People Matter IW | Independent living Isle of Wight | User-led organisation Isle of Wight

As a User Led Organisation People Matter IW aim to:

• Support service user representation in decision making;
  
• Assist with service user participation in relevant policy matters, and in the planning of programmes relevant to them as individuals;
  
• Invite interested service users to take part in committees working on standards or projects of interest;
  
• Encourage participation of service users on committees that are developing relevant services or strategies;
  
• Guide service user representatives on standards and procedures and provide them with background knowledge, advocacy and briefings;
  
• Help find solutions to finance service user representation, when required
  
• Keep in contact with the public to "sound out" wider service user opinion;
  
• Study the way other service user committees work, so as to improve structures, where appropriate;
  
• Coordinate and collate information arising from service user representation.