About this service
Our Speaking Up group in Westminster supports people with learning disabilities to have a voice, share their experiences, and influence local services.
Members of Our Choice help people speak up for themselves through:
- Self-advocacy and consultation groups for people with learning disabilities (PLD)
- Presentations, training, and mystery shopping to improve services.
- Accessible information in Easy Read, using objects of reference, Makaton, and intensive interaction to support creative conversations.
- Information on voting and elections transport campaigns like ‘Please offer me a seat‘, and co-production of NHS NWL Easy Read ‘Know Diabetes’ web pages.
All disabled people have the right to be heard. We can change the future by speaking up.
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Learning Disability Service User Reps
Many of Our Choice members are also Service User Representatives, who play a vital role in making sure that people’s voices shape decisions that affect their lives.
They are:
- Elected and paid for their work
- Active members of local Health and Social Care Focus Groups
- Partners with senior council and health professionals.
Our Reps help to:
- Co-produce the Bi-borough Learning Disability Strategy
- Sit on local health and care boards
- Improve access to employment and training opportunities Support fair and inclusive recruitment, including interviewing staff
- Deliver training and quality-check Easy Read resources.
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If you live in Westminster and want to speak up, share your experiences, and help shape better services, join Our Choice group – we’d love to hear from you.
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