Community Advocacy Project

Community Advocacy Project

We have received funding from the Big Lottery to undertake an exciting new project to support individuals with a learning disability to have a greater involvement in the local community.

The Community Action through Advocacy project will work with individuals and groups of people with learning disabilities who live independently in the North of the Solihull borough.

Over the next three years, the Community Action through Advocacy project will...

  • Support people with a learning disability who live independently to become an active part of their local community. We will help individuals feel less isolated by supporting them to join existing groups within the community and to set up new groups when opportunities are not already available.

  

  • Provide opportunities for people to express their experiences of community life in a variety of ways by facilitating creative art workshops.  The outcomes of these workshops will be displayed at community events and exhibitions around the Solihull Borough.

     

  • Promote a greater understanding of Learning Disabilities to the wider community by working with existing community groups to ensure that their events and  activities are accessible to people with learning disabilities    
  • Support the development of self advocacy for people with Learning disabilities by facilitating self advocacy groups. These groups will help individuals to build on personal development, confidence and self esteem.

 

 Oval Callout: Self Advocacy 

The Community Action through Advocacy team will be supporting the development of self advocacy skills for people with learning disabilities.

If you would like to find out more about self advocacy workshops or one to one advocacy, please contact Jo on 0121 603 5576

 

Community Arts  Workshops

We facilitate a number of arts workshops in Solihull. These give people the opportunity to express their experiences of community life in a variety of ways. If you would like to find out more, please contact Simon on 0121 603 5576

 

 Community Arts  FILM CLUB

Film Club is a new community group for anyone living in

the North of Solihull aged 16 or over.

Film Club is a chance to make new friends and enjoy

a movie on a BIG screen.  

 

Our first screening was on Tuesday November 8th, 2011

and we plan to show films every 2 weeks.

As a club member, you will be able to vote for the films you want

to watch from a list of quality titles.

You will also receive a forward programme for future films.
Click on the ticket BELOW to read more about the Film Club (Word document) Or on this ticket for a PDF version

 

Films we will be showing soon...

 
Our next filmshow will be on 6th December Click here for details
we will also be showing fims on 20th December and on 3rd and 17th January Click here for details

If you would like to find out more, please contact Simon on 0121 603 5576

 

The Community Action through Advocacy Project Team

Jo Paintain –  Project Leader  

Simon Baylay –  Community Connections Advocate                                                                       

Jennifer Brown –  Community Connections Worker

Below are links to documents giving you more information about the Community through Advocacy project

Click here for  our project leaflet for professionals
or here for the same leaflet as a word document

Click here   for a poster about the project

Click here for as referral form for involvement in the project

or here for the same form as a word document

 

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