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Learning Disabilities (LD) Programme

Development of the Learning Disability Strategy has taken place over the past two years this has included a wide range of engagement, consultation and co-production with people with lived experience, parents, carers, family members and people who work with or support people with Learning Disabilities. 

Despite the impact of Covid, the development of the strategy has continued and has enabled a rich amount of feedback to be gathered through both the Pre-Consultation Engagement and the Consultation periods. 

The Learning Disability Strategy consultation and pre-consultation engagement were both undertaken with due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty of the S149 Equality Act 2010. 

Due to the Covid Government restrictions during both the pre-consultation engagement and consultation we were unable to hold face to face sessions with people with learning disabilities. To ensure their voice was heard if they were unable to engage directly, their families, carers and staff were asked to support the person to tell us their views. 

The following methods were used for both consultation and engagement: 

  • Virtual sessions for:
    • adults with learning disabilities supported by Taking Part
    • family and carers (unpaid)
    • shared lived carers 
    • people who work with, or support people with learning disabilities
  • easy read questionnaire - online and paper form
  • consultation questionnaire - online and paper form
  • sessions with Telford Voices 
  • sessions with the Telford and Wrekin Learning Disability Partnership Board
  • attendance at other stakeholder and partnership meetings (e.g. Carers Partnership Board, Health Scrutiny Committee, Integrated Care System Learning Disability and Autism Programme Board)
  • social media.

Consultation activity Spring 2021 

The consultation activity on the draft Learning Disability Strategy ran from 25 February and closed on 7 May 2021, 

To further promote accessibility to the consultation, a copy of the easy read questionnaire along with a covering letter and a copy of the draft Easy Read Strategy was posted to every person with a Learning Disability (and their parent/carer) with care and support needs known to Adult Social Care. 

The purpose of the consultation was to explore further people’s views on specific sections of the draft strategy themes:

  • Being healthy and independent 
    • Support to access advice and information about healthy food
    • Access to community leisure services
    • Involvement in recruitment and training of paid health and social care staff.
  • Having friends and relationships 
    • Access community activities with people who have similar interests
    • Support to understand love and sexual relationships.
  • Having choice 
    • Support to make choices.
  • Getting out and about 
    • Being active members of their community 
    • Access to public transport.
  • Having a job 
    • Importance of having a job
    • Breadth of employment opportunities.
  • Having the right support 
    • Support in small groups or on a one to one basis 
    • Flexibility of support.
  • Accessing respite 
    • Flexibility of respite
    • Breadth of respite opportunities.
  • The impact of Covid. 
    • Developing more services in the community.

In total 301 responses were received. This built on the pre-consultation engagement activity held in Autumn 2020 where over 160 responses were received. 

Pre-consultation engagement - Autumn 2020

The pre-consultation engagement activity ran from 30 September to 11 November 2020.

The engagement asked people what was important to them, or the person they support, around the following areas:

  • being healthy and independent
  • having friends and relationships
  • having choice
  • getting out and about
  • having a job
  • having the right support
  • accessing respite
  • the impact of Covid. 

During the engagement period we engaged with over 160 different people, including 32 people with learning disabilities as well as families, carers and staff from various organisations supporting people with learning disabilities.

Download the feedback from people with learning disabilities in easy read format from our previous engagement.

Download the feedback from families, carers and staff from various organisations from our previous engagement.

The Learning Disability Strategy 2021 - 2025 has been developed from the pre-consultation engagement and consultation feedback and from discussions at the Telford & Wrekin Learning Disability Partnership Board.

Last updated: 16/03/2022 10:52

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