Without INQUEST we would never find any answers about the degrading deaths of our children. – Family member
Look at the skills below and tick whether you use them often, sometimes or never, and then tick the skills you would like to improve.
| Skills | Often | Sometimes | Never | I would like to improve |
| Planning day to day activities Find out more: |
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| Planning longer term activities Find out more: |
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| Keep a diary Find out more: |
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| Keep paperwork organised Find out more: |
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| Keep a list of important contact numbers (lawyer, school, doctor etc) Find out more: |
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| Use social media (Facebook or Twitter etc) Find out more: |
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| Use the internet for research or pleasure Find out more: |
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| Write formal letters Find out more: |
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| Write informal letters (e-mails or notes and memos) Find out more: |
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| Meet new people Find out more: |
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| Speak in front of people Find out more: |
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| Take part in discussions Find out more: |
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| Take part in meetings Find out more: |
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| Use the telephone Find out more: |
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| Plan when I need to travel or visit new places Find out more: |
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| Ask people for help Find out more: |
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| Read formal information (like letters, reports or documents) Find out more: |
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| Read informal information (like books, magazines or newspapers) Find out more: |
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| Solve problems (my own or other peoples) Find out more: |
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| Speak to official people (doctors, lawyers, politicians, teachers) Find out more: |
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| Make complaints Find out more: |
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| Get fair treatment Find out more: |
These skills are the kinds of things that will help to get through the practical problems you might encounter, including the inquest, investigation and any other matters that arise afterwards. But they can also enable you to support other people going through the same process; support other family members, change things for the better or even get involved in campaigning for change.
Each section in this toolkit looks at the skills you have identified above and aims to help you develop strategies for tackling some of the problems or obstacles you may be facing. The rest of this section will help you practice these skills and link them to ways you might want to use them in the future (Section 2: Using the Skills).
