Homecare: helping our local councils to understand what needs to change…

Our workshop was the latest in our ‘Living Your Best Life’ series. Over the past few months, we’ve been having conversations with local people from across our communities in Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea about what ‘living your best life’ means to them, home care services, and how they can be supported to live the lives they want.

Through these conversations, people have told us what is important to them in their lives, what they value and appreciate in their routines, and what they would like from home care services in the future.

In our latest workshop, we invited people who receive home care, relatives, and unpaid carers to come together and discuss what we had heard so far. The event gave participants the chance to feedback on whether our early conversations resonated with them. It also gave local people the opportunity to share their voice on home care services with workers from Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea Councils.

The workshop was our first in-person event after lockdown restrictions eased earlier this year. After over a year and a half, we were finally able to speak to people physically once again. It was a welcome return, and lovely to see some familiar faces.

We recognise that many members of our communities are not yet able to attend physical meetings. Our workshop was a hybrid event, and many people also joined us virtually from home. Ensuring that our events are accessible to all is a priority for us; as we adapt to living with COVID-19, we will continue to make our events accessible and inclusive for people who cannot join us in person.