Personalisation and possibilities - learning lessons from enterprising people

If people's experience of social care is to be really transformed there must be a wide range of care and support services of all shapes and sizes, and in all areas of the country for people to choose from. These services need to be as diverse, imaginative and quirky as the people that use them and must harness the assets and talents of people and communities.

Community Catalysts is working hard to try and play a part in this real transformation, helping an army of micro support providers to shape the social care market in their area, one small step at a time.

Community Catalysts would like to share information about their work and that of the people they support in this half day event where you can:

• Hear from people who have set up their own care and support enteprise in response to the personalisation agenda.
• Learn about the project Community Catalysts ran in Oldham to support people with care and support needs and set up their own service.
• Meet people who have made the switch from using council run centres to being customers of community based micro enterprises.
• Understand the challenges and opportunitues everyone faces and some of the lessons Community Catalysts are learning.