Voice It, Hear It
Voice It, Hear It
Community voices inspiring positive change to local support and services.
Voice It, Hear It, is a new project that unifies the collective strength of its partners to support the voice and engagement of people in Wiltshire. The project is delivered by Community First, Wessex Community Action, Wiltshire Service Users Network, Age UK Wiltshire, Alzheimer’s Support and Celebrating Age Wiltshire. The project is funded by Wiltshire Council and Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB).
About Voice It, Hear It
Working alongside Wiltshire Council and the BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB) Voice It, Hear It will be engaging with people living and working in Wiltshire to co-produce, co-design and co-develop health and social care services in Wiltshire.
The team will work alongside people with physical disabilities, sensory needs, mental health conditions, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, long-term conditions, complex needs, older people and dementia. Empowering and facilitating them to have their say and get involved in shaping how health and social care services work for them now and in the future.
Voice It, Hear It Projects
The Voice It, Hear It team has a number of projects underway and scheduled throughout 2024. These are requested by Wiltshire Council, the Integrated Care Board and partners in our community.
Learning Disability and Autism Life Expectancy
Working with people with lived experience and public health to understand how screening can be made more accessible and comfortable for people. Topics include bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening and testicular checks.
Technology Enabled Care
Exploring how 18-25 year olds use technology to enhance their independence and how they find out what is available for them.
Wiltshire Council Prevention Strategy
Working with people with lived experience to find out what prevention means to them. What improvements and solutions are needed to meet the diverse needs of our population?
Care Quality Commission Adult Social Care Inspection
Engaging with adults and carers to hear their experiences of Adult Social Care in Wiltshire. Do they feel listened to? Are their choices about their care respected and are they involved in planning their care? What works well and what could be done better?
Accommodation Strategy
Identify the vision and aims of older people to maintain their independence and control within their own home. If not in their own home how service can be designed to feel like a real home. How older people can be more involved in planning for their future home needs in a timely way.
Wiltshire Museum Assize Court Development
Working alongside the museum to recruit and support a disability advisory group to help inform the museum redevelopment.
Engagement and Reporting Methods
- Focus groups
- 1-1 interviews
- Surveys
- Workshops
- Social media
- Flinga
- Facebook polls/forums
- Qualitative/quantitative reports
- Videos
- Artworks
- Campaign sharing
- Awareness
Download the project summary as a PDF.
We’d love to hear from you
01380 722475
voice@communityfirst.org.uk
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