July 4 Providers Forum Posted by Posted by Linda Skates on 10 July 2017 Posted on: 10 July 2017

Record of discussions and decisions, forum held on July 4, 2017

Number of participants: 22

What Enabling Good Lives means to me now

Contributions from participants - main themes included:

How the Enabling Good Lives' principles can guide us in setting up the Regional Leadership Group

Key points from participants:

• Will enable us to exercise leadership
• We need to really explore and understand the implications of the principles
• We need to live the principles – how we think and what we do
• Active listening is key – there are many points of view
• Disabled people and families need to lead this – new territory
• Need to create safe environments
• Important to connect with the wider community
• Ideas will evolve

 How we want to select people for the Regional Leadership Group

Key points from participants:

• Need to be clear about what is required – time and energy commitment
• A graduated (paced) approach
• Need a variety of service representatives
• Invite interested parties to present to the whole group
• Representatives need credibility and accountability to the wider group of providers
• There needs to be places where a much wider group of providers can feed into the selected people (representatives)
• Need to create the space for leaders
• Service providers will need to have the ability to “release” people for this task
• A speed-dating approach
• Representatives need to be connected and open to networks

Agreed next steps

1. A “Job Description” for this role to be posted on the EGL website by 14^th July 2017
2. Providers to meet and discuss further between now and the 2^nd August
3. Interested people encouraged to attend the New Zealand Disability Support Network / EGL National Leadership Group workshop on the 19^th July in Palmerston North
4. Expressions of interest sought
5. People who are interested are prepared to present to colleagues on the 2^nd August (the next Provider Forum)
6. A core group of 4 or 5 people selected at the 2^nd August forum and the Regional Leadership members will come from this group

Next Provider Forum

10am – 12noon on the 2^nd August in Palmerston North

Main task: Selection of 'core group' (Regional Leadership Group members)