How To Get Service User Involvement     Working Together   Creative Consultation Creative consultation case studies   Easy tips for creative consultation   Bill Of Rights And Charters Case study   Training And Support Case study   Service User Groups Liverpool Supporting People Forum   Bolton Young Person's Housing Scheme   Bolton Community Experts Panel   Torbay Service User Group   North West Service User Forum   Reward And Recognition Case study   Peer Reviewing Case study   Decision making   Self Assessment Involvement Triangle   Resources     Back       Barriers Checklist     Are you ready and prepared to create meaningful service user involvement? Use the checklist below to find out: Organisational Issues Getting People To Turn Up Running The Event Have you got all staff and partner organisations on-board? If you have said that the project is going to be user-led, do you honestly mean this? Are you prepared for where that might lead you? Do you have adequate funding and can you access it for immediate needs, such as travel expenses? Have you advertised in a variety of ways – with the most emphasis on word-of-mouth through people trusted by your service users? Do you know whom you are trying to engage with and what their particular resistance might be? Is the timing of your event appropriate to the needs and lifestyle of the group you are trying to reach? Does your venue have good public transport and is it generally accessible? Is it a neutral, safe space? Have you covered practicalities – plenty of tea and coffee, substantial snacks available, warm and comfortable space, flexible seating? Is there somewhere to smoke and is your session flexible enough to accommodate this? Can people who currently have drugs or alcohol use issues attend? Will staff be appropriately dressed? Will the outcomes be recorded openly and will people know how this information is going to be used? Have you got your incentives ready? Are you able to keep in touch with participants and can they contact you? Can you keep all promises you are going to make? Are you able to show how the group’s contributions will make/has made a difference? Are you able to be patient, honest, enthusiastic, respectful, brave, flexible, non-judgemental and open to this wonderful adventure that is meaningful inclusion in action? Taken from the Meaningful Inclusion training course by box of frogs   North West Service User Forum site map Designed & Produced by: