North Lancashire Learning Disability Partnership Board

About our partnership board

The Board works to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities in North Lancashire.

The board listens to adults with learning disabilities and their carers and asks for their views about the development of local services.

The board holds meetings every two months for people with learning disabilities, family carers, professionals and organisations across our community. A County Councillor chairs the Board and a self advocate who has a learning disability co-chairs.

Together we aim to make sure that good support and services across the community are being developed and improved for people with learning disabilities and their carers. This will include specialist and universal services which are services for everyone.

The board provides feedback every year in the form of a self assessment. These are shared locally, regionally and nationally and can be found on the Ihal website.

The key priorities of the Board are:

Health

Housing

Employment

Friends and Relationships

Keeping Safe

Self advocacy meetings happen across the area to hear what people with a learning disability have to say about things that are important to them. Self advocates are involved in the Partnership Board and task groups

To get involved contact James Hughes

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Family carers also meet to talk about issues important to them. The Family Carer Network holds information events and workshops two or three times a year. Family carers are involved in the Partnership Board and task groups.

To get involved contact Amanda, see below for her details.

There are six task groups which work on the important issues for people. They meet regularly. These are:

Health

This includes a group which organises a health day called the Fun Café. They also talk to doctors about health action plans, hospital passports and annual health checks.

Employment, Education and Training

This group is working on an Employment Pathway to give people information about how to get paid work.

Fulfilling Lives

This group works with the Friends and Relationships Champions to promote opportunities for people to meet and make friends. They host disco nights, run a dining society and cinema club as well as hosting other groups and events and produce a newsletter. To sign up to receive the newsletter contact Amanda Topps 01524 585599 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it "> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Person Centred Approaches

This group looks at how support to people with learning disabilities can improve through using person centred tools.

Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

This group is keen to make sure that the 'voice' of those who have the most complex needs is heard and get involved in the Board.

Workforce Development

This task group look at how we can work in partnership to train the people who support adults with learning disabilities in how to give good support.

The Partnership Board also links with other important partnerships and boards, including the Health and Wellbeing Board, Clinical Commissioning Groups, the Physical Disability Board and Older People's Forums. It also works across Lancashire to improve issues like transport, employment and safety through the Lancashire Valuing People Now Board.

If you want to join our Partnership Board, tell us about your experiences, or find out more about any of our groups please contact Amanda Topps:

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You can also see what we do and get involved through our website: www.northlancslinks.net/