Read+John's+story+Part+2

 And what sort of thing do people talk about at the Parliaments? They ask about transport, they ask about housing, there's them many selections I couldn't really give you a full run of them. But those are 2 of the main ones what do come up mostly and also if level security, what kind of smoke alarms can people have you know if they're Deaf or things like that, or what things they can use if people are partially sighted, or people can't read, what kind of things people can be provided with. People who live in the community - what kind of support they can get if they've moved away from their parents and stuff, into their own flats or houses - what sort of support people can get. And we get that through REACH, help through that and it works through your social worker and all the housing people and such as like yourself who help us to understand the community outside. Changes are being made...in some ways...but not always in the right way. When the Partnership Board has finished I have to go back, if I've missed anything, I go through support to catch up and then when we have the next Partnership Board we know, I know exactly where I'm up to. But where as this...I've got...say, an office or a place where everybody is who work on the Partnership Board, it'd be a lot easier for me. If I've got an office, or something that's closer to the work I'm doing and more to where the support can get to me, instead of me keep having to travel all the while, it could be a lot easier for me. 