Members of Glasgow Social Care Providers Forum voted overwhelmingly
by 46 votes to 2, to change the organisation’s name and its role, at a special
general meeting on Wednesday March 16.

GSCPF will become the Social Care Ideas Factory with an official launch in
April 2011, when it will concentrate on helping drive social change and social
care transformation.

Director Charlie Barker said: “I am absolutely delighted that our members
have embraced this radical change, and given their overwhelming support to
our change of name and our new role.

“We are committed to becoming the leading lights in social change to ensure
that people who require supports get what they need and want to live
their ‘best lives’.

“But we can’t do it alone because successful change will depend on
participation of a wide range of people

“We plan to expand our membership from solely Glasgow’s social care
provider organisations to everyone who has a stake in how care will be
delivered in the future.

Membership of the Social Care Ideas Factory will be open to:

1. Individuals who require supports, carers, allies, supporters
2. Health, Housing, Education & Social Care Providers
3. Peer networks, advocacy, umbrella organisations and citizen
   movements
4. Individuals-professionals, sole traders, workforce
5. Corporate companies, Public sector, Government, Local Authorities,
   Unions
6. Suppliers, Industries & Trades people.

Charlie Barker added: “The practice model of the Social Care Ideas Factory
will be to encourage and involve members to work together to ‘craft innovative
responses’ to the spectrum of reshaping, transformation of social care as we
know it.

“The Ideas Factory will also support members with the theory, policy, system,
process and practice of Personalisation and Self Directed Support.

“Our current funders Glasgow City Council Social Work (Service
Modernisation and Children & Families teams), the Council’s Education
Services and the Scottish Government have fully endorsed this change of
model and approach”.