Knowsley Disability Concern
The Team
Kate Holt
Group
Co-ordinator
Tel: 0151 480 8883
Fax: 0151 480 2999
e-mail:
big.group@kdc.org.uk
Joe Thomas
Group
Support Worker
Tel: 0151 480 8883
Fax: 0151 480 2999
e-mail:
big.support@kdc.org.uk
Knowsley Disability Concern
The Team
Kate Holt
Group
Co-ordinator
Tel: 0151 480 8883
Fax: 0151 480 2999
e-mail:
big.group@kdc.org.uk
Joe Thomas
Group
Support Worker
Tel: 0151 480 8883
Fax: 0151 480 2999
e-mail:
big.support@kdc.org.uk
Big Group
The BIG group is self-advocacy group for people with a learning disability.
They discuss all issues to do with their lives, including health, housing and services.
It started with the government White Paper Valuing People, which outlines how people with a learning disability were excluded but should in the future be provided with the opportunity to live full and independent lives as part of the community.
Some members of the big group who compile the
BIG Newsletter available to download from this website
It is people speaking up for them selves. People with a learning disability can make a real difference to service and delivery.
Self-advocacy can transform the lives of people with a learning disability to enable them to express their wishes and aspirations and to make real choices.
What does BIG do?
John O' Brien (2nd on the Right), meets members of the Big Group
A project that members of the BIG Group have been involved in is a partnership with Merseyside Police Knowsley area.
Safety Focus is designed to provide personal safety awareness and crime prevention advice for people with learning disabilities. There are three primary goals delivered by the training:
