support schemes, peer support, This view is supported by the crucial benefits advice, equipment hire, UN Human Rights Convention on the housing advice and support to smaller Rights of People with Disabilities which self help groups, they often link into has made the commitment to achieve wider regional and national agendas. equality for disabled people by 2025. Traditionally CIL have been building The government paper’ Improving the centres where people are able to Life Chances of Disabled People’ 2005 drop in, pick up relevant information sets out a clear recommendation and access a range of relevant based on research that has been services. Organisations that provide undertaken, that all local authority disability related information may be areas should have at least one ULO co-located in a Centre of Independent based on a Centre of Independent living making it easier for people to go Living by 2010 to one place. However, more recent In support of this and in the context of CIL are taking different forms that are transforming Adult Social Care, Ian not necessarily building based. Enfield Loynes Chief Executive of Centre of Independent Living operates Southampton Centre of Independent virtually, through sharing a website Living stated at a recent ULO between user led groups in the area conference in London: and running services jointly. are the only agents of social “ULO’s Why is it important to develop a change and the only ones who can ULO in Lincolnshire: implement the personalisation agenda” The Independent Living Strategy 2008 advocates the transfer of resources from traditional assessment and care management into user led support, advocacy and brokerage services. Lincolnshire already has organisations run by disabled people, carers groups, self help groups and other user-led services, why is this different: The majority of groups and organisations in Lincolnshire that are led by the people they represent are focused around one or two service user groups or communities of interest. For example the Carers Partnership is for carers, LAPD has a majority membership of people with physical disabilities, Headway supports people
support schemes, peer support, benefits advice, equipment hire, housing advice and support to smaller self help groups, they often link into wider regional and national agendas. Traditionally CIL have been building centres where people are able to drop in, pick up relevant information and access a range of relevant services. Organisations that provide disability related information may be co-located in a Centre of Independent living making it easier for people to go to one place. However, more recent CIL are taking different forms that are not necessarily building based. Enfield Centre of Independent Living operates virtually, through sharing a website between user led groups in the area and running services jointly. Why is it important to develop a ULO in Lincolnshire: This view is supported by the crucial UN Human Rights Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities which has made the commitment to achieve equality for disabled people by 2025. The government paper’ Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People’ 2005 sets out a clear recommendation based on research that has been undertaken, that all local authority areas should have at least one ULO based on a Centre of Independent Living by 2010 In support of this and in the context of transforming Adult Social Care, Ian Loynes Chief Executive of Southampton Centre of Independent Living stated at a recent ULO conference in London: “ULO’s are the only agents of social change and the only ones who can implement the personalisation agenda” The Independent Living Strategy 2008 advocates the transfer of resources from traditional assessment and care management into user led support, advocacy and brokerage services. Lincolnshire already has organisations run by disabled people, carers groups, self help groups and other user-led services, why is this different: The majority of groups and organisations in Lincolnshire that are led by the people they represent are focused around one or two service user groups or communities of interest. For example the Carers Partnership is for carers, LAPD has a majority membership of people with physical disabilities, Headway supports people
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