We are working hard to build links between the new Cambs ULO and local people and organisations:

- We have recently presented at the Working Together for Recovery forums in Huntingdon and Cambridge

- We are building links with key organisations including The Opportunities Trust, Disability Cambridgeshire and DISH

- Exploring how we can work with the LINks network

-Building links with Cambridgeshire County Council and NHS Cambridgeshire

- Working with the partnership boards and the Cambridgeshire Parliament

If you would like to know more about our work or think you can help in any way please contact us.

Between December 2008 and January 2009 we held a series of events across Cambridgeshire to find out more about what people wanted and how the Cambs ULO might be able to help. We also distributed over 1000 questionnaires.

We had great feedback with over 400 people taking part and all of our results are written up in these reports:

Results of the Engagement and Involvement exercise (word doc)

Results of the Engagament and Involvement exercise (easy read)

This report is also available in braille, large print or audio. To order a copy please contact the Cambs ULO Administrator on 01245 392300 or email cshah@ecdp.org.uk)

Thank you to everyone who took part. We are using these results to help us build a vision and plan for the Cambs ULO which will work creatively to meet some of these challenges and involve local people in developing and delivering the solutions. We hope to publish our plan on this website by the end of June.

As well as looking at the results from our Engagement and Involvement Exercise we thought this was a great opportunity to reflect on what worked in terms of getting people involved and what didn't. We have written up our findings in the following report which can be downloaded here:

Learning from the Engagement and Involvement Exercise (word doc)

Learning from the Engagement and Involvement Exercise (easy read)

This report can also be ordered in braille, large print or audio. For copies please contact the Cambs ULO Administrator on 01245 392300 or email cshah@ecdp.org.uk

Thinking of running your own consultation event? Click here for our step by step guide: Guide to running a consultation event

The Cambs ULO is committed to sharing all of its learning so that we can all make quicker progress to better solutions and we hope you find our reports useful.

The first board meeting of the new Board of Directors for the Cambridgeshire ULO was held on 30 April 2009 at Arbury Community Centre.

The Board elected an interim Chair (Andrew Gardner) and Treasurer (Kadie Chapman) and started to develop a vision and some priorities for the ULO based on the research and feedback received from people across the county. These ideas are now being developed into a plan which will be available for people to consider and feedback on shortly.

The Board also agreed that the Cambs ULO should now take steps to become a registered charity and it is hoped that this will be completed by July.

Pen profiles of the Directors are available here: Pen profiles of the directors

People with disabilities and impairments have been responding to the question

"Do you feel involved in decisions taken about you and your life?"

The results so far: 60% do feel involved in decisions, 20% do not feel involved and 20% feel they are sometimes involved and sometimes not involved.