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Our Aim
To be one of the ten areas in the country who are best at making Valuing People happen by 2011

• If I want to take part in or even start up things to do  in my community I will feel confident and be supported to do this
• I go into town with friends for a night out when I want to and I don't have to be back until late if this is what I want
• I choose who I go out  and do hobbies with some of my friends have disabilities, others don't. I spend time with all of them
• I have support to understand and take part in things that make me feel like a citizen like voting , getting a passport , having a bank account
• If I say something as a citizen, other people (and whoever they might work for) will listen to me with the same respect and attention as they would give to anyone else.
• I will feel included when the Council and other organisations want to talk to the public
• When I went for my job, I had all the support I needed and I had a choice of things I wanted to do. I have support at work both from my employer and a supporter who I pay for through my individual budget
• My friend Jim, who is more disabled than me has the same chances  in life as me
• I have as much control of my life as anyone else has over their lives - probably more so now I have my individual budget!
• I live at home, but when the time comes for me to move out I know I will have a choice of new homes and that I will understand how to get a new home and what happens when I am living there
• My cousin Chris, who's coming up to eighteen , has a plan for what she wants to do with her life.
• All the different services that can help her are signed up to this
  I am supported by people who I helped choose and who know can do a good job of supporting me.
• I feel safe with them.
• I feel safe when I am home and when I go out especially at night.
• I am confident about making good choices because I have easy to understand information about them
• I have a plan and the support I need to be healthy
  I've got things to do on evening and at weekends
• My Mum and Dad  has feel involved in the Partnership Board’s work
• My Mum and Dad have the right support to help them be carers

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