Independent Health Complaints Advocacy and Healthwatch in West Berkshire is provided by The Advocacy People. Learning Disability Partnership Boards (LDPBs) for people with learning disabilities are made up of people with learning disabilities, parent/family carers, support staff, people who supply and buy services, people from health…
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The Autism Trust provides an ASD friendly, real working environment, fostering independence and building work skills for individuals aged 16 years and older, with autism. This can be achieved through work experience or where applicable participation in the ASDAN Employability programme.
The group was set up specifically to support young adults with their transition into adulthood. Regular get-togethers are available for this group. Members meet with other partially sighted young adults living in Berkshire, this gives them a sense of friendship and takes the isolation away…
What are Direct Payments?Direct Payments are a way of arranging social care services for disabled children and young people and their families. A person with parental responsibility for a disabled child is given money to pay for the service instead of the local authority arranging…
The Community Furniture Project is a charity that passes on donated items of furniture, electrical and other household goods to people in need. Everyone can shop at the Project. You don't have to be on a low income, on benefits or a pensioner - but if you…
In 1976, armed with a single phone in a rented office, Dimensions began supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs out of institutions, helping them lead ordinary lives in their local communities. Forty years on, our work is fundamentally unchanged: we support people…
Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) of up to £30,000 are available for work that's needed to help a disabled person live more independently in their own home. The grants are available to both home owners and private tenants in West Berkshire. You can request an occupational therapist assessment by contacting the Adult Social…
Services we provide Assistance with personal care Assistance with shopping Assistance with domestic chores Assistance with learning new skills Assistance with managing moods, emotions and behaviours Assistance with meal preparation and managing a healthy lifestyle Assistance with accessing social and recreational activities Assistance in taking…
Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants and services for families on low incomes raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person, up to the age of 24. Grants are available for essential items to help meet a child or young…
FarmBuddies, a Social Enterprise, arranges for accompanied individuals or small groups with any mild or moderate additional need, aged 9-90yrs, to visit farms in the local area one day a week to do a variety of regular farm jobs including animal care according to age,…
Services we offer A range of services are offered by accredited mobility centres including Driving Assessment, Passenger Assessment and Information and Advice on matters concerning independent mobility (primarily related to car and adapted vehicle use as a driver or passenger). Some centres also offer: driving…
These groups take part in a variety of independent living skills activities like cooking, laundry care, travel training, CV writing, interview coaching and leisure-based activities such as swimming and going to the cinema. We also provide a range of exciting and informative outings to reinforce…
Link Up is a work skills project for adults with Learning Disabilities. Service users learn skills and knowledge for work, develop individual basic skills and awareness of responsibility in a work situation doing a variety of jobs for customers that include mail shots, packaging, light assembly and shrink…
The national ‘RADAR’ (Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation) scheme requires users to have a special Radar key to gain access to accessible toilets. Locally these are available from Shopmobility, Northbrook Multi-storey car park, Pembroke Rd, Newbury RG14 1AJ. 01635 523854Alternatively they can also be obtained…
Remap makes free bespoke disability equipment for those situations where no commercial aid exists. We work through a nationwide network of dedicated engineers who use their ingenuity and skills to help people with disabilities to achieve much-desired independence in some aspect of their lives, or…
Your Choice Services are part of West Berkshire Mencap, which is a local charity originally known as Newbury Mencap and founded in 1954. YCS manage supported living services in Newbury. If you need extra support, but want to live as independently as possible, then Your…
The Furniture Project provide opportunities to volunteer and train in practical activities at the Training and Community Support Centre which is based at the The Community Furniture Project, Bone Lane, Newbury. The Project runs a charity that passes on furniture, electrical and other household goods to…
Support for those, of any age, with significant or clinically diagnosed sight and/or hearing loss.
“Transition” is a term used to describe the time when young people who may need ongoing social care services move from childhood into adulthood. For more information please refer to West Berkshire Council's Transitions web page.
The Ways & Means Trust have a workshop in Rotherfield Peppard where adults can come and learn new skills. In the workshop there is a light commercial packing and repackaging operation, which specialises in contract packing, for example, shrink-wrapping, collation, hand finishing, assembling point-of-sale displays, and packing…