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PolicyAble VolunteersIn the United Nations Year of Volunteering, the NDT and the Institute of Volunteering Research have looked at the ways in which people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems have become active volunteers in our communities. Volunteering has many faces it can be fun, monotonous, valued, exploitative, integrated or isolated and it takes many forms. This report introduces some of the findings from the European funded programme of work called Able Volunteers. The full report, A Real Asset, will be available from the NDT shortly. Supported Volunteering is the focus of a special edition of the NDT Newsletter 'Soundtrack' available from January 2002.
A Life in the CommunityNew report published on the support of adults with autism whose needs are challenging Following on from the work of a national workshop of professionals earlier in 2001, a report entitled A Life in the Community has now been published. It focuses on those individuals whose needs are the most challenging and complex, and who have often found great difficulty in achieving stable residential placements. It considers both their options for living and the service implications of these options. It forms an important contribution to the implementation of the Learning Disability Strategy following the publication of the white paper Valuing People earlier this year. The report was commissioned by the Kingwood Trust, working in conjunction with the Autism Research Unit at the University of Cambridge, the National Autistic Society and the National Development Team, and with the support of the Three Guineas Trust. A full copy of the report is available on the Kingwood Trust web site or a paper copy can be obtained (while stocks last) at no charge from the Trust (Tel. 01491 410450).
A Life in the DayThe concept of social inclusion has become shorthand for all kinds of desirable service outcomes, but what does it actually mean? Can it be deconstructed into component parts and measured? In this article Peter Bates and Julie Repper have made a start addressing these issues and are looking to carry forward the discussion through the Social Inclusion Research Network, featured in A Life in the Day Vol. 5, Issue 2, May 2001
The next meeting of the Inclusion Research Network will take place in London on 4th September 2003. For more information contact Peter Bates at NDT. There is no charge for attending the meeting. Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability in the 21st CenturyThe White Paper highlights that there are approximately 1.2 million people with mild and moderate learning disability in England. In addition to this, there are approximately 65,000 children and young people, 120,000 adults and 25,000 people over pension age with a severe or profound learning disability. This represents a significant increase on previous estimates. It anticipates that these numbers will rise by 1% over the next 15 years. Read our 'Notes on the White Paper'
Supported Employment and Economic Security
More information about Community Inclusion ... including Supported Employment and Day Opportunities.
Real Wages?In Soundtrack issue 27, we gave a summary of our current views on the payment of small payments in sheltered workshops and day centres. Download a full explanation here.
A second paper addresses the related issue of payments for consultation.
Last updated : 4 July 2003
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