"I’ve valued being involved"

Canterbury ward

The Sense of Community project meant that we had some group talks initially to discuss possibilities and plan what we were allowed to do. Permission has been given for some of the project. It hasn’t been difficult and I’ve enjoyed the planning.

I’ve been working with management to try to get a leaflet for new patients, to help show them how to get involved. I’m hoping to get more I.T time for this.

I think that people getting involved in the Sense of Community project has been positive. Not everyone has been regularly involved but we can all join in and eventually we should all benefit. I’ve valued being involved with the community on the other ward we are working with. We were asked to find what to put in the garden then come up with a design which was a challenge. We are producing boards to put up in the garden and it was a challenge to find out what we would be allowed to put up.

 Will it be possible that we can be more involved in building the project using some tools and equipment that we have learnt in work skills groups?