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Ian LoynesIan LoynesChief Executive, SCILChief Executive, SCIL
Building Capacity & Sustainability for Building Capacity & Sustainability for
User-Led OrganisationsUser-Led Organisations
SCIL: Celebrating 25 Years 1984-2009SCIL: Celebrating 25 Years 1984-2009
Promoting equality across the South
Southampton Centre for Independent Living
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SCIL Income 2009-10 (Approx)SCIL Income 2009-10 (Approx)
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Building sustainable ULO’sBuilding sustainable ULO’s
SCIL’s experiences show that the important aspects to creating and sustaining successful ULO’s are:
WHY users should control their support organisations; and
HOW to ensure these organisations are modeled on existing CIL’s (i.e. working to the Social Model of Disability, Peer-support and
the principles of Independent Living)
What motivates Disabled People to want to set up a ULO•Common: interests, values, beliefs. •Agents for social change (Campaigning!)
Not Just a provider of services, just another business/charity
Sustainability is as much about the empowerment of individuals as it is about resources
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SCIL’s Range of Enabling ServicesSCIL’s Range of Enabling ServicesSupporting Disabled People’s empowerment:
• Peer based Support Advice & Brokerage on SDS• PA Registers• Continuing Care ‘SDS’• Peer Advocacy & Peer Mentoring• Personal Development & Participation
Promoting Disability Equality:• Training & Consultancy: Public Bodies & Business• Consumer & Access Audits• Practice Learning Opportunities• Consultation – Expert Practice Provision- Recent example: Personalisation Expert Panel – useful to LA’s when DP’s empowered and well informed
Importantly: SCIL champions Disabled People’s rights, represents progressive social policy views
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SCIL Successes:• Developed best Direct Payments schemes in UK• Most pro-active CIL in UK• Respected by Disabled People and Government• By maintaining clear aims, values, quality• Only Disabled People control our agenda• Clear vision• Pragmatic: We say what is wrong; but will work with those
committed to improvements• Financial accountability: Projects meet Core Costs• Strong focus on income generation• Personal Development and Empowerment work is critical in
feeding our sustainability: Obvious funding opportunity• Have little difficulty recruiting Disabled staff• Disabled People drive our constant innovation
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Local Authorities cannot implement their Personalisation Agenda or their equality duties without effective ULO’s
•Accountability to local Disabled People
•Keepers of Independent Living & Social Model Faith
•ULO’s at the forefront of every progressive social policy advance in last 25 yrs
•ULO’s have a critical role in enabling users to have an empowered voice – no-one else should speak for us
•ULO’s Must be Campaigners (not just service providers)
•ULO’s Must challenge policies (Local & National) which limit the inclusion of Disabled People
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But how can ULO’s sustain themselves?
• Successful organisations are successful because they are different – high values and high principles WILL show through
• Must be more business like – what we have is valuable and unique, sell it (social enterprises)
• Must be enabled to provide a range of services that generate income
• Must be creative about minimising expenditure
• Must work to empower Disabled People to develop their skills within ULO’s rather than expect them to just appear
• Become “Critical Friends” to Public Bodies
• Thinking “Outside of the Box”….
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Thank You!Thank You!
Ian LoynesIan Loynes
[email protected]@SouthamptonCIL.co.uk
Tel: 023 8033 0982Tel: 023 8033 0982www.SouthamptonCIL.co.uk
Presentation © SCIL 2010Presentation © SCIL 2010