As part of Valuing People, the Government has asked each local council to set up a Partnership Board.
Knowsley Partnership Board meets regularly to talk about opportunities and support for people with learning disabilities.
Its job is to make sure that things get better for people with learning disabilities in your area.
We try to make services for people with learning disabilities better (Like the support you get to do interesting things each day; support to live independently; and the opportunities to get around town), And Help you have the same chance to use the services everyone uses. (Like going to classes, going swimming, doing sports and going to the cinema) And Help different people to take part in the Board (Like you, family carers, housing organisations, leisure services, colleges, social services, health services and other groups)
Groups like Partnership Boards usually have a "Terms of Reference". This is a document that says what the group is for, who it is responsible to and how it will work.
Knowsley Learning Disability Partnership Board Terms of Reference
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The Board asks different services and projects to say how the things they do affect the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families.
The things that these services and projects decide might be about:
What choices and support there are for people with learning disabilities and their families?
How to give everyone a fair chance of getting the help they need?
How much money is needed to make services better?
The Board brings together council departments and health services and other projects that give you support. This means that everyone can share information about what is happening in Knowsley.
Everyone can agree what needs to be done and can check that the work they are doing fits in with what everyone else is doing. People at the Board might need to work together to get a new supported housing scheme or a new jobs project, for example. All these groups still have the power to make their own decisions, but they should listen to what the Partnership Board has to say and then take action. This is because the Board helps everyone to see the 'bigger picture' about what needs to be done. So the Board can be a local "champion" for people with learning disabilities.
In the past, he Partnership Board managed the Learning Disability Development Fund, known as LDDF.
This was grant mopney from the government to fund projects that improve the lives of people with learning disabilities.
2010 - 2011 was the last year that LDDF was available, this grant has now finished.
However, in Knowsley we have been able to put some money aside to continue to sponsor projects that improve people's lives - we will continue to accept bids using the form below.