All Ages Learning Disability Partnership Board - End of Year Report 2023 - 2024

Report - 5 July 2024

Inclusion and amplifying the voices of people with a learning disability is a key priority for the work of Healthwatch Kingston and the All Age Learning Disability Board.

The All Age Learning Disability Partnership Board is co-chaired by local people with learning disabilities and made up of professionals, service providers, people with learning disabilities, and their carers and advocates. The Board work together to create positive changes for people with learning disabilities in Kingston. 

The Board was originally set up by Kingston Council, and it is supported by Healthwatch Kingston. It was promised in the All Age Learning Disability Strategy, that the Board review as part of its bi-monthly meetings. Healthwatch Kingston are currently working with Kingston Council to explore a refresh of the All Age Learning Disability Strategy in 2024-25. 

The main aims of the All Age Learning Disability Partnership Board include: 

1.We want good information and support to make choices and get the right services. 
2.We want information to be available to everyone. This includes people who don’t go online or use technology. 
3.We want information to be available in a format that supports everyone.
4.We want it to be easier for organisations to signpost and promote each other's services and events. 
5.We want people with learning disabilities to be supported.
6.We want people with learning disabilities to have good access to health and social care.
7.We want mental health services that work for people with learning disabilities.
8.We want to amplify the voices of people with learning disabilities in our work.
 
In this years annual report you can find out mare about the activities and impacts of the Board, and the work of it partners. 

“I am delighted that in 2023 Kingston Council launched the Disability Network, which you can read more about later in this report.

Kingston’s Disability Champion – Cllr Sue Ansari

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All Ages Learning Disability Partnership Board End of Year Report 2023 - 2024
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