Personalisation is imminent and will have a major impact on voluntary and community organisations that provide health and social care services.

In 2007 the Government published Putting People First: a shared vision and commitment to the transformation of adult social care, which officially introduced the idea of a personalised adult social care system, where people have maximum choice and control over their support, and services are tailored to meet the individual needs and preferences of users.

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Social Care Institute for Excellence has produced an extensive range of information for those who most need to be aware of the implications of personalisation http://www.scie.org.uk/adults/personalisation.asp

National Council for Voluntary Organisations has produced resources to help with putting personalisation into practice

http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/personalisation

Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation has produced a document that explains the background to the personalisation agenda. It looks at developments and potential implications for service users and third sector providers http://www.gmcvo.org.uk/sites/gmcvo.org.uk/files/issues%2020.pdf

Putting People First has information, news, events and resources about the Putting People First initiative http://www.puttingpeoplefirst.org.uk