The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilties believes that people with high support needs should be included in the community and lead exciting lives.
From this project, we want to find out about:
- what currently works in services to ensure inclusion, the barriers to inclusion and how services can overcome these barriers
- how we can influence national and local policy makers and commissioners of services to ensure people who have high support needs are successfully included in the community
- how to support local authorities to have a real understanding of community inclusion and commit to developing inclusive community support services
What we are doing:
We have provided funding to 4 innovative voluntary organisations:
We anticipate that people involved in the project will be able to enjoy greater involvement in community life and be able to exercise their rights and responsibilities as contributing citizens.
The community will gain greater awareness of how people who have high support needs can engage and contribute to mainstream activities.
The participating organisations will benefit from consultancy and advice from the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities to establish a training programme and better support people with high support needs.
A team with representives of people with learning disabilities, family carers and practitioners will visit each site to explore:
- ways for people who need a lot of support to be more included in their communities
- ways to improve day services
- the changes that are needed to help organisations improve opportunities for people with high support needs
You can also talk to others within this network by joining the Choice Forum.
The project is possible with the help of a 2-year action research grant from the Mental Health Foundation and The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
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