Care Support Independence

Stakeholders from organisations or government bodies that work within or across the care and support system system have a key role to play in the care and support debate. They can be service, benefits or allowance providers or be representatives of service users.

In this section you can view and discuss specially commissioned themed articles, read what stakeholders are saying and register for updates about how the debate is progressing.

Themed Debates

During the 2008 engagement period, we hosted themed debates for stakeholders. For each theme we commissioned papers from stakeholders with expert knowledge. The aim of the themed debates is to focus on key issues relating to care and support in a thought-provoking way.

The debates are:

The role of the family and communities

• The role of the third sector - Kevin Curley, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
• The role of the family and communities - Gordon Lishman, formerly of Age Concern England
• Future role of families and communities - Imelda Redmond, chief executive of Carers UK

Fair and clear access to care and support

• Clear and fair access to care - Martin Green, English Community Care Association
• Access in the context of Personal Budgets - Simon Duffy, In Control Partnership
• The LGA perspective - Cllr David Rogers OBE, Chair, Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board

The role of private finance

• The role of equity release for older home owners - Julia Unwin, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust
• The role of the private sector - Nick Kirwan, Association of British Insurers

Joining up care and support in the future

• The local government perspective - John Dixon, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
• The disability perspective - Phil Friend, RADAR

Promoting equality and human rights

• The equality & human rights perspective - Baroness Jane Campbell, Equality and Human Rights Commission
• The race perspective - Ratna Dutt, Race Equality Foundation
• The Japanese experience - Professor Manami Hori, Tokai University

If you have read the papers, please let us have your response.

In your region

During the engagement process, which ran from May to November 2008, stakeholders could access our stakeholder information and toolkit, register for updates and events, see what was happening in their region and publicise their own events.

Click on your region on the map on the homepage to see what engagement events happened in your local area.