THURSDAY 25 NOVEMBER - Looking Ahead at the Crossroads
Off to Weston-super-Mare today for a meeting with Crossroads Care. The organisation describes itself as follows:
Crossroads Care is Britain's leading provider of support for carers and the people they care for. We work with over 35,000 individuals and their families, helping carers make a life of their own outside caring. We employ over 5,000 trained professionals, providing flexible services to people of all ages and with a range of disabilities and health conditions.
My meeting was with the Chairman of Crossroads Care South West, John Oldham (centre below) and Crossroads Trustee Paddy Fitzgerald (left). We were also joined by Christine Holland, CEO of Crossroads South West and our own Director of Community Services Eoin Keogh.
Our discussion was an interesting exploration of how in future closer links might be built between Somerset Care and Crossroads Care for the benefit of the people for whom we provide services and their families. The objectives of both organisations are complimentary and we share common purpose and values. Could we do a better job for those we serve by working more closely together? I need little persuading that we could.
For further information see www.crossroads.org.uk. Let me and others know what you think by posting a comment below.
Location:Weston-super-Mare
posted by Andrew Larpent @ Thursday, November 25, 2010
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1 Comments:
Hi Andrew--
It was great meeting you at AAHSA in the U.S. recently. I want to explore if it is possible to coordinate a pilot with both Somerset Care and with Crosswoods Care using LifeBio to capture life stories (we could provide some free materials for this pilot). I like the idea of your organizations working together and perhaps LifeBio's autobiography creation tools could prove useful in building relationships with clients. We are obviously trying to expand to the UK and it seems like an ideal match.
Beth Sanders, Founder, www.lifebio.com
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