Overview

Day Opportunities Consultation Update - February 2020

Further to the update published in November 2019 the Council will present its report of the consultation and supporting appendices to Cabinet for decision on the Draft Strategy. The Cabinet Meeting will take place at the Council House on Tuesday 11th February 2020 at 10:00am.

Further details can be found on the Day Opportunities Consultation 2019 website and Birmingham City Council Management System (CMIS) please see links below.

Day Opportunities Consultation Website: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/day-opportunities-consultation2019

Committee Management Information System (CMIS): Cabinet meeting 11/02/2020 (see Item Number 10)

Day Opportunities Consultation Update - November 2019

Further to the update published in September 2019 the Council has recently announced pre-general election Purdah. The purpose of Purdah is to prevent announcements and activities by public bodies which could, or be seen to, influence the election so release of any information relating to the consultation is restricted until after the election period.

As we are now in “purdah” because of the election on the 12th December 2019 the Cabinet Report timeline has been revised and our aim is to present the report to Cabinet for decision in February 2020.

We will continue to post updates on the website and when the report is published on CMIS we will notify citizens and interested parties using the appropriate methods of communication to inform of our next steps.

Day Opportunities Consultation Update - September 2019

The Day Opportunities Consultation is now closed. We would like to thank those who contributed and took time to attend our consultation events. We received a great deal of feedback both from the events and through completed questionnaires which were from a broad cross section of people and organisations across the city. The responses were from citizens who attend day centres, carers, service providers of day opportunities, elected members, community groups, our partners and Birmingham citizens, all of whom have a keen interest in day opportunities in Birmingham.

We are now in the process of analysing all of the feedback and questionnaires received, and a report of the findings will be produced. Our aim is to present the report to Cabinet for decision in November 2019. If for whatever reason our timetable changes, we will share the revised timetable with you.

Frequently Asked Questions and Responses Update:

The consultation formally closed on Sunday 4^th August 2019.

We are continuing to update the frequently asked questions and responses section of the Day Opportunities Consultation 2019 website, this will be finalised on Friday 16^th August 2019.

There is still the opportunity to send in your views and comments which may be informed by the updated frequently asked questions and responses. The close date for any further views and comments is Friday 23rd August 2019.

Your views and comments can be returned in any of the following ways:

By email: dayopportunitiesconsultation2019@birmingham.gov.uk
By telephone: 0121 303 5012
By minicom: 18001 0121 303 1119
Free post envelope – should you require a free post envelope please telephone on one of the numbers listed above.

Frequently asked question and responses can be found under section 3 of the Day Opportunities Consultation 2019 website https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/day-opportunities-consultation2019

If you would prefer a paper copy of the frequently asked questions and responses please call one of the telephone numbers above, alternatively ask a member of staff at the day centre who will provide you with a copy.

UPDATE - Following feedback, the Council urges you to note that:

There has been an amendment to the Consultation on the Draft Day Opportunities Strategy document on page number 3, text of Councillor Hamilton’s introduction.
We ask you to read three key background documents, alongside the draft strategy: