Free Seminar - Enterprising Thinking: Community Lead Solutions for Health and Social Care Needs

A Highland Third Sector Interface Seminar

Enterprising Thinking:
Community Lead Solutions for Health and Social Care Needs

Free Seminar

10.30am – 4.30pm, Tuesday 8th July 2014

Ullapool Village Hall, Market Street, Ullapool, IV26 2XE
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The Highland Third Sector Interface are hosting a seminar to consider the opportunities for community based delivery of health and social care services through a social enterprise model. The seminar will provide an opportunity for information sharing, discussion and consideration of the strengths and challenges in using social enterprise as a delivery model.

Presentations will include context setting around children and adults services by Highland Council’s Director of Care and Learning, Bill Alexander and NHS Highland as well as an overview of what we mean by Social Enterprise. Key note presentations will come from CALA Chief Executive Valery Gale and Fiona Johnstone from Perth and Kinross Association of Voluntary Services. Workshop participation will include input from Ann Pascoe, Dementia Friendly Communities, Bob Bull, Glachbeg Croft and Karrie Marshall, Creativity in Care. The Social Enterprise Academy will join us to give a short presentation on what Social Enterprise is and will be present throughout the day for questions as will Social Enterprise Scotland.

Further training and discussion will be detailed at the event but we can confirm that attendees will have access to Social Enterprise Academy training to develop both their understanding and business plans around Social Enterprise.

The seminar is free to attend and lunch will be provided. Full details of the agenda are available on the HTSI website and places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Deadline for booking – 5pm, Thursday 3rd July 2014

Programme:
Please note you will sign up for the workshops on the day

10.00 Refreshments and registration

10.30 Welcome and aims of the day

10.45 Health and Social Care in Highlands, the increasing role of communities?

Highland Council’s Director of Care and Learning Bill Alexander and NHS Highland will provide a short overview of the current landscape within the context of meeting the needs of children and adults respectively and the role of communities in doing so.

11.15 What is Social Enterprise in brief, David Bryan SEA

11.30 Refreshment break

11.50 Workshops – A chance to hear from a locally based Enterprise and discuss – Why Social Enterprise? Participation will be include from Ann Pascoe, Karrie Marshall or Bob Bull.

12.50 lunch and networking

13.30 Fiona Johnstone and Rikke Iversholt – Creative Care and Support: Pitlochry

Consideration of the micro enterprises that are developing in Pitlochry as a result of the project Creative Care and Support. Q & A to follow.

14.00 Care and Learning Alliance Chief Executive Valery Gale

Looking at opportunities for children and child services. Q & A to follow.

14.30 Workshops – Another chance to hear from a locally based Enterprise and discuss the SWOTs to community engagement in supporting the needs of children and older adults? Participation will be include from Ann Pascoe, Karrie Marshall or Bob Bull.

15.30 Refreshment break

16.00 Group session to ‘brainstorm’ the possible opportunities for communities around supporting the needs of children and older adults living in Highland.

16.30 Closing remarks and what next?

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