I thought I would post today a real example of a person-centred approach in practice. Bob is an amazing young gentleman who has given me permission to share his story. Bob came to see me a few weeks ago to thank me for the support he has received but he now feels he is ready to go it on his own! ..Read more

Kia ora here is some information about the start of our journey towards self-managing
Tautoko services is a Charitable Trust and it was important that we have buy in from our Board of Trustees to support our journey to self-management. Here is one definition of self-management:

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Hi, my name is Anaru, and recently I took a trip to America with my family.

 

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At Options we are seeing many benefits of Community Circles and this year we are offering circles to more people as we recruit volunteer facilitators and circle members.

We love the new resources on the Community Circles website www.community-circles.co.uk, which are available for people wanting to create their own circle and for organisations wishing to embed Community Circles in their support activities.

Our work around developing Community Circles was highlighted at the end of last year in the Disability Support Services e-newsletter, with Virginia explaining how her circle has changed her life.  

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We were delighted to have Cath Barton, from Community Circles, UK, visit us last week.  Cath was presenting in Melbourne at a National Dementia conference called “Be the Change” and we invited her to visit Options and present a workshop hosted by New Zealand Disability Support Network in Palmerston North. ..Read more

  In December 2016 Options had an independent evaluation review and the following extracts are taken from the final report: 

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