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The Learning Difficulties Partnership Board

Email	sue.kerswell@southglos.gov.uk
Web	www.southglos.gov.uk

Telephone

01454 862386

Minicom/Textphone

Fax

01454 865940

Address for writing to organisation

Sue Kerswell

Planning & Partnerships Officer

South Gloucestershire Council

St Lukes Close

Emersons Way

Emersons Green

South Gloucestershire

BS16 7AL

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The Learning Difficulties Partnership Board (LDPB)

The LDPB is a group of people who make sure the work of Valuing People happens in South Gloucestershire.

The Board's job is to make sure everyone is included, to take the views of people with learning difficulties and their carers into account and to make decisions that improve the lives of people with learning difficulties and their carers. The Board also helps everyone see the bigger picture about what needs to be done to make Valuing People happen.

South Gloucestershire LDPB was set up in October 2001. The meetings are open to the public and people are welcome to come and watch.

The members of the Board include people with learning difficulties, carers and representatives from South Gloucestershire Council's departments, South Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust, and voluntary and independent organisations.

Councillor Matthew Riddle is the Chair of the South Gloucestershire Learning Difficulties Partnership Board.

The following people are currently (July 2008) members of the LDPB:

Chair
Matthew Riddle	South Gloucestershire Councillor
Members (in alphabetical order)
Suzanne Allan	Aspects and Milestones, Independent Providers Representative
Kenny Braidwood	South Gloucestershire Council: Project Sponsor - "What kinds of teams we want for the future" project
Alice Cleaveland	South Gloucestershire Council: Equalities Officer
Mike Connolly	South Gloucestershire Council: Department for Children and Young People
Keith Dickerson	South Gloucestershire Council: Chair of Person Centre Planning and Learning task group
Lesley Doherty	Bristol & South Gloucestershire People First
Karen Ersser	Service User: Turnberrie’s Representative
Mike Hennessey	South Gloucestershire Council: Chair of the Learning Difficulties Programme Board and Project Sponsor- "What people do in the day" project
Mark Hodges	Service User, Kingswood Resource and Activity Centre
Tracy Holder	Princess Royal Carers' Trust, Carers’ Representative
Hayley Hughes	Service User: Bristol & South Gloucestershire People First
Pete Judd	Service User: Resource and Activity Centre Representative (Blackhorse and Kingswood)
Sue Kerswell	South Gloucestershire Council: Planning & Partnerships Officer
Sharon Langley	Carers’ Representative
John Moore	City of Bristol College, Learning Providers Representative
David Nicholas	Carers representative
Roger Pedley	South Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust: Project Sponsor - "Making sure people have good health" project

The Commissioning Strategy 2004-2008

A Commissioning Strategy is a plan that says how the Learning Difficulties Partnership Board plans to meet the needs of people with learning difficulties and their carers.

The Commissioning Strategy is a big plan made up of lots of ideas.

The main parts of Commissioning Strategy from 2004 to 2008 include:

Joint Investment Plan
Transitions Action Plan
Person Centred Planning Framework
Nothing about us without us
Modernising Day Services Plan 2003-2006
Employment Plan
Short Break Plan
Housing Plan
Workforce Development & Training Plan 2002-2005
Quality Assurance Framework
Learning Difficulties Service in the Future

CLICK HERE to read the full accessible version of Commissioning Strategy: Adults with Learning Difficulties and their Carers 2004-2008.

The Learning Difficulties Partnership Board Annual Report April 2007 to March 2008

The report outlines the work of the Learning Difficulties Partnership Board from April 2007 to March 2008. It also looks ahead to some of the work that will take place in the year to March 2009.

Click here to read it!

The Joint Learning Difficulty Service

The Joint Learning Difficulty Service is a partnership between South Gloucestershire Council and South Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust.

A Head of Service and Three District Managers run the Service

The Three District Managers are responsible for:

Employment Support Team
Supporting Independence Team
Resource and Activity Centres
Chipping Sodbury Day Centre
Social Work
Learning Difficulties Service
Community Health Practitioner
Community Nursing
Hydrotherapy
Occupational Therapy
Physiotherapy
Psychiatry
Psychology
Speech & Language Therapy

CLICK HERE for more information about each of these services.

The Learning Difficulties Partnership Board Newsletter

The Board produces a Newsletter that gives up-to-date information for people with learning difficulties.

You can read the Newsletters by clicking on the links below or you can get a copy of the Newsletter by contacting
Sue Kerswell on 01454 862386
or e-mail her at sue.kerswell@southglos.gov.uk