This page tells you about any news from the Partnership Board.
We will keep adding new things to this page over time.
The North West Training and Development Team are holding a 'Plan
or be planned for' training event with limited free places
available.
The Department of Health has published a series of factsheets on
the Health and Social Care Bill to explain particular topics
contained in the Bill, including its key themes.
Special themed weekends are taking place at the short term
breaks service at St Aiden's Avenue in Blackburn.
The course is for people with learning disabilities and learning
difficulties, their parents, family members and carers.
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's January 2012 course
timetable has just been added to the learning page.
An important new guide for people with learning disabilities was
launched at the 24 November Supported Living Conference.
Download a free copy of the Our Say magazine!
Download a free information sheet from the Challenging Behaviour
Foundation.
Free all day event (Cambridge)
The time has come again for another
North West Regional Forum conference.
The social care institute for excellence have produced an easy
read guide to making social care more accessible for people with
autism.
The Involve Me resource aims to increase the involvement of
people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) in
decision making and consultation.
You can download a guide to using the mental capacity act for
families and friends of people with learning disabilities by
clicking here
You can download a guide to meeting the needs of people
with learning disabilities, and family carers, from newly arrived,
Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic (BME) communities by
clicking here
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's Autumn 2011 course
timetable has just been added to the learning page.
A response to the Panorama programme on the abuse at
Winterbourne View.
Should health, education and social
care services for people with a disability aged 0 - 25 years join
together to make one service? What do you think? Is it
a good idea? How could we do it?
Download an easy read guide to filing in your census form.
View an easy read version of the health self assessment for
2010.
Free training event - learn how to train people and present
meetings and courses.
Download a leaflet to find out more about these changes.
There's a new website for adult social care in Blackburn with
Darwen. It's called 'Your Support, Your Choice'.
View information about the "NO MORE this is not Anti Social
Behaviour this IS Disability Hate Crime" conference.
Options appraisal for adult social care provider services
The Council is seeing if there are better ways to run some parts
of adult social care and help save money. The Government isn't
giving the Council as much money to spend, so we need to think how
we can save money.
We need your help to get more people with a learning disability
involved in the Partnership Board
The Council's Neighbourhoods and Learning Service have got 4 new
courses for Autumn 2010.
Getting ready for the health self assessment framework -
family/carers meetings
These meetings will give you the chance to speak to Peter
Soothill, the commissioning manager for learning disabilities, to
share your views about the health services in Blackburn with
Darwen.
'Giving us a voice' - meeting in Preston on 16th November
2010
The new LD Forum is a place where you can interact with others
about anything to do with learning disability policy and practice
and a bit more besides!
View an easy read leaflet explaining what a coalition government
is.
A report by Mandy Crabtree on the North West Regional Forum
Conference 2010.
