Welcome to our Adult Social Care Involvement Forum

Adult Social Care

Adult social care supports people who need extra help to live safely and independently. This support can include:

• Help at home
• Support in the community
• Equipment to make everyday tasks easier
• Adaptations to your home
• Residential care
• Support for unpaid carers

Our Adult Social Care Involvement Forum

We are setting up an Adult Social Care Involvement Forum.

This forum is a place for:

• People who use adult social care
• Family members, unpaid carers, and supporters
• People who help connect communities with social care services

The forum gives you the chance to share your experiences and ideas to help improve and shape our services.

During forum meetings, we will also share stories and videos showing how people are already helping to shape adult social care.

Forum meetings

• We will hold three meetings a year
• Meetings will take place online

We know online meetings are not suitable for everyone. As the forum develops, we hope to offer the option to join meetings in person at local community venues.

Further ways to get involved

We are working with council teams, care providers, and voluntary and community organisations to create more ways for you to get involved.

These may include:

• Face-to-face meetings
• Online discussions
• A mix of both

We will share more information as it becomes available.

Tell us what you think

We would like you to complete a short survey. This will help us understand:

• Your experience with adult social care
• How you would like to be involved

Your feedback will help us plan the Service User Forum.

Complete the survey

What happens next

• Our first forum meetings took place in June 2026
• The next meetings are planned for early October 2026.

After you complete the survey, we will:

• Keep in touch with updates
• Let you know when you can register for meetings
• Provide more information and answer any questions.

More ways to get involved

Other projects on Let's Talk County Durham

There are projects on this site that may interest you as a member of the Adult Social Care Involvement Forum.

Currently open to participation on Let's Talk County Durham, we have:

Communicating and sharing information about adult Social Care Services

Involvement opportunities with partner organisations

North East ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Services) and Curators for Change run regular 'Over a Brew' sessions.

Over a Brew is a relaxed, welcoming online space where people come together as equals to share ideas, listen, and help shape better adult social care. It’s all about co‑production - working side‑by‑side so everyone’s voice is heard and valued.

You can sign up for forthcoming sessions here.