Leaflets
You can click the links below to download easy read version of
Adult Social Care leaflets:
An
easy guide to eligibility criteria - find out who can get help
from Adult Social Care.
An easy
guide to the Independent Living Service - find out more about
the Independent Living Service.
An easy guide to making a comment, compliment or complaint -
find out how you can tell us what you think about Adult Social
Care and Children's Services.
DVD
If you would like a free copy of our 'Easy guide to making
a complaint about Adult Social Care and Children's
Services' DVD please contact us.
Your neighbourhood
If you want to get involved with making your neighbourhood
better. Or if you want to find out more about Blackburn with
Darwen Borough Council's neighbourhood plans, visit the Council's website.
Links
Links to other useful websites:
Your support, your choice - The website for
adult social care and other related support services in Blackburn
with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen
Borough Council's website
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's website (learning
disability page)
Blackburn with Darwen Joint Learning Disabilities Commissioning
Strategy (Plan) 2008 - 2011
NHS Blackburn with Darwen's
website
Blackburn with Darwen
Carer's Service website
A Healthy
Partnership - find out more about Care Trust Plus, and the plan
to merge health and social care teams in Blackburn with Darwen.
Care Network - Care Network can help you
find services to help you lead an independent life, such as
cleaning, gardening, escorted shopping and looking after your
house.
Valuing People - the Valuing
People Now website.
Mencap - the leading UK charity for people with
a learning disability and their families.
LD Forum -
The LD Forum is a place where you can post your views, ask
questions and freely talk to others about anything to do with
learning disability policy and practice and a bit more besides.
Foundation for people with learning
disabilities - their work influences government and local
authority policies and services so that they better meet the needs
people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. They
also raise awareness of learning disability issues amongst the
wider public, in order to breakdown stigma and discrimination.
PMLD
Link - PMLD Link is a journal which shares good practice in
supporting children and adults with Profound and Multiple Learning
Disabilities (PMLD). It covers a wide range of issues to
inform and support the day to day work of families, carers and
professionals in the home, schools and colleges, and adult
settings.
Dobson's Choice - this website is a new way for
people with learning disabilities to find information on the
internet. It is designed for people who can't read.
Information in other formats/languages
If you would like any of the information on this website in
another format, or if you would like the information explaining in
another language, please contact us.
Thank you
We would like to say a big thank you to all the people that
helped to make this website, especially the people who use services
at Tower View Day Centre, Stansfeld Day Centre and Accrington
Road Community Day Services.
