Contact
Sandra Edwards
Sandra.Edwards@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Tel. 01273 - 295813
Learning Disability Partnership
Board
c/o Integrated Learning Disability Services
86 Denmark Villas
Hove,
BN3 3TY
Document Links
Notes of Meetings:
How the Partnership Board Works
- Terms Of Reference
- Roles of Partnership Board Members
- Policy for LDDF Money
- LDPB Sub Groups & Forums
- LDPB 2008 report
- LDPB 2008 report - easy read
Reports given to the Partnership Board
- Keeping People Safe Report - May 2009
- LDPB Worker Report - March 2009
- LDPB Worker Report - Jan 2009
- LDPB Worker Report - Nov 2008
- Keeping People Safe Report - Nov 2008
- LDPB Worker Report - Sept 2008
- Notes from the National Forum Conference - Sept 2008
- LDPB Worker Report - July 2008
Other Documents
- Learning Disability Commissioning Strategy 2009-12
- Equalities Impact Assessment of Commissioning Strategy
- Safe Guarding Adults Leaflet
** Do not miss the updates in the 'News' section**
Brighton and Hove Partnership Board
Why we have a Learning Disability Partnership Board
The government white paper "Valuing People, a New Strategy For The 21st Century (2001)" told all local authorities to set up learning disability partnership boards. It is the Partnership Board’s job to look at and help the planning and development of services that really help local people with learning disabilities. The Partnership Board makes sure that people with a learning disability and their families or carers are part of this.
The Partnership Board is a local "champion" for people with learning disabilities. Valuing People says the Partnership Board should help “people with learning disabilities to do those ordinary things, make use of mainstream services and be fully included in the local community”.
Learning Disability Development Fund (LDDF)
This is money the government gives to local authorities to help them implement the principles of Valuing People. We use that money to pay for special projects. Take a look at the sub group pages to learn about the projects that our money supports.
Partnership Board Meetings
We often have information sessions in the afternoons, after the meetings. This allows us to discuss and explore relevant issues such as community safety and healthcare when there would not be enough time to do the topic justice during a meeting. We encourage all presenters and reports to use accessible, jargon free, language as much as possible. Members of the public can come to any of the board meetings and are encouraged to attend information sessions..
Meetings are from 10:00 to 1:00 at Hove Town Hall on these dates:
- Monday 20th July 2009 - in Committee Room 3
- afternoon information session is about Work & Skills - venue to be announced
- Monday 21st September 2009 - in Committee Room 3
- Monday 16th November 2009 - in Committee Room 3
- Monday 18th January 2010 - in Committee Room 3
Once each year the Partnership Board gives the council and the Joint Commissioning Board a report on the work that the Partnership Board did the year before. Here is our report from last year:
The Partnership Board has other groups of people that help with the work the Partnership Board wants to get done. We call these groups 'sub groups' if they do work for the Partnership Board, or 'Link Groups and Forums (Fora)' if they work with, but not for, the Partnership Board.
Members of the Partnership Board
Co-chairs
LDPB Co-Chair ........................Cllr Maria Caulfield
LDPB Co-Chair ........................Matthew Hellett
LDPB Sub Group Chairs
A Place to Live .......................... Mark Hendriks
Healthy Lives ............................. Steve Hook
Person Centred Approaches ...... Naomi Cox / Eva Jarvis
Taking Part in the City ............... Eva Jarvis
Work & Skills ........................... Maureen Pasmore
Workforce Development ............Tim Wilson
Link Groups and Forum Reps
Link group
(3 reps to LDPB)........................Ian Metherell,
Sarah Watson,
Martin Billings,
Margaret Forbes,
Matthew Hellett,
Serge Cohen
Carers Link Group
(2 reps to LDPB)........................Reg Biggs, Claire Peligry, Debbie Collins
Transitions Forum........................Jenny Brickell
LD Providers' Forum...................Sheridan Lynch
Other members
Amaze.........................................Sue Winter
Carers Centre.............................Chris Lau
Housing Strategy (BHCC)..........Andy Staniford
Interact - Advocacy Service.......Graham Lee
Lead Commissioner .................. Diana Bernhardt
Manager Integrated
Learning Disabilities Services..... Naomi Cox
Speak Out Advocacy Project ... Liz Yeats
Sussex Partnership Trust............Suzanne Conboy-Hill
Brighton & Hove City PCT........Geraldine Hoban
Non-Voting members
LDPB Assistant To Co-Chairs....Sandra Edwards
LDPB Development Worker.......Karen Kingsland
Link Group Support Worker.......Sarah Pickard
Carers Link Group Supporter......Nicola Lytle