Ricky Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

Essex

CUFs is about giveing Carers, service users and families a voice within the drug tratment agencies within Essex. It is a platfor where people can come together at forums and share their experiances, dissatisfaction, ideas and posatives of the service they have recieved, weather it worked for them and the ideas they have which they thik could help in a more posative delivery of addiction treatment. This initative was set up by Essex EDAP with the intention that service users would in time take ownership and run CUFs themselves. CUFs is a very new initative and a lot of work is yet to be done to build a solid foundation and move theproject foward.

Uk / Northen Ireland

WELCOME TO TSX An introduction to The Shadyfish Xperiance The Shadyfish Xperiance hereafter known as TSX is a voluntary organisation that is open to all people regardless of age, race, gender, sexuality or ability. We welcome people with mental health issues including those recovering, or undergoing treatment for, substance abuse, people with emotional problems or with none. People with criminal justice issues, carers, single parents, the young and the old – all are welcome as TSX is a truly open organisation. TSX was founded in 2009 by Ricky McCarthy and Linda Russ who had both been drug and/or alcohol abusers. Wishing to reduce the social isolation that such conditions engender the Founders looked at ways in which people of all types and abilities, including those who had lost their social skills and ability to communicate within the wider society, could be given back their dignity through re-integration to society starting with the people in their own geographic location. One of the first steps people may take is to approach one of the existing services such as Health or social care whom may provide a support worker to help, but this will only do so much so TSX provide a bridge from these services for people to re enter the community and inhance the work all ready done by these services.

Basildon

Connected Care Model for community led commissioning Connected Care is Turning Point’s model for community led commissioning. We bring the voice of the community to the design and delivery of all health, housing, education and social service delivery. •We narrow the gap between commissioner’s priorities and the needs of the community through community engagement. •We deliver a joined up, user-led approach to health, housing and social care services. •We ensure efficiencies by working alongside commissioners to redesign services through a programme of change management with cost savings. Connected Care is leading the way in helping Local Authorities integrate local services. “I’m interested in the model being developed by Turning Point – Connected Care – which casts the neighbourhood itself in the leading role in designing services. Such initiatives not only have potential to save public money, but also to increase happiness and reduce unnecessary human suffering and misery.” Leading your charity through a time of change, Frances Maude, Central Hall Westminster, Wednesday 9 June 2010Connected care in Basildon has used the research from the Turning Point Audit report to adress isues raised by the community and by working with organisations within the area and the community to find ways to help make cahanges that directly affect that community