Meetings

Meetings

We are pleased to announce, following our successful trial meeting between DPUN and PBUN, we are now holding joint meetings as detailed below:

Direct Payments Users Meeting/Personal Budgets Users Meeting:
Monday7th December 2009
Silver End Village Hall
Broadway
Silver End
CM8 3RQ

Please see below list of dates for all meetings in 2010:

Monday 1st February 2010
Monday 12th April 2010
Monday 7th June 2010
Monday 2nd August 2010
Monday 4th October 2010
Monday 6th December 2010

Please note all of the above meetings are to be held at Silver End Village Hall.

ALL MEETINGS START AT 10:30AM

Our meeting format is very important to us and our members as the Direct Payments Users Network (DPUN) Bi-Monthly Meetings are designed to get greater Service Users involvement. The meeting format is as follows:

10.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.: Closed Session, for Direct Payments (DP) users only. This session allows Service Users to talk in private without any Essex County Council staff or support services representatives being present. Any issues from Service Users can be brought up in main meeting without identifying the person who raised the issue.

11.30 a.m. - 12.00 midday: Advisory Session from Essex Personal Assistance Support Service (PASS) or Independent Living Advocacy Ltd (ILA) Essex.

12.00 - 1.00 p.m. Lunch and Networking, also a Duty Advocate is available to give one-to-one advice if required

1.00 p.m.: Main Meeting with Direct Payment Users, Council Officers & Support Services personnel present.

During lunchtime and at the end of the main meeting the Service Users can meet with real people from Essex County Council and Support Services staff to discuss their personal Direct Payment issues. We have had feedback from our members who say that this is most important to them as the individual contact makes them feel valued as a person, rather than a number.

Essex PASS
(Essex Personal Assistance Support Service) provides support to disabled people employing Personal Assistants in Essex

DPSS
The Direct Payment Support Service provides information and advice to people applying for a Direct Payment, their families and Social Workers

ILA Essex
Independent Living Advocacy Ltd Essex an independent formal advocacy service managed by disabled people.

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