Carers Gloucestershire - Learning Disabilities Support

Learning Disabilities Support

We offer specific advice and support to those caring for someone with a Learning Disability.

The Advice Worker can:

Help with finding your way through the Welfare Benefit system and ensuring that you are receiving all the benefits you are entitled to.
Help with filling in the forms and appealing against benefit decisions.
Inform you of what appropriate services are available and help you to access them.
Give information on a wide range of topics e.g. transport, equipment, short breaks and holidays.
Help with accessing various funding and grant-giving bodies.
Most importantly, we are also here to listen to you and give support.

The Advice and Advocacy Service is free to all Carers and may save you time and worry. If you feel we could help, please contact us on 01452 386283.

Getting involved

Locality Groups
At the meeting the group talk about different issues, a recent topic was transport.
Anyone with a Learning Disability can go to the meeting in their local area.
If you would like to find out more please call Anna Tradgett on 01452 427024.

To look at local support groups click here

Health Action Group (HAG)

Publications

Learning Disabilities Carers Newsletters

Other Publications

Valuing People Now

E-bulletin for Family Carers and Learning Disabilities

National Autistic Society - Autumn 2010

National Autistic Society - Winter 2009

Easy Read Guides

Direct payment guide

Direct payments for Carers guide

National Carers Strategy

Personalisation Report

Direct Payments

Community Learning Disabilities Teams

Healthcare for All

Useful Links

Easy Health. This is a site providing easy read and listen information about healthy living.
www.easyhealth.org.uk/

How to approach your local partnership board (the partnership board is a number of representatives including Carers, service users and professional who are there to help shape local learning disabilities services and policy)
www.mencap.org.uk/page.asp?id=12865

NHS Evidence - learning disabilities. Formerly a Specialist Library of the National Library for Health, this site includes research articles, abstracts, best practice/ good practice guides for NHS staff, links to current initiatives. Topic areas include health, housing, consent and learning disability policy
www.library.nhs.uk/LEARNINGDISABILITIES

British Institute of Learning Disabilities is working to improve the lives of people in the UK with a learning disability. Good for relevant books, news, in-depth information
www.bild.org.uk/

Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities works to promote the rights, quality of life and opportunities of people with learning disabilities and their families
www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/

Downs Syndrome Association. Information, helpline, advisers on social security benefits, education and health, training professionals and Carers
www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/

The National Autistic Society - Gloucestershire Branch. Provide help, support and information to parents, Carers, and their families locally
www.nas-gloucestershire.com/index.html

Spring Centre. A service for young adults 18 - 30 with learning difficulties to meet up and share activities and leisure time.
www.springcentre.org/index_youngadults.html

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