Devon People First
Self and peer advocacy for adults with learning disabilities.
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Self and peer advocacy for adults with learning disabilities.
Our project supports people with learning difficulties to speak up for themselves through peer and self-advocacy. Our resources are provided in easy read, and easy to understand language, to enable it to be accessed more widely.
Devon people First is run as a semi-independent body within Involve, with volunteers from the learning disability community, a nominated representative of which sits on the Involve board.
We have received funding from Devon County Council to facilitate online friendship groups, as part of their engagement group. This provides an important opportunity for social interaction, and an opportunity for volunteers to speak up about things that are important to them. It also aims to tackle the prevalent issue of isolation often experienced by people with a learning disability.
We provide peer advocacy, with staff support, for victims of crime with a learning disability. This is funded through the Devon and Cornwall police and Crime Commissioner. This service can provide a peer advocate to those who need it and follows an international model of working, our experienced staff can also offer victim support if the victim prefers. Beneficiaries of the service report an increase in self-esteem, sense of empowerment and their perceptions of safety, as well as having the confidence to participate in social activities, which is so often affected by being a victim of crime.
We also offer the opportunity for volunteers to sit on local interviewing panels, particularly within Devon County Council and health.
Devon People First are also part of a Coproduction working Group, the purpose of which is to work alongside local commissioners to inform them of the issues and implications of projects, on those with a learning disability. Volunteers work with commissioners at the commencement of such projects, giving them a voice, and a vital opportunity to raise awareness at a strategic level, within their local community.
We also attend a number of strategic partnership meetings to provide an ‘experts by experience view’ on how to involve people with learning difficulties in the commissioning cycle; the Learning Disability Partnership Board, Health and Social care Group, and the Joint Engagement Forum.
We are currently looking at setting up a new drop-in service as a pilot scheme and are always open to new projects.
Our project supports people with learning difficulties to speak up for themselves through peer and self-advocacy. Our resources are provided in easy read, and easy to understand language, to enable it to be accessed more widely.
Devon people First is run as a semi-independent body within Involve, with volunteers from the learning disability community, a nominated representative of which sits on the Involve board.
We have received funding from Devon County Council to...
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We meet every Wednesday, and every other Monday, from 2-3.30pm.
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