A slideshow with a selection of photographs, quotes and tweets from Making the Future Together on 30th April 2014

1. Welcome to
30th April 2014 | #makingthefuture14

2. If you want to walk
fast, walk alone.
If you want to walk
far, walk together

5. @marianneb37
#makingthefuture14 @Certitude_
strong reminder by @ivanlewis_MP
that we are here for people to have a
life not a service
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8. Chris Hatton @chrishattoncedr
#makingthefuture14 Laughs, awe
and tears in my eyes listening to
@LynneElwell Partners in
Policymaking models the way
partnerships should be
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10. People have a right to equality
and citizenship...every citizen
has a right to maximum self-
determination and a right to
dignity and to choose their own
support

11. @jaimeelewis
@IvanLewisP "Criticism re
implementation of personal
budgets valid but disingenuous to
say they're a cover for cuts"
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15. @jaimeelewis
@IvanLewisP "criticism re
implementation of personal
budgets valid but disingenuous to
say they're a cover for cuts"
#makingthefuture14

17. People don’t stop
dreaming because their
child is disabled. They stop
when services or systems
make it so hard.
Lynne Elwell

19. @clentonF
"Let's embrace the
possibility of ppl"
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20. Not a mistake
Not a problem
Not a burden
Not an inconvenience
Not an accident
Not a punishment
A miracle

24. I want a life
not a service
Gavin Croft

26. It's not ordinary to
be special but it's
very special to be
ordinary
Karen and Gav Croft

29. #makingthefuture14
@nicolagitsham
Test of reforms is people's
lives getting better. Great to
be part of a mass movement
for change @incontrolorg
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31. Victoria Silver @VictoriaSilver4
Without a sense of caring, there
can be no sense of community
#makingthefuture14 @incontrolorg
#ABCD @NurtureDev
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33. Sally @m55sal
#makingthefuture14 #communityis
all people standing hand in hand as
brothers and sisters
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35. Rich Watts @rich_w
I'm really struck by timescale today: so
much achieved in such a relatively
short time. The achievements are
remarkable. #makingthefuture14
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38. Steve Scown @SScown
Moveable Feast illustrating just
how the system has to change and
the power of dreams
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42. Neil Crowther @neilmcrowther
'We learned to be driven by hope,
not by anger and frustration' Lynne
Elwell #makingthefuture14
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44. iLives @indep_lives
How do we shift public
perceptions? "We connect through
stories." @clentonF
#makingthefuture14.
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46. Aidan Pollitt @AdvancePSS
At the #makingthefuture14 - fab
conversation about building
resilient communities
#communityis
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48. Chris Hatton @chrishattoncedr
#makingthefuture14 Les Scaife
@thedoersclub Need to educate
businesses about the spending
power of disabled people.
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50. nickykentell @nkentell
@incontrolorg brilliant
presentations & so powerful!
Pleased to be taking part at
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52. Ian McCreath @IanMcCreath
#makingthefuture14 People need
to be informed, connected, in
control and with choices from
diagnosis of dementia, not from PB
eligibility.
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56. Chris Moon-Willems
@ChrisMoonW
Making the point that labels are for
jars not people at
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pic.twitter.com/2kAFVSNuyb
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57. Steve Scown @SScown
Moveable Feast illustrating just
how the system has to change and
the power of dreams
#makingthefuture14
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59. Chris Hatton @chrishattoncedr
#makingthefuture14 Oh dear it's
happening again. Moveable Feast
making me blub, then laugh.
#nobloomintissues
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61. Charlie Willis @nerdwillis
Whole room laughing along with
the Moveable Feast. But this
theatre is talking about the real
issues people are facing.
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63. Welcome to
30th April 2014 | #makingthefuture14