The meeting happened on Tuesday 11 May 2021 from 11.30am to 3pm.
The meeting happened on Zoom.
David McDonald
Kieran McCarthy
Collette Jones
Frances McHugh
Niqi Rainey
Amanda Paul
Bryan Myles
From Independent Living Fund Scotland
Peter Scott
Harvey Tilley
Linda Scott
Lee House
Liam Hargan
Caroline Wheeler
Valerie McCarthy
David welcomed everyone. He asked if everyone was okay with the meeting being recorded, to help with writing the Minutes afterwards. Everyone agreed.
Everyone agreed the Minutes were fine. Alannah will put them on the website.
Action 1. Liam will tell the Trusts about unpaid carers getting the COVID-19 vaccination.
This has been done.
Action 2. Linda will ask for more information about unpaid carers getting the COVID-19 vaccination quickly.
This has been done.
Action 3. Lee will send out feedback from the recipient survey.
This has been done.
In this document ‘recipient’ means someone who is given money by the Independent Living Fund Scotland.
Action 4. Lee will send out the Terms of Reference documents.
This still needs to be done.
There were no other things to talk about.
Linda said that unpaid carers are number 6 on the priority list for getting their vaccines in Northern Ireland.
They should soon get their vaccines.
The Independent Living Fund Scotland has shared information from:
Harvey said that the Department of Health in Northern Ireland is looking at how to find the money if they decided to open the fund again.
He will tell the Group when he has more news.
Linda said that a draft Policy 4 called Available Income has been written. The changes in it should happen at the same time as the Northern Ireland fund opening.
Linda said that in Scotland people getting ILF funding will now only need to pay 43 pounds towards their support instead of 83 pounds. This starts on 1 June 2021.
Some policies:
8. Update about the Charter for involvement
Linda thanked David, Niqi and Caroline for their hard work on the Charter Action Plan.
The Charter Action Plan has been agreed and added to the website. It lists the things that the Independent Living Fund Scotland will do. It will be part of every Stakeholder Group meeting now.
David took part in the staff away day. He gave a talk about his experience of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Department of Health in Northern Ireland is writing a new policy called the Advance Care Planning Policy.
It will help people to think about:
David will invite someone from this policy team to come to a Stakeholder Group meeting.
The members talked about how important care and support plans are. They talked about writing a model plan to help:
Liam and other members said they will share good examples.
David asked everyone to look at the final draft of the Terms of Reference. One word was changed and everyone agreed the final draft.
All the members voted to keep David McDonald as the Chairperson.
They agreed that he can finish when he wants to. All the members voted to keep Kieran McCarthy as the Vice Chairperson.
Everyone talked about sharing their email addresses on group emails.
They will send an email to say:
Caroline Kelly has been given a Belfast Telegraph Award. Everyone clapped.
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 10 August 2021.
The meeting will be from 11am to 1pm.
This is the end of the Minutes.
