The 'TOGETHER' plan

One of the areas I have been working on recently is bringing communities and business together.

I thought after speaking to several businesses and people recently over the positivity of communities and its citizens taking back the responsibility of supporting itself I would show some of the work developed by Valued Care Solutions.

TOGETHER is a word that I have used often when working with businesses and their services so it was from that word that the TOGETHER plan was developed.

So what is the TOGETHER plan………

So what does the breakdown of TOGETHER mean, in short it is:

Trust – At the start of any commitment to working together and affecting positive change trust is essential. Having the confidence to place trust in yourself and others will ensure that developing change in communities has a solid base from which to nurture and grow.

Optimism – The key to supporting a community to create a model of real change is having an overall sense of optimism and positivity. Having these attributes guarantees that any obstacles are viewed positively and new ways of achieving outcomes are established.

Giving – A major part of creating a community is in understanding each individual’s positive assets and how these can be positively nurtured. The gift of ‘giving’ is truly inspirational and should always be supported and valued every step of way.

Engagement – Vital to the whole process is positive and respectful engagement. Understanding your community, its citizens, businesses and the natural environment will ensure that your channel of engagement will always be progressive. Be clear at all stages of communications that there could be one channel of engagement or several hundred dependent on the community supported.

Transition – Often overlooked dependent on outcomes of supported communities’, transition is paramount. A positive community is one that is supported ‘Cradle to Grave’ creating well-being for all. This is achieved by understanding how a citizen transitions through their community at every stage of their life.

Honesty – For too long where change is involved individuals and groups have stated ‘Yes, that can be done’ only for the doing part to be unachievable or to never get implemented. This is why honesty is crucial in supporting the change to positive communities. It is ok to say “I can’t do that” because there will be something else just as vital you WILL be able to!

Energy – In creating communities that have positive well-being and happiness at their very core energy is vital. Supporting each individual citizen and their community, energy is essential to sustain those communities coming and staying together.

Reflection – Finally positive reflection is vital in communities coming together and using continuous development to move forward. Use of solution focussed outcomes, community asset based approaches and individual person centred plans can create creating positive communities.

This has worked really well so far with the individuals I have been working with and I am really looking forward to progress this further over the coming months.

I would love your comments as always and please if you would like to talk or find out more about the TOGETHER plan please get in touch.

Take Care

Stephen

“With hope and belief there are no limitations”