• Active participation in the processes that effect people's lives and communities.
• Equal citizenship without stigma and discrimination.
• Change through learning, sharing experiences, increasing knowledge, developing skills and positive risk taking.
• People taking responsibility of their own life journey.
• The necessity for hope and fulfillment.

• To be a catalyst for change within individuals and services.
• To enable people to take control of their lives.
• To encourage participation in all aspects of life.
• To promote recovery based practice.

• To work with people one-to-one.
• Focusing on the person as a whole.
• Enabling people to fulfil their potential in life.
• Ensuring the person remains the expert in their journey.
• To highlight the need for dedicated holistic one-to-one working.

• Finding ways of remaining motivated and hopeful.
• Connecting with people and communities they can trust.
• Learning from life experiences in order to make choices and bring about change.
• Accepting responsibility for the decisions they make.
• Building confidence, self-esteem and valuing themselves as people who can contribute to their own and other people's wellbeing.

DIY Futures supports:

Equality of opportunity

DIY Futures opposes:

Discrimination in all its forms

DIY Futures encourages:

Participation & social inclusion

DIY Futures challenges:

Stigmatisation & stereotyping

You can download the DIY Futures  Business Plan here

You can download the DIY Futures Partnership Contract here

You can download the DIY Futures Evaluation Report 2012 here