Big Planning

10 May 2010

by Andy Smith and Pat Black

The Big Plan is the name we use to describe a process involving people who have labels of learning disability, mental health problems and/or challenging behaviour and the facilitation that takes place with them, their families and staff teams in large groups.

Up to 10 individuals people plus their support circles come together for a series of days to explore life’s meaning, purpose and the unique contributions that people who are marginalised can make in the world.

The framework of Deep Democracy reminds us that it is the uniqueness of every person’s path and their difference that is needed in the world to make it whole. From this perspective, strangeness, oddness and otherness may be something to be appreciated rather than marginalised.

Find out more at Diversity Matters.