Members' Area

The Charter for Involvement has been produced by the National Involvement Network, which is supported by ARC Scotland.

The network is made up of around 60 people who use services from 19 different learning disability service provider organisations.

The National Involvement Network produced the Charter because they felt that everyone is not:

• Asked their views
• Involved
• Getting the support they need to be involved

A real and lasting difference

The Network wants the Charter to make a real and lasting difference. The Network has worked hard for over two years to develop the Charter. They want organisations to listen to what they have to say and sign up to the Charter.

The Charter sets out:

• The rights that people who use services want from involvement
• What people want to get out of being involved
• The kinds of things people want to get involved in
• What people need in order to be involved

Launch

The Charter was launched in Glasgow on Friday 3rd April. Everyone involved in developing the charter had a role on the day from welcoming the guests, to chairing the launch.

Important document

The Charter was unanimously acknowledged as a very important document, which will, if adopted and implemented, help not only help people get a better more responsive service but  could also support people to being included in all aspects of Scottish communities.

Jackie sets the scene

Jackie Baille MSP set the scene at the Launch by not only signing up to the Charter on behalf of the Cross Party Group on Learning Disabilities but also by recognising and valuing the principles of the Charter.

She congratulated the Network for being clear and concise in what they wanted from involvement and outlined her thoughts on the benefits of implementing the Charter. She called on service providers including local authorities and health services to sign up and lead the way for involvement.

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