Feedback
“It gave participants a really fantastic experience.”
“The whole community can see what people with learning disabilities can do.”
“It shows there are other ways you can do things.”
“It shows people ‘outside of our bubble’ what people with learning disabilities can do.”
“Really enhancing and skills building.”
“It shows people’s ability to do stuff.”
“It shows people with learning disabilities can run things”
“Makes people feel they are part of a team.”
“They did really good for the money”
“I’d like to see a story from someone with disabilities and how they found it, and what they gained.”
“You need to ask us before you change how you spend money.”
“There was training in the bid, and it wasn’t mentioned on the monitoring. Did it happen?”
FEEDBACK
Delivering Change Together
Ensuring the meaningful involvement of people with learning disabilities and/or neurodivergent people in assessing applications for the Learning Disabilities Innovation Fund meant rethinking the approach and doing things differently. This new approach, facilitated by PPF and PAVS through the Welsh Government’s Integrated Care Fund, has delivered improved outcomes for those involved in assessing the applications, the organisations applying for funding and the people experiencing the activities provided by the funding. Having changed things for the better from themselves, I believe that the Learning Disabilities Innovation Toolkit they have developed has the potential to help many more organisations delivering care and support to involve their members in a similar way.
Kim Neyland
Strategic Partnership Manager, West Wales Regional Partnership Board