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Catherine's
Story
I was the one of first people in the Dreamcatchers Project to have a Circle of Friends. My circle was started in 2002.
A circle of support is made up of people who help
the focus person to think about what they want and how they can make changes in their life.
I had heard about Circles Around Dundee and asked if I could have a circle. Me and my mum invited friends and
family to help me to think about what changes I wanted to make in my life.
Dreamcatchers helped me with Person Centred Planning.
Person Centred Planning is about helping someone find out what they want and helping them work out how to get it. When people
want to make changes in their life Person Centred Planning is a good place to start.
I wanted to make some changes in my life. I wanted to leave the day centre, to go to college, to get
a job and to do lots of different things and to get my own house.
My life is different now, I left the day centre, I have a part time job, I did a computing course at college and I have
delivered training with Dreamcatchers. I get out and about doing things I like, and eventually after a long time and with
the help of my circle of support I now have my own home.
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