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If you are have been involved with WECIL’s Peer Support Project in the past four years or might like to be in the future, this questionnaire is for you! PLEASE COMPLETE BY 13TH SEPTEMBER.

WECIL’s Peer Support Project is currently funded by the Big Lottery. WECIL received five years of funding for the project, which will finish at the end of July 2016. The funding has been used to pay for the staff that have developed and managed the project, for the activities including trips and drop-in groups, travel costs for volunteers, refreshments and training for volunteers.

Peer support is really important to WECIL and we are committed to continuing to deliver peer support but we now need to develop a plan of how peer support can continue after July 2016, with different levels of funding.

The Big Lottery funding for the Project will continue for 12 months, until July 2016. During this time WECIL will spend lots of time on planning and developing a new approach, we will work with the rest of WECIL, the peer support volunteers and peer support users to re-develop what we offer, so that peer support is at the centre of WECIL.

We want to ensure that more of our volunteers and clients are actively guiding what we deliver so we are starting this planning and development time by consulting with peer support volunteers and peer support users to find out how you want us to continue the service.

The project still has targets from the Big Lottery to meet during the final year, but we may have to find different ways of meeting them, so that we can transition the current service into the new one.

This questionnaire is the first part of this planning and development process. Please answer the questions below and tells us what you think! Please complete this questionnaire by 13th September.

If you do not want to complete this online please contact Martha Quinn at WECIL for an alternative version: 01179 479911 or martha.quinn@wecil.co.uk

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1. What difference has being part of the peer support project made to you? If possible, please give some examples of your experiences.

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2. What is the most important part of the peer support project for you? If possible, please give some examples.

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3. What would be the impact on your wellbeing, if the most important part of the project stopped?

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4. Do you attend any other similar activities? If you do not go to any similar activities, please can you tell us what has stopped you from going to other activities?

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5. Based on what you think is the most important part of the peer support project, do you have any ideas about how you and WECIL can work together to provide these parts of the project, with little or no funding? If possible, please give some examples.

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6. How would you like to be more involved with WECIL as a whole?

If you would like us to contact you about something specific, please include your name and contact details.

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7. We still have to achieve the Big Lottery outcomes during the final year of the Peer Support Project (1st August 2015 – 31st July 2016).

The outcomes for the Peer Support Project in the final year are:

• Outcome 1 - increasing levels of self-confidence among disabled people by being part of the peer support project

• Outcome 2 - providing training that improves disabled peoples skills and knowledge and gives them better chances in life

• Outcome 3 – enabling disabled people to take part in social activities and increase their social networks

• Outcome 4 - disabled people have a voice and can express their opinions

• Outcome 5 – providing support for disabled people to live more independently

What activities do you think we should deliver so that we can achieve these outcomes?

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8. Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your experience with the Peer Support Project or with WECIL?

If you would like us to contact you about something specific, please include your name and contact details.