John and Sian Lockwood\'s presentation for 2gether

1. Independent 2gether NAAPS/Innovation Exchange

3. Personal budgets are a big reason for this shift, empowering people Confiscation Tax and spend policies see money taken from people and spent on their behalf, Donation Benefits and tax breaks enable people spend their own money as they wish, with little or no support Personal budgets: People know their entitlement and negotiate how decisions about this money should be made

4. Personal budgets are a ‘platform’ for innovation When gold was found in the west, the needs of prospectors drove innovation. They needed lots of help from coach builders and horse breeders. The development of personal budgets is also driving innovation, creating new types of demand and new businesses.

5. But innovation in social care needs support – it won’t happen by magic Public provision of social care is big money, but it’s dominated by big providers that provide bulk solutions for blocks of people. Radical personalisation is not the norm. That will take new people, new thinking and new partnerships

6. Respite care is a great example of where new thinking is needed Brilliant online innovators Supported short breaks around the world Carers and those they care for