Commissioning 'outside the box'

How can we move beyond traditional models of care to give people greater choice and control, build stronger communities and enable everyone to live a life with purpose?

Join us for an interactive session exploring how micro-commissioning and community micro-enterprises can help you to develop more personalised, community-based alternatives to traditional home care and make day services more inclusive, meaningful and connected to local neighbourhoods.

Hear from commissioners in Cheshire West and Chester and Hertfordshire, who have worked in partnership with Community Catalysts to intentionally develop their local micro-markets. Discover how networks of small, local community micro-enterprises are transforming care and support for working-age adults and older people, helping people build relationships, pursue their interests and live the lives they choose with purpose.

Together, we’ll explore how commissioners can:

• Make choice and control a reality by enabling people to direct their own support through direct payments and individual commissioning.

• Make self-directed support work in practice, giving practitioners the confidence and systems they need to support more personalised approaches.

• Develop thriving local micro-markets that offer genuine alternatives to traditional services and keep support rooted in local communities.

• Demonstrate value for money by exploring the cost benefits of community-based support and how investment can stay within the local economy.

• Support better outcomes for people and places, keeping care closer to home, strengthening inclusive local economies and contributing to councils’ wider quality and improvement ambitions, including CQC assessments.

Whether you’re looking to rethink traditional home care, transform day services or make self-directed support work better for people, this session will offer practical insights and ideas you can take back to your local area.

One hour to hear about the possibilities for personalised, community-based support. We look forward to seeing you there. 

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