Community Lives Consortium

Relatives Forum

The first Relatives Forum of 2010 was held on Wednesday 3rd March 2010 at the Community Lives Consortium Office.

As promised, we discussed the Consortium’s Policy on supporting service users to go on holiday. We looked at the process from the planning stage through to the end result. Alice O’Sullivan, Operations Manager, joined us for this discussion and talked us through a very informative presentation. An open discussion followed with lots of questions and concerns expressed by relatives. Alice and Chris explained more about who is involved in the planning of a holiday, this includes relatives (where appropriate). We also talked about the financial implications of a holiday on service users. Meanwhile, if anyone wishes to discuss future holiday plans for their relatives or if there are concerns about a planned holiday, please contact the Service Co-ordinator at your relative’s home.

Don’t forget that if you want to raise any issues with the Relative Representatives on The Board, or if there are any topics you would like us to discuss at future meetings, please ring the individuals on the numbers below:

Janice Connick, on 01639 701040 or

Cliff Alden on 01792 424947,

or you can ring

Wendy Evans

or Chris Brian at the Consortium Office on 01792 646640.

All meetings are held at the Consortium Office in Walter Road between 5pm and 6.30pm. Wendy Evans will be writing to those relatives who have already requested information about the Forum before each meeting so if anyone else would like to be added to the list please give us a ring or just turn up on the day, call Wendy on 01792 646640 or send a letter care of the Consortium Office.