Making my own choices

About This Foundation:

The second foundation is about making choices.

The people that took part in our research told us how important it was to make their own choices.

They talked about two different kinds of choices:

1. Daily life choices – these are choices you make as part of your everyday routine. For example, what food you would like to eat or which clothes you want to wear.
2. Major life choices – these are big decisions that you make about your future and how you want to live your life. These choices can change your life in big ways, so it’s normal to ask for help from a trusted person and to take time to think about it carefully.

In the research, people talked about how important it was to have freedom to make their own choices but also that there were parts of their life where they wanted help to make choices.