Video: Our Approach to Research and Evaluation
Collaborative, coproduced and community focussed research and evaluation. Concentrating on what works, for whom and in what circumstances.
Collaborative, coproduced and community focussed research and evaluation. Concentrating on what works, for whom and in what circumstances.
Experiences of family carers who support someone with learning disabilities
Measuring and monitoring the quality of housing services for and with people with learning disabilities - Key findings from commissioner and service provider surveys
Ageing Better Isle of Wight (also known as Age Friendly Island) was a five-year (2015-2020) partnership funded by the National Lottery Community Fund that aimed to make the Isle of Wight a great place to...
Survey: What is important as we start to get back to normal from coronavirus and lockdown
"People with learning disabilities have poorer health than their non-disabled peers, yet differences inhealth status are, to an extent, avoidable. The health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities in the UK start early in...
The Age Friendly Island project, delivered by Age UK IW and Community Action, is part of an Ageing Better partnership funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. The partnership aims to make the Isle of Wight a great place to grow older, encourage better relations between generations, and tackle social isolation and loneliness.
People with learning disabilities want to develop and sustain intimate relationships just like everyone else, but they often face barriers to exercising this fundamental human right.
Most adults with learning disabilities who need support and a place to live are offered either Residential Care or housing with support (sometimes called Supported Living.).
The value of building community capacity to social care is now widely recognised. Despite this acceptance, and a growing body of work to support development, its spread is uneven with pockets of promising practice rather than large-scale change.
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