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A Good Life: Stories and Principles Vickie Cammack www.planinstitute.ca What happens to my relative when I die? Parent concerns for disabled children: •Safety and security •Protect quality of life Dilemmas: •Limitations of social services & programs •Closure of institutions • Limited government finances • Rationing of health care Planning for the future changes the present 4 Core Values • Self-sufficiency – independence from government • Family directed – high accountability & flexibility • Relationships are the key to a good life • Contribution equals citizenship Member Services • Future planning consultation • Personal network facilitation • Advocacy and monitoring • Lifetime commitment A Good Life • Friends and family • A home that offers sanctuary • Choice • Meaningful contribution • Wealth Lessons • Isolation is a major handicap • Contribution leads to ‘full citizenship’ • Two pillars to secure the future social economic well being • • • • Weaving Facilitating Coordinating Monitoring and evaluating Connector Tasks No disability precludes relationships Networks can be challenging CONTRIBUTION EQUALS CITIZENSHIP And there’s a tremendous sorrow for a human being who doesn’t find a way to give. One of the worst sufferings is not to find a way to love or a place to work and give of your heart and being. Jack Kornfield Registered Disability Savings Plan • • • • Impact: 800,000 $200,000 lifetime contribution limit Matching Disability Savings Grant Disability Savings Bond for low income • Disability Benefits implications: • Raise asset limit • Eliminate claw back • Opens space for new set of innovations Registered Disability Savings Plan NO ONE ALONE FUND Belonging Initiative Pooled Trust Fund $80 billion $80 billion PLAN: A Social Innovation • A different question: What is a good life? • A different model: Social enterprise • A different paradigm: Contribution and citizenship Sustainability • Is more than the viability and survival of an enterprise, innovation or organization • Means being intentional about: • Structural, systemic, institutional and legislative change • Cultural and attitudinal shift Impact, Durability and Scale • How can the processes and values of PLAN become part of the ‘water supply’? • How can alterations of practice, policy and funding contribute to structural change? PLAN’S Sustainability Objectives • Embed full citizen perspective in structures and institutions • Change cultural consciousness from needs and inability to contribution and participation The Way Forward • Understanding and mobilizing our financial assets • Move away from small scale silos to collaboration in scale within our sector • Collaboration with Banks and other Financial Institutions; Academics; Government; Foundations; Corporations PLAN Resources • www.planinstitute.ca • www.plan.ca • www.philia.ca • www.nurturingbelonging.ca • www.tiesthatbind.ca • www.socialaudit.ca • www.tyze.org