People using services for neurological conditions and/or their carers are being invited to participate in a three day training programme leading to action for change.

Community Partners is a project of Wandsworth Care Alliance working actively with service users, patients and carers, providing training so that participants can help shape more responsive social care and health services.

Community Partners has now teamed up with the Neurological Team at NHS Wandsworth, to offer training for a group of people using the long term neurological conditions services and/or their carers.

The training will cover these areas:

Day one:         Information gathering: ways to find out from a wider body of people living with and caring for people with neuro conditions about what needs to change

Day two:          Specialist nursing: finding out how specialist nursing currently operates and starting to work with the specialist nurses towards change

Day three:       Communicating about the conditions: service users and carers have repeatedly said how little their condition is understood by agencies and staff.  Day three will be about producing a video for health and social care staff to learn what they need to know if they are to provide effective respite and other services.

The training will be held at the Randall Close Day Centre in Battersea, a fully accessible venue, on Monday 22 and 29 June, and Monday 6 July, 10.30am to 3.30pm.

If you would like to take part, please contact (by post, email or phone): 

Susan Wheeler-Kiley

Wandsworth Care Alliance

89 Bickersteth Road, SW17 9SH

Phone: 020 8516 7768

freechoice@wandcareall.org.uk

You can also contact Susan if you have questions or just want to find out more.