Community Lives Consortium

Autism Friendly Cinema Follow this link for information on 'autism friendly' cinema screenings from Odeon that may be of interest. 
The films and experience have subtle changes designed with the specific needs of autism in mind:
The lights will be on low
The volume will be turned down
There will be no trailers at the beginning of the film
You'll be able to take your own food and drinks
You'll be able to move around the cinema if you like.
Swansea is one of the cities involved in these screenings

National Stress Awareness Day Keeping your EAP alive - The nature of an employee assistance programme (EAP) is that people don’t need to use it every day, but the contact details should be close to hand when the need does arise. This is why they offer such a wide range of promotional materials: it broadens the range of ways that a colleague can be reminded about the service. Sometimes it is good to focus on a specific event or activity that can be directly related to the EAP. One such event is National Stress Awareness Day which is always on the first Wednesday of November. You can get a wide range of materials from the NSAD website

Annual Report 2009 / 2010 Follow this link to view the Annual Report for 2009 / 2010.  (This document opens a 1.09 MB pdf document).

Salary Sacrifice Presentation from Punter Southall Follow this link for a presentation regarding Salary Sacrifice.  (This opens a 477KB document.

Business Plan 2011/2012 Follow this link to view the Business Plan for 2011/2012
This will give you information about what the Consortium will do to improve its services.
This opens in PDF (674KB)

Swine Flu Vaccination Follow this link for information regarding the Swine Flu Vaccination. (This opens a 115 KB pdf document)

Information on Swine Flu Follow this link for further information on Swine Flu and what the Consortium is planning to do.

Payments for hours worked (Excessive Hours Update) Follow this link for further information on the excessive hours update. This opens a document in PDF 67KB

Want to recieve your rotas via Email rather than on paper in the post? If your network is using the roster system then you could receive your rotas via email if requested.
Some of you receive the new rotas that are from the roster system that is currently being used in some of the networks in the Consortium.
This is done by a function on the roster system that enables Team Coordinators to send staff their rotas via email rather than it being printed out and posted.
If you would like to receive your rotas via email rather than on paper then please click on the link for the form, then send the completed form back to your Team Coordinator who will then let you know when you will start receiving your rota by email. (Opens in PDF 120KB)

Payments for hours worked The number of hours worked by some Consortium staff has been the subject of concern for some time.  The Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales (CSSIW) has told the Consortium that it must find a way to reduce these working hours. Follow this link for more details. (PDF document 57.4KB)

Autism in Older Adults Survey Click on the link to view a summary report by Prof. Ian Stuart-Hamilton from the University of Glamorgan (Document opens in PDF 100KB).

Changes to Mileage Rates for staff Follow this link which is a memo to staff explaining the changes to mileage rates effective from the 1st October 2008.  (This document opens up into a 56.4KB pdf document)

UNISON and Consortium Special Newsletter Follow this link to view the UNISON and Consortium Special Newsletter which gives you information on Unison Stewards, Union Learning Reps and Fair Treatment Advisors.  (This opens a 0.99MB PDF document)

Employee Assistance Programme Year End Report 2010
Employee Assistance Programme Year End Report 2009                    Employee Assistance Programme Year End Report 2008 Community Lives Consortium is part of the Employee Assistance Programme where staff can contact them for external and confidential help surrounding many areas of their work and personal  life.  Click here for the year end report on the percentage of staff who have used the EAP in the last couple of years.  No names are given, just the amount of staff that have contacted them and what service was used. (This opens a 139KB pdf document)

Environmental Group Here you will find information on ongoing Environment projects, competitions and supporting documents, there is also a link to the Carbon Trust's Carbon Footprint Calculator.