Royal Borough of Greenwich

Learning Disability Partnership Board 7th August 2019

Woolwich Centre – Gallery

Who was there

What they do

Mark Bugg MP for Choice & Control – Co-Chair

Councillor Avril Lekau Co-Chair Debbie Hosten MP for Health Lorraine Mason MP for Jobs and activities Leon Franklin MP for Housing Jason McCulloch Lead Commissioner, Royal

Greenwich Council Avril Martin Carer Representative Anita Rickard Advocacy in Greenwich Vicky Tantony Advocacy in Greenwich Claire Monmirelle Day Opportunities Resource

Manager Caz Colclough Training Officer Julie Burns Advocacy in Greenwich Michelle Martin Volunteers Centre Greenwich Colette Meehan Clinical Commissioning Group Levent Bellikli GLLaB Councillor Dominic Mbang

Councillor

Alix Laws Project Officer Jodi Mathers Head of Special Educational

Needs and Disability Social Care Services

Sacha Wheatley Greenwich Shared Lives Rhonda Ward Head of Service CLDT Terry De Willers Work Train Greenwich Martyn Ford Work Train Greenwich

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Who said Sorry I Can’t Come Alison Cuffy Service Manager, Royal

Greenwich Council Fiona Apio-Matanda GLLaB Laura Evans Liaison Nurse John Fox Transitions Coordinator Lee Walker Oxleas Helen Smith Work Train

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Co-Chairs

Mark Bugg MP for Choice and

Control and Councillor Avril

Leaku chaired the meeting.

1. Introductions and Apologies Mark and Avril welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2. Ground Rules Mark went through the ground rules:

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3. What was said at the last meeting and jobs

people said they would do. Jason updated people about the last

meeting and jobs that people said

they would do.

4. Feedback from the MPs Elections and Road

Shows Lorraine, Leon and Mark told people

about the elections and introduced

the new MPs and Assistant MPs.

They told people what to do to help

make the Citizen forum better.

• Tell people with a learning

disability about the meetings

• Put up flyers

• Help people with a learning

disability to book a place and

come alone

• Invite us to your coffee mornings

so we can tell people what we do

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5. Introductions to the new MPs

Mark Bugg

MP for Choice and Control

Debbie Hosten

MP for Health

Ravi DeSilva

MP for Moving On

Lorraine Mason

MP for Jobs and Activities

Leon Franklin

MP for Housing

Tommy Weller

MP for Keeping Safe

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Assistant MPS

Denise Rachel Robert Richard

6. Confirming Co-Leads for MPs

No Co-Lead yet

Co-Lead - Collette or Satraz

Co-Lead – John Fox

Co-Lead -Claire Monmirelle

Co-Lead – Jason McCulloch

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Jobs to do

• Rhonda Ward to talk to her team to get

the best Co-Lead for Choice and Control

• Rhonda Ward to talk to Peter or Lizzie to

get the best Co-Lead for Keeping People

Safe

Jobs to do

• MP photos to be updates

• Take out surgeries. They do not take place now

• Change Valuing People. This is no longer used

• Jobs and Activities description needs to be

changed

No Co-Lead yet

7. Update – What we do and how we do it

(Terms of Reference) Everyone talked about changes to be

made in The Terms of Reference. Lots

of changes are needed.

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Jobs to do

• Greenwich Parent Voice to be involved electing a

new carers rep

• Promoting independence to be added

• Jason to talk to Nick about the Partnership

• Board Meetings

• GLLaB will tell the Partnership Board how they can

help

• Cabinet Meetings to be added to Term of

Reference

• Minutes will be sent 2 weeks after the meeting

• Ground rules to be added

• Jason will send Terms of Reference to Vicky to show

at the next meeting

8. Universal Credit

Caz Colclough spoke about changes

to Universal Credit. People who are

sick or disabled can claim Housing

Benefit. They do not need to apply for

Universal Credit

• If you get Severe Disablement

Allowance in your benefits you do not

have to claim Universal Credit

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• If you have changed to Universal

Credit but should be still getting other

benefits you may have lost money.

This will be paid back to you.

• If you live somewhere where you get

support you may still get Housing

Benefit paid to where you live.

• You can contact Housing Benefit by

email

benefits@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

• If you need help with Universal Credit

you can call them on 020 8921 3333

9. MP News

Debbie and Denise went to the TfL Big

Day on the 21st June. They spoke

about the learning disability

awareness training that the bus drivers

have

All the MPs and Assistant MPs had

Safeguarding Training

Debbie went to the council staff team

meeting to tell the staff

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about the Parliament and the

elections.

She told staff how they can help to

get more people with a learning

disability involved.

The MPs had their first Citizen Forum

Planning meeting.

The next Citizen Forum will be at

Sherard Road on Friday 13th

September

10.Your View – getting involved in Housing

Jason told everyone about Your View.

Housing at Greenwich Council would

like to know what people with a

learning disability have to say about

where they live.

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Jobs to do

• Jason to send Your View details to Leanna

• Leanna to send Your View details to Board Members

Jobs to do

• Colette to send time and date of Big Health Check up day

10. The Big Health Check Up

Colette told people about The Big

Health Check Up day.

Greenwich, Lewisham, and Bexley will

all take part

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11. Carers Report

Adult Social Care meeting to get

people’s views about changes to how

you pay for your care

Councillor Lekau and staff from Adult

Social Care told people that there

may be changes to how much money

people have to pay for their care.

Some people will have to pay more

money. Others will not have to pay as

much money for their care.

There will be a meeting for people with

a learning disability to ask you what

you think about the changes.

Carers Forum

Jason and council staff told people

about how Greenwich Council will

give support to people now and in the

future.

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The Carers Centre said they want to

meet with the council so carers can

have their say.

Alison Graves Psychotherapist will

meet with some carers for a 12 weeks

course to have talking therapy. This will

start in September.

Learning Disability Fun Day

Lots of people went to the day and

had fun.

Golden Lane Housing

Golden Lane had a review of how they

work. Diane Young who works at

Golden Lane was waiting for the results

of this.

The housing contract for supporting

people at Golden Lane will end in

March 2020

Avril would like to know what will

happen at Golden Lane in March 2020

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Sainsbury Sunflower Lanyard

Avril said that Sainsbury will help

people if they need support and wear

a sunflower lanyard.

People can get the sunflower lanyard

from Sainsbury’s stores.

12. Anything else Transforming Care Update

Colette told people that there are 4

people with a disability in long term

hospitals. There are plans to move

them from the hospitals

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13. Goodbye The next Partnership Board meeting will be:

Wednesday 6th November 2019

The Woolwich Centre Gallery