Government Objective: To enable people with learning disabilities to lead full and purposeful lives within their community and to develop a range of friendships, activities and relationships.
Many people with learning disabilities do not take part in community activities.
They do not have many friends except for people that are paid to be with them, their family, or other people with learning disabilities who they live with.
People who go to big day centres do not get chance to have their own hobbies or train to get jobs.
In Southampton we
worked with the people with learning disabilities that we knew, to change how services are provided. People asked for smaller bases, closer to home and support to get out and about. Services are now based in Community centres across the City where people play an active part in the life of the
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know that not everyone is able to do the things they want to in their leisure time and so we are supporting a new project to talk to providers and people with learning disabilites to change this. To find out more contact Alex at Mencap on 023 80584088 who is leading this for the Board.
