Transforming Care in your region. During the meeting: Support the rep to ask questions where appropriate. After the meeting: Support the rep to take this back to their region.

Hospitals not Homes

During the meeting: Support the rep to ask questions where appropriate. After the meeting: Support the rep to take this back to their region.

Expenses

During the meeting: Make sure you complete your expense forms so we can pay you quickly!

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People with Learning Disabilities

Before the meeting: Support your regional rep to think about what support there is in their region for people with learning disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. After the meeting:

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Help your rep think about how they can share with their region the links and support that is available.

National update

During the meeting: Support the rep to ask questions where appropriate After the meeting: Support the rep to take this back to the region.

Update on the Green Paper progress

After the meeting: Support the rep to take this back to their region.

Workplan priorities

During the meeting: Make sure you have the sheet with the key messages from each area you completed yesterday to hand

Talking about Loneliness

Before the meeting: Support your rep to find out what is happening in your region to support people who may be lonely. During the meeting: This is a difficult topic so make sure that the rep is comfortable. After the meeting: Support the rep to take this back to their region.

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Plans for the next meeting

During the meeting: Make sure you note down the dates of the next Forum meeting, and any actions you need to take away!

Any Other Business

Before the meeting: Talk to your regional rep about whether they have anything they want to talk about that isn’t on the agenda.

Feedback sheets

During the meeting: Make sure you support your regional rep to complete your feedback sheet so we know what worked and what didn’t work for you!