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Actions speak louder than words
- Author:
- MALLAGHAN Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 14(3), March/April 2014, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The theatre company Mind the Gap has created a workshop to educate people about disability hate crime. The workshop is presented, acted and facilitated by professional actors with learning disabilities, who use their own experiences of hate crime, as well as the stories of others gathered from news and research. The workshop puts the emphasis on everyone to think about how they can make a difference. (Original abstract)
Everybody included
- Author:
- McMILLAN Ian A.
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 13(1), January/February 2013, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Inclusive sports sessions can give young people with learning disabilities the opportunity to try out different activities and also take part in physiotherapy. ‘Summer Sports Taster Days’, developed by the physiotherapy team at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, were held twice weekly during July and August at 2 council-run leisure centres in Liverpool. The scheme aimed to give young people aged 8-18 years the chance to participate in games and other activities over the summer holidays. It was attended by 11 young people with a range of conditions, including muscular dystrophy, cardiopulmonary problems, and Down’s syndrome. Non-disabled brothers and sisters were also invited along to the scheme, giving the whole family a break from everyday routine. Activities ranged from sports such as basketball and gymnastics for the more able youngsters to imaginative and fun physiotherapy exercises.
Community integration project: one year on ...
- Author:
- WILLOWBANK COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE
- Publisher:
- Willowbank Community Resource Centre
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Dungannon
In March 2010, Willowbank Community Resource Centre were successful in receiving £228,580 from BIG Lottery Reaching Communities Programme to deliver a 5 year Community Integration programme designed for and by people with disabilities. The BIG funding has benefited local people in many ways through a variety of personal development and learning opportunities which have improving people’s skills, abilities and confidence. These opportunities have included learning computing skills, training in local democracy, and a group trip to the theatre. The participants have produced this ‘one year on’ booklet which showcases some of the work the BIG funding has supported. The booklet also records at a personal level the impact that BIG funding has had locally for participants and how much it has meant to them.
The Windmill Programme: thinking outside the square
- Authors:
- PEARSON Graeme, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 46, November 2010, pp.36-40.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
This article describes the Windmill Programme, a specialised care programme that provides educational and recreational after school and holiday programmes for children and young people who are either autistic or have physical or learning disabilities. The programme is a division of Dunedin Home Support Services, a privately owned organisation that provides social and health care solutions to the local community. The article describes a typical Windmill day. Children are collected from their homes to increase accessibility, and then allocated a carer at a ratio of three to one. Activities include art and crafts, games, sporting activities and computer use. Afternoon excursions include all participants, and visit local venues and attractions around Dunedin. The article concludes that the Windmill Programme is an important component of service delivery for the specialised care sector, where a key outcome is that participants develop a sense of connection to their peers and carers.
An impossible dream no longer
- Author:
- BILLINGS Darron
- Journal article citation:
- Learning Disability Today, 9(7), October 2009, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
In this article, the author describes how individuals with disabilities, including complex needs, can share the benefit of owning their own home. For disabled people on benefits, home ownerships might seem like an impossible dream. But, for an ever increasing number of people with learning difficulties this dream is turning into a reality. The article outlines how MySafeHome, in 1997, came up with a model where the house buyer joins forces with a housing association to jointly purchase a property. Benefits are used to pay both the mortgage interest to the lender, and the rent payable on the housing association’s share. As a result many home owners face little or no personal expenditure. The article highlights those who might benefit from the scheme, and describes the home ownership benefits. A brief case example is detailed.
Pets Warehouse
- Author:
- WOOD Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Llais, 94, Winter 2009, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
In this article the author describes the creation and development of Pets Warehouse, a social firm committed to creating employment and training opportunities for the disabled and disadvantaged. A social firm is one committed to using profits to put back into the community, and ideally 25 to 50% of the workforce will have some recognised disability or disadvantage. The author Kate Wood, who is the Managing Director, suggests that a social firm should aim to empower people to be the best they can – commanding equal pay, equal rights, and to progress and improve themselves whatever the background. The author outlines how the directors were brought together, how funding was arranged to get the project running, how the project uses supported employment services, and briefly touches upon training opportunities given to members of staff.
Beyond disability
- Author:
- CAMM John
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 4.6.09, 2009, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
Giving disabled adults structured support in the community can give them a chance to live independently. Initiatives in Enfield and Middlesborough, both winners of the Improvement & Development Agency's Beacon awards in the category 'Independent living for disabled adults', are highlighted.
Pilots aim high for short break success
- Author:
- PARSONS Emma
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.3.09, 2009, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes how Derbyshire Council and Gloucestershire Council used government funding to improve their short breaks services for disabled children and their families.
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LGBTQI+ video stories
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource presents five accounts of LGBTQI+ people and their care and support experiences. The stories focus on people with physical disabilities; people with mental health needs; people with learning disabilities; partners in adoption services; and older people and residential care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Integrated services for children and young people with a disability in Conwy: a case study
- Author:
- OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY. Institute of Public Care
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
A case study to show how Conwy is transforming its approach to delivering services for children and young people with disabilities through partnership working across Social Services, Health, Education and the Community and Voluntary sectors to meet complex needs and improve outcomes. This is achieved through co-location, multi-disciplinary teams and projects funded through the Welsh Government's Integrated Care Fund. The case study provides an example of effective integration both at operational level, with professionals and agencies working with individual families to assess need and develop appropriate solutions and at a strategic level by the integrated commissioning of a range of care and support services that respond to complex needs and improve outcomes for children and their families. It describes a number of different approaches to integration including the Council’s All Age Disability Service, the Early Years Child Development Centre jointly run by Health and Social Care, the Child and Adolescent Learning Disability Service and a special school and residential facility. Integration both within and across these services is helping to keep children with disabilities and complex needs at home with family or foster carers and offer opportunities for progression, leading to improved life. (Edited publisher abstract)