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Your guide to support and services for disabled children

 This leaflet from Social Services gives you information about the various services and support available for disabled children in Islington and how to get in touch.

Directory of Services for People with Visual Impairment in Islington

A 2009 Directory of Services for People with Visual Impairment in Islington is available here. It covers suppliers and services available to visually impaired Islington residents.

Islington Learning Disability Profile 2012

The Improving Health and Lives Learning Disabilities Observatory is here to keep watch on

• the health of people with learning disabilities
• the health care they receive

They produce a profile for each authority and the Islington profile can be accessed here.

 

Learning Disabled Contracts Retendered

From 1 April Advocacy Services and Consultation Services will be provided by The Elfrida Society and Social Inclusion by Royal Mencap. See Press release.

Transport Services for Communities with Specific Needs

Islington Council supports a range of transport services for communities within the borough who have specific transport needs, such as people with disabilities or the elderly. These include:

• Accessible buses - the PlusBus 812 runs Mon - Fri between Hoxton and Angel.
• Blue Badges - disabled parking scheme.
• Freedom Passes - older and disabled people can use public transport for free.
• Taxicard - offering subsidised taxi fares.
• ScootAbility - offers short term loan of mobility vehicles to residents with mobility impairments.
• School transport - please talk to your school to find out more.
• Social services transport - Islington's Short Breaks schemes for disabled children may include transport to and from the scheme as part of the package.

Information for Disabled People Living in Islington

This updated fact sheet dated April 2011 provides information for disabled people and family and carers living in Islington that might help to make life easier.

Coping with the Cuts

Coping with the Cuts from the Demos Trust  reveals the nature of how cuts to social care budgets are affecting disabled people up and down the country and which local councils are best managing budgetary changes. It has been compiled using freedom of information (FOI) requests sent to all local authorities in England and Wales.

Supporting People Strategy 2010-15

Supporting People is a working partnership between

• Islington Council
• The Probation Service
• Islington Primary Care Trust (PCT)

Provider organisations, service users and their carers are also involved in the partnership. The aim of this partnership is to deliver locally relevant housing related support services to help vulnerable people live independently in the community.

The Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) directs many elements of the programme, but the services that each programme provides reflect the local needs of the communities they serve.

Supporting People offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life through greater independence. This is achieved by providing housing related support to prevent problems that can often lead to tenancy failure, hospitalisation, institutional care or homelessness. It can also help smooth the transition from accommodation based residential support to independent living .

The stategy can be downloaded here.

Links for Living Care Support Directory

 Links for Living is a new Council online directory for adults who are looking for ideas for a healthier, more fulfilling and independent life. It will be particularly useful if you or some one you look after is disabled or has health or social care needs. You’ll find suppliers who provide support at home, as well as details of care homes, local transport and advice organisations and practical information about housing and money matters.