This tells you what Walsingham is planning to do from April 2005 to March 2010.
What does Walsingham do?
Walsingham supports people with learning disabilities to enable each person to lead a fulfilled life.
We provide housing, care and support for people with learning disabilities who are aged 18 or over.
Our services are run on Christian values. Each person is valued the same as everyone else.
Our services are run on Christian values. Each person is valued the same as everyone else.
What is the Walsingham 5 Year Plan?
The Walsingham 5 Year Plan tells everyone what we are planning to do from April 2005 to March 2010.
Why do we need a 5 Year Plan?
A 5 Year Plan will help us know what we are going to do in the next 5 years.
A 5 Year Plan will help us find out if we are doing what we said we would do.
A 5 Year Plan will help us tell other people what is going to happen at Walsingham.
Why is the 5 Year Plan important?
Hello. My name is Paul Snell. I am the boss of Walsingham. I am sometimes called the Chief Executive.
Our 5 Year Plan is very important because it tells everyone what we are going to do between 2005 and 2010.
Our 5 Year Plan will help us provide even better support to people with learning disabilities. It will also help us support more people in England and Wales.
Our 5 Year Plan will help everyone to tell me whether we are doing a good job.
Who wrote the 5 Year Plan?
We made sure that lots of people had a say about what is in the 5 Year Plan. People we support and people who work for Walsingham all had a say.
What is in the 5 Year Plan?
The 5 Year Plan has 6 different bits. They are on the following pages:
Involving the people we support - Page 5
Involving the people who work for Walsingham - Page 6
Doing things better- Page 7
Checking what we do - Page 8
Expanding our services - Page 9
Telling people about Walsingham- Page 10
Involving the people we support
We will make sure that the people we support are involved in things when they want to be
We will make sure people can have a say in how Walsingham is run.
We will make sure that people understand and are able to use their rights.
We will support people to develop their spiritual gifts and to be involved in their community if they want to be.
Involving the people who work for Walsingham
We will continue to value all the people who work for Walsingham
We will make sure people can have a say in how Walsingham is run and what would make their jobs better.
We will work together with people so that they can make decisions themselves.
We will make sure that we provide the right kind of support for people.
Doing things better
We will find out the best way of doing things
We will find out if there are better ways of working with people with learning disabilities.
We will listen to people about what will make things better for them and we will do our best to change things.
We will find out if there are better ways of running Walsingham.
Checking what we do
We will make sure that we are providing the best possible service to all the people we support
We will regularly ask people whether we are doing a good job.
We will do our best to change things that need changing.
We will make sure that each person gets the right kind of support.
Expanding our services
We will increase then number of services we provide
We will plan new services in some areas of England and Wales.
We will offer our services to more people with learning disabilities.
We will offer a mix of services that support people in different ways.
Telling people about Walsingham
We will let people know about our work
We will be honest about whether we are doing a good job for people with learning disabilities.
We will provide information that is easy for everyone to understand.
We will work together with lots of people to make sure we provide good services.
We hope you like our 5 Year Plan for 2005 to 2010. You can tell us what you think in lots of different ways:
Write to us:
Walsingham House
1331-1337 High Road
Whetstone
London N20 9HR
Telephone us:
020 8343 5600
Send us a fax:
020 8446 9156
Use a minicom:
020 8446 0790
Send us an email:
Leave a message on our website:
www.walsingham.com