Read the June blog from Deb (HSA Australia) about Progress for Providers.

07 June 2010

Progress for Providers - big and small steps.

It's been exciting preparing for Helen's visit at the end of July. There will be two workshops - Progress for Providers will help organisations to respond to individual budgets. The Introduction to Support Planning day, lead by Helen and Amanda Jones, will provide individuals and family members with some practical ideas for beginning support plans.

I feel particularly excited about these workshops as when I was working and living in Northern Ireland in 2001, I worked alongside people whose lives had been transformed by Direct Payments. To say that I've been impatiently waiting for people here to experience the same thing is definitely an understatement. While I know that there's a long way to go and that there's great variation on how this is being done around the country, it will be fantastic to spend two days with people coming together enthusiastically anticipating these changes.

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