Listed below are all the links that you may find useful whilst browsing our website
The National Forum
The National Forum works with the Learning Disability Programme Board and has the job of telling the Government how Valuing People is working for people with learning difficulties.
OTARS
OTARS are a group of volunteers made up from Southampton day service staff, service users, friends and relatives. We formed a committee to introduce a new out of hours sports club for people with a learning disability in and around the Southampton area.
CIS
The Children’s Information Service holds information on childcare, support services, and activities for families with children aged 0-19. Call free on 0800 169 8833, come in to the shop at 68 Commercial Road (near the train station), or check out our website:
Southampton Leisure
These pages are packed with information on where to go and what to see in the City, including information on the arts, parks, sports venues, events and all sorts of spare time and leisure activities.
Southampton Health and Leisure
This is community based service for adults with Learning Disabilities.
ARC’s Learning Disability and Ethnicity Network
ARC is a three year Department of Health funded project to set up and run a good practice / information sharing network on all initiatives concerned with Learning Disability and Ethnicity
Mencap
Mencap is the UK's* leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Moving on up
Moving on up is especially for young people with a learning disability and their supporters and families
Patient Advice and liaison service
The Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS) is a confidential service for patients and their carers and relatives who are receiving treatment from Southampton City Primary Care Trust (SCPCT) services.
Southampton City Primary Care Trust
Southampton PCT directly provide primary, community, and consultant-led secondary services as well as commissioning acute and specialist services from other organisations such as Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust and Hampshire Partnership Trust for mental health and learning disability services.
Mencap
Mencap seeks to improve the lives of people of all ages with learning disabilities and their families or carers living in Southampton.
Carers’ Together
Carers Together provides a range of services for carers and has a large resource of useful information for carers and professionals. You can access these from the navigational column on any page.
National family carer website
The Network gives a national focal point for the issues affecting families that include an adult with a learning disability.
Valuing People
Valuing People is the government's plan for making the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families better.
