Stories

Mum in wheelchair and her daughter Coventry City Council have published "Our Stories"- a booklet describing the experiences of their Individual Budget recipients.

A short film - The Power of Personalisation - has been produced by the Local Government Channel and the Care Services Improvement Partnership. It was shown at the National Children's and Adult Services Conference in Bournemouth on 17-19 October. Watch it here.

Essex County Council have published example support plans on their website. Click here to read how people have identified what is important to them and how they will be using their individual budgets.

Individual Budgets: Living Your Life, Your Way DVD

The Individual Budgets Pilot Programme has produced a new DVD featuring the stories of 12 people who were among the first to receive an individual budget. You can watch all their stories by clicking here or read transcripts of the stories below. Thank you to the Care Services Improvement Partnership, in Control and all those who feature on the DVD for making this project possible.

Dawn's story

Read this article about Dawn from Lincolnshire County Council's publication County News.

Bob's story

Bob explains how he wrote his support plan.

Read Bob's story here.

Or watch his story here..

Frank's story

Frank and his daughter Joan explain how Individual Budgets has helped to provide 24-hour care.

Read Frank's story here.

Or watch his story here.

Evangelo's story

Evangelo talks about the difficulties he faces and his hopes for the future with an individual budget.

Read Evangelo's story here.

Or watch his story here..

Elsie's story

Elsie explains how she is using her individual budget to help her have a bath.

Read Elsie's story here.

Or watch her story here..

Angela's story

Angela explains how her Individual Budget helps to supplement care that she pays for privately.

Read Angela's story here.

Or watch her story here.

Simon's story

Simon lives in Coventry and is sharing his personal experience of the Individual Budgets Pilot Programme by writing a blog. It details his personal journey through the assessment and implementation procedures with humour and honest opinion.

Read Simon's blog here.

George's story

George talks about his experience of receiving an Individual Budget and how it has helped him with his mental illness.

Read George's story here.

Or watch his story here..

Kate's story

Kate explains how getting an Individual Budget has helped her lead a more independent life.

Read Kate's story here.

Or watch her story here.

Cindy's story

Cindy has a visual impairment and uses her Individual Budget to employ a personal assistant who helps her to manage day-to-day tasks.

Read Cindy's story here.

Or watch her story here.

Brenda's story

Brenda says that receiving an Individual Budgets means she can see her friends again and continue to lead her life as a wife, mother and grandmother.

Read Brenda's story here.

Tracey and Michael's story

With the help of an Individual Budget, Tracy and Michael have been supported to move out of residential care and into their own home.

Read about Tracey and Michael's story here.

Aaron's story

Coventry City Council explain how a package of support was developed for a young person called Aaron to enable him to live a more independent life.

Read Aaron's story here.

Julia's story

Julia tells her story about how Individual Budgets have helped to improve her life.

Read Julia's story here.

Or watch her story here.

Chris's story

Chris tells her story about how the Individual Budgets pilot programme has helped her mother, aged 80, and father aged 84.

Read about their story here.

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