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Huyton Merseyside, L36 0SD

Staff and volunteers from KDC enjoy Knowsley’s first Disability Awards Evening

On Monday 3 December we attended the celebrations to recognise achievements by and in support of local disabled people as part of the International Day of People with a Disability. Dot Ashton (Advocacy Manager) with Graham Barker, KPAC who co-sponsored the evening. Dots team of volunteer advocates was nominated for the Volunteer of the Year … Read more

Knowsley celebrates people with disability

Monday 3 December was the International Day of People with Disability and this year’s main theme was ‘Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all’. Over one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. These people – “the world’s largest minority”, often … Read more

KDC publishes its plans for Making it Real

KDC has identified its 3 priority areas for improving its services towards making personalised, community-based support really happen for the people of Knowsley. We have published our Action Plan on the Making it Real website and will be keeping track of our progress over the next few months. Take a look at our plans here. … Read more

Property registration event in Huyton

Merseyside Police invite local residents to a free Property registration & marking event at Asda, Huyton Lane (Upper Foyer Entrance) on:- Tuesday 18th December 2012 1pm to 8pm Police Officers will be on hand to register and offer security marking for your valuable Christmas presents such as Bikes, Mobile Phones, Laptops, TV’s, Games Consoles, MP3 … Read more

Individual employer skills funding

Individual employers (people who directly employ their care or support staff) are now able to apply for grant funding directly from Skills for Care to support the full costs of training and development for themselves and their personal assistants. The Workforce Development Fund (WDF) for individual employers is funding from the Department of Health disbursed … Read more

Headway Liverpool – Acquired brain injury support

Headway Liverpool have published their programme for January to August 2013 for people with acquired brain injury, their families and carers. Headway holds regular drop-in sessions usually on the fourth Wednesday of every month from 2.30 until 4.30 p.m. at The Bronte Centre, Trowbridge Street, Liverpool, L3 5BN offering advice information and activities. For more … Read more

Benefit Changes in Knowsley – Welfare Reform

KHT have produced an informative video to find out about how you may be affected by the Government changes to how the benefit system works. There is a lot to take in but the information on their video and on their Welfare Reform help pages will give you a good start to understanding the changes which … Read more

Social Media Intern/Volunteer Role

KDC are looking for you to help develop and support our communication strategy, specifically related to web, social and digital media content, click here for a full role description

Carers Rights Day – 30 November 2012

Friday 30 November  is Carers Rights Day which is about getting information to carers –  it can take years for people to find out about their rights as a carer and the support available to them. Click here for more information