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Charter for Involvement -
Charter for Involvement -
National Involvement Network (NIN)
National Involvement Network (NIN)
Ray’s Opportunities strongly supports the Charter for Involvement, which explicitly outlines the rights of people who use support services. On 3rd December 2019, the Chair pledged this support by formally singing up to the Charter. The organisation is the 87th organisation to join.
The National Involvement Network (NIN) is a group of people who get support from different organisations across Scotland.
‘The Charter is our voice telling what support we need to be involved’
The accompanying images show the current Chair, Ray McDonald, alongside ARC Scotland Representative Julie Ritchie who is the facilitator for the Moray Learning Disability Provider Forum.
The smaller images show Ray signing up to the Charter and Scott Meredith, Charity Trustee alongside Iris Christy, Volunteer Coordinator and Ray McDonald.
For more information relating to The Charter and NIN please visit
ARC Scotland www.arcscotland.org.uk Tel: 0131 663 4444
Aim
The most important aim of the Charter is for people who receive support to be more listened to and respected.
The Charter is unique in Scotland as it has been written and developed by people who use services for service providers to make involvement better for everyone.
The Charter shows how people, who use support services, want to be involved. In the service they get. In the organisations that provide their services and In their wider community
The Charter is made up of 12 key statements
- We must be at the heart of any plans about our lives.
- We have the right to live our lives independently.
- We must be involved in our communities.
- We must be able to speak about how our support is working for us and what would be better.
- We want to be involved in choosing the people who support us
- We want to give information and training to staff at all levels.
- We want to be involved in writing policies that affect us and making them easier to understand.
- We want to be involved in decisions made by the organisations that plan and run our support.
- We want to be involved in events run by the organisations that plan and run our support.
- We want to be involved with ‘Speaking-up’ groups.
- We want to take part in national and local campaigns.
- We have the right to make formal complaints if we need to.
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