Learning Disabilities

This section features reports from work we have specifically supported around learning disabilities through the Enabling Independence and Choice programme. Reports are shown in order of publication with most recent first.

 

Parents with learning disabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

The Foundation commissioned Barefoot Research and Evaluation to undertake research in Newcastle upon Tyne to explore existing service provision for parents with learning disabilities and to look at possibilities for improvement.

It is important to note that this study focuses on adults, their experiences and the experiences of professionals working with those adults and their families. It does not look at the outcomes of the children of parents with learning disabilities, either those who stay with their parents or those who have been looked after.

 

An evaluation of a community co-operative for people with learning disabilities in the East End of Newcastle upon Tyne

KeyRing set up a project to test a new model of supporting people with learning disabilities in the East End of Newcastle upon Tyne, funded by Northern Rock Foundation and Newcastle Learning Disabilities Partnership Board. The Co-operative piloted some new and innovative ways of working. Unfortunately the Co-operative’s financial model did not work and in July 2009 it closed. This evaluation was funded by the Foundation and was carried out by Housing & Support Partnership. The evaluation seeks to learn lessons from the practice, development and the eventual closure of the Co-operative.