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Raising Expectations in 2012; by the end of the year Personal Budgets will be available to the majority of people who are entitled to social care

At the First self direct Members' Meeting in April 2012, the members of self direct worked together to share and create some new and radical ideas to take forward the Self-Directed Support agenda   

through our work over the last 4 years we have seen changes starting to happen in the 'social and health market-place' so that people who need support are in control of their support, their lives and live life in a way that makes sense to them

in 2012, working with our members, we will develop new opportunities for more creative thinking and innovative action; our work is about 'the heart and the mind' and leads to changes that put the principles of Self-Directed Support into practice    

members of self direct support over 100,000 people to achieve control and choice in their lives, anyone can join self direct as a member and be part of the changes that are needed. As a member of self direct you can join other like minded people 

we are passionate about making sure that any changes are driven by people with real life experience of how services affect lives and peer support has a vital part to play in making this a reality for people like Sarah and Adam; read Sarah's blogs to find out how Self-Directing Support can transform lives

we work with people that use services, their families and friends, community groups, providers of services and other professionals to find new and imaginative ways to bring about these changes and our book 'Helping providers to change' gives examples of how to make practical changes to services

in July 2011 our sister organisation self direct Australia started sharing the work we have done in the UK with providers in Australia

in 2012 self direct celebrates 4 years of helping to change the 'social and health market-place' and we want to share our learning about this new approach through our wide range of expert speakers 

some people call this new approach Personalisation or Citizenship or Self-Directed Support or Citizen Directed Support, we support all these models and agendas and work to take them forward

Tell us what you think

We want to work with other like-minded people and organisations across the UK to find new and imaginative ways to bring about the changes needed in the "social and health market-place". Find out how you can get involved »