{"id":312,"date":"2023-10-27T11:08:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/lacnetwork\/2023\/10\/27\/our-october-newsletter-is-out\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:23:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T14:23:04","slug":"our-october-newsletter-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/lacnetwork\/our-october-newsletter-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Our October Newsletter is out!","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Local Area Coordination in England and Wales<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>October 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Updates on Local Area Coordination, the work of the Network and<br>\nthe areas implementing the approach.<\/p>\n<p>In this edition we\u2019ll be covering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hello and Welcome<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Meeting in Surrey\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Publications<\/li>\n<li>Vacancies<\/li>\n<li>Events, Training\u00a0&amp; Campaigns<\/li>\n<li>Useful Blogs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/9ef7dd2fa7bb\/members-update-9737532?e=%5BUNIQID%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read all about it here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lacnetwork.us14.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=e97928dec30d115d93529c635&amp;id=f04ead8240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up to receive future copies to your inbox here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A note from from Tom Richards<\/strong>,<br>\nManager of the Local Area Coordination Network<\/p>\n<p>Hello and welcome to the Local Area Coordination Network Newsletter!\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/lacnetwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/NEWS-300x300.png\" alt=\"Green circle reading 'news'\" width=\"154\" height=\"154\"><\/p>\n<p>I hope you are all keeping well. Throughout the past few months, we have been welcoming some wonderful councils to our Network, from up in South Tyneside down to Oxfordshire. With lots of exciting conversations happening with councils across England and Wales, and with more announcements about new members to follow, it\u2019s given us lots of opportunity to reflect on the reasons why a council would begin their Local Area Coordination journey.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve read this newsletter before, you\u2019ll have seen us write about the value of having well connected communities, and supporting people to be active citizens who feel able to share their gifts and skills for the benefit of the community. You\u2019ll have seen us celebrate services that support people to achieve their vision of a good life, and the sense of pride, achievement, and growth that happens when people own the journey towards their goals, rather than services taking action for people, or attempting to force changes upon people, with or without their consent.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as the Care Quality Commission (CQC) prepares to launch the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqc.org.uk\/news\/regulatory-transformation-update-october-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Single Assessment Framework<\/a>\u00a0across parts of the South of England, we see even more reasons for councils to bring Local Area Coordination to their area, as our shared principles and practices contribute to CQC\u2019s new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqc.org.uk\/assessment\/i-statements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018I\u2019 Statements<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cqc.org.uk\/assessment\/quality-statements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Quality\u2019 Statements.<\/a>\u00a0For example, one of the CQC\u2019s new \u2018I\u2019 Statements is:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I have care and support that enables me to live as I want to, seeing me as a unique person with skills, strengths, and goals<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Local Area Coordinators invest in getting to know people, building trust and connection, taking time to understand what life is like now for the people they\u2019re alongside and their ambitions for the future. Where people want or need support to realise their goals, this may involve friends, family, neighbours, colleagues, community groups, or more formal support services. If the latter, Local Area Coordinators will support the person to have their voice heard by services, build a relationship with the services that is complementary to their goals, and share their experiences of (and ideas for improving) local services to the Local Area Coordination Leadership Group. Attended by voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector groups, partners from the health and care sectors, elected members, and statutory service leaders, this group then drives positive, sustainable system change which is led by the experiences of people who use public services.<\/p>\n<p>This is only one of many ways that Local Area Coordination contributes to the new CQC Single Assessment Framework, and one of many reasons to start a conversation about bringing the approach to your area! If you\u2019d like to find out more, please reach out to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:LACN@communitycatalysts.co.uk\">LACN@communitycatalysts.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0and we\u2019d be happy to arrange a chat. In the meantime, enjoy the newsletter!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tom Richards<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October &#8217;23 edition of the Local Area Coordination Network Newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":1,"featured_media":389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Our October Newsletter is out! | LAC Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communitycatalysts.co.uk\/lacnetwork\/our-october-newsletter-is-out\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our October Newsletter is out! 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