This article reports on a joint venture between a day service and an environmental agency in west London which is employing people with learning difficulties as volunteer canal keepers.
This article reports on a joint venture between a day service and an environmental agency in west London which is employing people with learning difficulties as volunteer canal keepers.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, service users, volunteers, community work;
Reports on a user group in Tower Hamlets is shaping services for people with learning difficulties. Looks at how the Map Squad's creative and simple consultation methods have helped other service users to speak up.
Reports on a user group in Tower Hamlets is shaping services for people with learning difficulties. Looks at how the Map Squad's creative and simple consultation methods have helped other service users to speak up.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, service users, social care provision, user participation;
A group of service users with learning disabilities, with the support of the charity United Response, have drawn on their own experiences and made a DVD aimed at showing what it can be like to have a disability. This article describes the DVD and reports on its premiere at a Midlands cinema.
A group of service users with learning disabilities, with the support of the charity United Response, have drawn on their own experiences and made a DVD aimed at showing what it can be like to have a disability. This article describes the DVD and reports on its premiere at a Midlands cinema.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, service users, training, user participation, user views, audio visual media;
Young people with profound and complex learning difficulties have often been left out of the process of planning their own futures, but now a project set up in Wales aims to give them more options by focusing on each individual and creating personalised portfolios.
Young people with profound and complex learning difficulties have often been left out of the process of planning their own futures, but now a project set up in Wales aims to give them more options by focusing on each individual and creating personalised portfolios.
Subject terms:
independence, learning disabilities, referral, self-determination, service users, severe learning disabilities, user participation, children, health needs;
Reports on integrated mental health services provided by the Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust, and the benefits which have resulted for both service users and staff.
Reports on integrated mental health services provided by the Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust, and the benefits which have resulted for both service users and staff.
Subject terms:
integrated services, joint working, learning disabilities, mental health services, nurses, multidisciplinary services, service users, social care provision, social workers, teams, user participation, user views;