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Community Connecting

Community Connecting
Community Connecting is about working with individuals and the people close to them to find out their strengths, talents and interests.

 

It goes beyond simply helping people to be in the community and aims to make people part of their community.

 

Community Connecting

 

Community connecting forms a part of support brokerage for people who would benefit from the additional depth and intensity that it offers. The added value of community connecting is that it can find solutions for people with the most complex needs and reduce reliance on more expensive specialised support.

 

Community connectors work with individuals and the people close to them to find out their strengths, talents and interests. They then link up individuals to opportunities in their area. The key to community connecting is that it goes beyond simply helping people to be in the community. It is about establishing strong, mutually beneficial relationships.

 

To make it happen requires skilled and experienced workers who are creative and flexible. It is a simple and cost-effective service that can be funded from a number of sources, including individual budgets.

 

Anoop's Story

 

Once, Anoop, a man in his thirties with high support needs, went to college and stayed at home.

 

He had no life outside the family circle. Darren a community connector observed Anoop’s gifts – being kind-hearted, talkative and having an appetite for life – and worked with him to use these gifts to enjoy fresh opportunities.

 

Read more about Anoop and the difference Community Connecting made in his life.

 

Download
Download - [105 KB] Community Connecting flyer
Anticipated outcomes

 

  • Customer / Consumer convergence

  • Feedback

  • Quality Assurance Mechanism

  • Improved outcomes for People

  • Cost-Effectiveness

  • Sustainability

  • Increased market capacity

 

Community Connecting programme

 

Community Connecting is a new project run by the Foundation for People with learning Disabilities and supported by Grapevine.

 

For more information contact Molly Mattingly or Paul Swift