Things are moving on apace: our launch on 1 May left us amazed and thrilled at the level of support and interest - the next step is to deliver on the promise.
We've go a number of priorities:
1. Make sure families who have children with disabilities/additional support needs - all over Tweeddale - know about the project. Once they know about us, we want them to get in touch so we can make arrangement to meet and put a Family Support Plan in place: the Plan will be our way of setting out what we will do, then measuring if we are meeting the needs of the young people and their families.
2. Get busy recruiting a project co-ordinator who will be employed for the next 10 months to pull all the threads together.
3. Find sessional staff and volunteers who will work with the project-co-ordinator to support our young people.
4. Start to pull together a programme of activities to meet the needs of the families we are serving. We want to work with people who are already planning activities or are able to do so quickly, so we can slot in as far as possible, giving youngsters the support they need to take part.
5. Make sure people who are working with families - in education, health, social work - know about the project so they can tell families
Alongside all of this we have to make sure we take care of all the necessary things like training everyone so they have the right skills and attitudes to work on the project, PVG checks, Care Commission registration....and lots more.
It feels like a massive task, and the summer holidays are approaching fast. But where there is a will, there's a way.... we know there's a huge amount of goodwill out there, and the committee is very focussed on getting this project working as soon as we can. So to say we're positive is a bit of an understatement.
We also need a name for the project, that the young people will like and identify with (though one or two are emerging as possibilities).
Watch this space...
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