ce
ence.
What advice would you give to
anyone considering getti ng involved
in CCN?
1. Have confi dence in your experience. We
all have our own frame of reference, and
as long as you can look at a situati on
and give your opinions on it, based on
your experience, then you will do well.
CCN is about getti ng as many opinions as
possible together to enable us to look at
things from all the angles.
2. Don’t put pressure on yourself to know
it all. You’re not expected to. At fi rst I
found it a litt le overwhelming – I felt
like I had no idea what was going on.
There can be lots of paperwork to read
through, especially when you’re looking
at complaints, but there was always
someone there for me. And I’ll be there
to help you!
3. Remember that we all have our strengths.
I have dyslexia and found infographics
with percentages really tough to get
my head around but I’ve found that
my experiences in dealing with people
helps me to contribute in other ways. I
have an affi nity with the neighbourhood
coach role and fi nd that I off er a diff erent
angle when we’re talking about case
studies. Percentages might not be my
thing but emoti onal intelligence is. Asking
‘how would you feel?’ and ‘what would
you do?’ and looking at things more
holisti cally (not just from a housing point
of view) in situati ons where others might
be looking at facts and fi gures brings real
value to the discussions.
I really enjoy being part of CCN, it’s great
to know that my opinions really matt er to
Bromford. My confi dence has grown so much
over the last 12 months and I’d encourage
everyone to get involved and have your say.
If Denise has inspired you and you’d like to fi nd out more about
getting involved, including how to become a CCN member please:
Email: [email protected]
Call: 01902 396851 and leave a message
Or take a look at our website
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