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What would I want from a support planner?
- Author:
- TONER Liam
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(4), 2013, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The question provides an interesting way to look at the role of the support-planner and the support plan itself. The author, who has worked as a support planner and has helped members of his family to use personal budgets, describes what his dream support planner would be like. (Edited publisher abstract)
Get 'Streetwise' and be safe when out and about
- Author:
- WHEATLEY Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(2), 2013, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
Streetwise was a four day course for people with learning disabilities who want to feel safe going out by themselves. It was run by Connect in the North, a user-led organisation, which works to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. This article provides a short overview of what the course covered and how it was delivered. At the start of the course participants shared their experiences and ambitions for the future. Participants were also asked to complete journeys between each session and were able to gradually increase in confidence. Connect in the North are hoping to run a second course as Streetwise proved so popular.
Communicating through dance
- Author:
- McMILLAN Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(2), 2013, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The Magpie Dance is a group composed of both children and adults with learning disabilities which works in areas of south London and Kent. This article explains how the group has been working with people with learning disabilities at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The project began by running two weekly sessions for people with learning disabilities who attended residential and day care services. The article explains how the sessions were organised and how they helped to build trust and relationships between staff and service users. Magpie Dance are also working with Oxleas psychology department who are undertaking a service evaluation of the first nine weeks of the programme. (Original abstract)
How involving families can transform lives
- Author:
- MURRAY Pippa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(3), 2013, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The Family Leadership approach to personalisation encourages the whole family to be involved in the development of personalisation to ensure that it meets the individual's and the families needs. Drawing on the work of three projects the article explores some practical ways in which it is progressing. The projects highlighted include the Bury Parent Forum; the Our Lives, Our Way project in Sheffield; and The Pass it On parent group in Newcastle. (Original abstract)
Going for growth
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(1), 2013, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
This article describes “The Sprout There!” horticultural project for adults with learning disabilities in North East London. It is designed to help transform the lives of people by giving them an interest in food production and to help develop social relations with other attendees, who are often isolated in the community or feel disconnected from others. In addition to the seasonal requirements of maintaining the allotment and the harvesting of crops, the project also promotes a healthier lifestyle through cooking lessons.
Meet Josephine – she’s as good as a real live woman!
- Authors:
- DOUKAS Thomas, MORGAN Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 26(1), 2013, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The Josephine project, run by “Them Wifies” in Newcastle upon Tyne, provides a fun way to teach women with learning disabilities about their bodies. Josephine is a life-size anatomically correct cloth woman designed to bring a creative, fun and accessible approach to the health, sexual and relationship education using a range of approaches to ensure that the women are central to the thinking behind the project. The impact of Josephine’s awareness workshops has already started to show – the women now have access to useful medical information in a friendly environment where they can talk about their feelings, and share their fears and experiences.
Serious partying puts the action into planning
- Author:
- BAMFORD Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 25(2), Winter 2011, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The Elfrida Society is pioneering a new approach to peer-based planning for people with learning disabilities in their Freedom and Friendship project. The project uses party planning as a way of helping small groups of people with learning disabilities to use their own resources, help each other and speak up for what the need. Once at the party everyone gets to say what they like about the person and to say one thing that will help make the world a better place.
The Butterfly Project: making creative use of individual budgets
- Author:
- KELLY Sean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 24(3), 2011, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The Butterfly Project is a social enterprise in Newham that supports young people with learning difficulties during their transition into adult life. It works with people where the mainstream services wouldn't work with them, such as people with profound and multiple disabilities. Largely funded from pooled individual budgets, the project provides a programme of workshops and training to promote independence and communication skills.
Putting the tools in their hands
- Author:
- KELLY Seán
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 23(1), Autumn 2009, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
This article outlines Clickstart, an innovative project run jointly by the Rix Centre and Ellingham Employment Services. It is described as a multi-media advocacy giving people with learning difficulties the opportunity to create their own accessible websites. Clickstart describes what it provides as ‘technical support on multimedia advocacy classes’. The project supports people from 10 boroughs, and also runs courses, and across the 10 boroughs they have people from 40 different groups who have set up over 100 accessible wiki-sites in the last 6 months. This article describes the processes involved in setting up the project, the user testing, training other groups, the creation of media for upload, and ends with a description of the methods used to promote the work.
A lifeline for vulnerable people is under threat
- Author:
- CUREN Richard.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 22(2), 2008, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The Respond's Helpline, which aims to help people with learning disabilities who have experienced abuse and/or trauma, currently needs funding to secure its future. This article discusses the history of the service and why it is needed. Two users of the helpline also describe how it was able to help them.