Resources
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities – part of the UK charity, The Mental Health Foundation
The Federation of Local Supported Living Groups – A charity working in Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, The Wirral and Merseyside. Parents and family members working in partnership with local professionals to enable people with learning disabilities to live independently.
Macclesfield Disability Information Bureau – Staffed by volunteers with first hand experience of disability, providing a free and confidential service on all aspects of disability to disabled people, carers, friends and professionals.
East Cheshire Advocacy – Support for people in making informed choices and decisions, ensuring their concerns are voiced.
Bild – British Institute of Learning Disabilities – “…committed to improving the quality of life for people with a learning disability. Our vision is a world where people with a learning disability are accepted as equal citizens with the potential to make a positive contribution to our communities.”
Independent Living Institute – Personal Assistant Exchange – Looking for a new Personal Assistant? Want to work as a Personal Assistant? Search out a Personal Assistant or advertise yourself for PA work.
Supporting People – “The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by providing a stable environment which enables greater independence.“
CQC - Care Quality Commission – registers, inspects and reports on adult social care services in England, to improve social care and stamp out bad practice.
CareLaw – This is an information site for children and young people in care in England & Wales. It covers many topics from your rights in care to what happens when you leave care. It also explains how the law is different if you are ‘accommodated’, as opposed to being under a care order. The information is given in a question and answer format.
Cheshire Centre for Independent Living - Cheshire Centre for Independent Living (CCIL), formerly Cheshire Disabilities Federation (CDF), has been providing support to disabled people since 1992 and promoting the philosophy of independent living, from within the framework of the Social Model of Disability.
National Centre for Independent Living – NCIL is a National support, advice and consultancy organisation that aims to enable disabled people to be equal citizens with choice, control, rights and full economic, social and cultural lives.
Values Into Action – Values Into Action (VIA) is an organisation of people with and without learning difficulties working together for rights, equality and citizenship for all people with learning difficulties.
NICE – The National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
Mencap work with people with a learning disability to change laws and services, challenge prejudice and directly support thousands of people to live their lives as they choose.
Download
Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st Century
White Paper, published March 2001
Format: PDF Document – Click to view on line, or ‘right click’ and select ’save as’ or ’save target as’ to save to your computer
Forums
Support Solutions – The Housing and Support Sector Forum
The Choice Forum – brings together people working with people with learning disabilities, national and local policy makers, service providers and purchasers, parents, carers and people with learning disabilities.
Learning Disability Forum – Learning Disability information and rights.
About.com’s Learning Disabilities Forum (Also, scroll to the bottom of that page for lots more LD articles and resources)
More Useful Links
Cheshire West & Chester Council
Department for Works and Pensions – Welfare Benefits
The British Dyslexia Association
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