Peterborough Person Centred Planning Project

Facilitator – Caroline Garner

Email: caroline.garner@circlesnetwork.org.uk

Tel: 07762 618882

The Peterborough Learning Disability Partnership Board have funded us since January 2006 to support disabled young people with Person centred planning, developing Circle's of support and advocacy across the city.

The Project supports young people and adults with a learning disability and their families from the age of 16 who live in and around Peterborough.

The project objectives are to:

           assist young people to create their own person centred plan.

           make presentations to local working teams and organizations.

           assist young people to create a circle of support

           support young people in an advocacy role.

           recruit and train circle members.

           identify natural facilitators and offer them support

           organise local gatherings.

A person centred plan and or Circle of support is very valuable to a young disabled person particularly around the time they are moving from school and Children's service's into adulthood. We call this period transition. Often young people are either left out of decision making or are unclear about the choices/options they have for their future.

Lewis's Story

Lewis attends Phoenix school in Peterborough. He is 18 years old. Lewis has been supported to set up a Circle of support. The members of his circle are all volunteers made up of family, non-disabled friends and workers from school that know him well.
The group meet regularly, usually at the pub! Lewis loves this time, he feels really included but is most happy because everyone is there for him. The group are helping to put together a picture of who Lewis is and look at ideas for his future. We call this a person centred plan. Lewis leaves school in 2008. The group want to help Lewis to find opportunities to enable him to have a fulfilling, meaningful and happy life where he is fully included in his community.

We are continuing to facilitate our peer mentorship work in Phoenix School until the end of the academic year as although we do not currently have separate funding for it, it fits with the objectives of the Peterborough project and we are determined to carry on developing this area of our work.

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