Our Network exists to ensure that services continue to grow and develop for all people who have a learning disability and their family members in Wales. This should happen in a way that helps people to develop as individuals while being safe and secure at home and in their community.
The aims of our Network are to promote a wide range of quality services for people and their families which:
We also exist to help people and their families, provider agencies, commissioners of service, and regulators of services to find better ways of working together in an open and cooperative partnership that promote the rights and opportunities of people with a learning disability both locally and nationally.
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This document is the result of a quick on-line survey of different types of “core and cluster”. You will see that the phrase is used to describe everything from a neighbourhood
Comments on quality are obviously impressionistic and not based on any actual inspection of the service models. However, they are intended to reflect the long-standing policy in
The report can be found here:Core & Cluster Housing
Add comment February 24th, 2009
The All Wales Community Living Network have produced the following Quality Checklist at the request of the Meaningful Lives Sub-Group of the Learning Disability Implementation Advisory Group (LDIAG) as a potential source of guidance for commissioners and providers. It has recently been endorsed by the LDIAG http://ldiag.org.uk/. Therefore it is likely that the Welsh Assembly Government will encourage it’s use by Local Authorities.
The checklist can be found here: Supported Living Accommodation - Quality Analysis Tool
Add comment February 24th, 2009
In 2007, the Welsh Assembly Government issued the above Statement, as section 7 guidance.
The Statement provides the policy context for the formation of the ‘Accommodation & Support (Contrary to Welsh Policy) Sub-Committee’, and helps to clarify what the Committee aims to achieve for people with learning disabilities.
The Statement can be found here
Implementation Group - Statement on Policy and Practice for Adults with a Learning Disability
An accessible version can be found here. Implementation Group -Accessible Statement on Policy & Practice for Adults with a Learning Disability
Add comment February 24th, 2009
As part of the Accommodation & Support (Contrary to Welsh Policy) Sub-Committee, Adrian Roper CEO of Cartrefi Cymru was asked to prepare a briefing for Lorraine Barrett AM and Alun Michael MP.
The briefing paper can be found here:
We hope you find it informative and welcome any feedback on the paper.
Add comment November 25th, 2008
Learning Disability Wales have set up the above Sub-Committee to provide a formal opportunity for trustees and member organisations (and others by invitation) to assist Learning Disability Wales in achieving the following strategic objective:
To create a Wales in which no child or adult with a learning disability is required to live in a service setting where the accommodation and support are contrary to the 2007 Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) Policy Statement for People with Learning Disabilities.
The Terms of Reference and Standing Orders for the sub-committee can be found here.
We welcome your thoughts and comments on the document.
Add comment November 21st, 2008
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