CARESCO History - SUMMARYY


          CONTENTS



          Foreword - John Major M.P.

          Preface


          INTRODUCTION -Partners in Care;  Griffiths Report on Community Care;   importance  

          Community College;    changing pattern of community leadership - active citizenship.  

          THEME ONE  -   People - Visionaries.  Recruiting.  Team-building and Support.  
          Training.  Confidence-building and empowerment.


          THEME TWO - Building on what is there already  THE School;  the Parish Council; 
               the Churches;  the Doctors' Practice;  other caring groups.


          THEME THREE - Supporting each other  The Parish Council Welfare Committee.  
               CARESCO.  The Two Clubs.  Later Developments.   The benefits of Starting small.

          THEME FOUR - Premises- Use of Community School buildings.   Improvising & 

               sharing.  Nearly New;  Print Shop; Office and Information Centre;  Buildings in other 
               villages;  Storage & access problems.   Shared Premises in the Future ;  the School's 
               Perspective.  Possibility of a purpose-built Care Centre on the Campus.


          THEME FIVE  -  Partnership between Volunteers and Professionals  the Special 
               Play Scheme;  Working with the GP's Practice;  Swimming Therapy;   Car Scheme 
               and Transport.  Partnership in Planning : Infrastructure and Networks.   The Parish 
               Council's Health Committee.  Information about unmet needs.


          THEME SIX   -  Money   What it was needed for : Projects;  Core Funding.  How it 
               was found.  Good Housekeeping.


          THEME SEVEN  -  Organisation and Management -    Constitution.  Managing the 
               Unknown.  Membership of the Executive Committee.  The Role of Outside Agencies.  
               From the Grass Roots Upwards - Learning grows from Dialogue.   Starting a Project.  
               Challenges particular to Voluntary Organisations.


          CONCLUSION  -The Living Village.  "What CARESCO means to me."  Lessons for the 
               future.


          APPENDICES:  Calendar of Events ; List of Officers; Annual Report  1996/7;  
               Bibliography;  INDEX.


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