What is a Learning Disability Partnership Board?

The government wrote a paper called"Valuing People, a New Strategy For The 21st Century (2001)". That paper told all local authorities to set up learning disability partnership boards.

The Partnership Board is a champion for people with learning disabilities.  We make sure that people with a learning disability and their family carers are part of everything we do.

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”.

LDPD 'We Do' - Dec 2010 is a document that tells what our Partnership Board does

Valuing People Now - What next?

In 2009 the government wrote another paper. It is called "Valuing People Now". The government gave the Partnership Boards more power and also expects more from us. We have to make a plan for making Valuing People Now happen in our city.

you can read our Make It Happen Plan

In December 2010 the government wrote a report about Learning Disability Partnership Boards and progress onValuing People Now - 0812 DoH - Valuing People Now

In March 2011 the regional Valuing People programmes came to an end.  You can read a message from our regional Valuing People team and a statement from the Department of Health:

• Message from Valuing People Team
• Statement from DOH - March 2011
• Valuing People News

Partnership Board Meetings & Events:

We meet on the third Monday morning of every second month.

We ask everyone to use easy-to-understand language, without jargon. Click here to read our guidelines for meetings.

Members of the public can come to any of the board meetings.

Monday 2nd July 2012 Partnership Board Meeting from 10 to 12.30 at Hove Town Hall in the Banqueting Suite

Monday 17th September 2012 Partnership Board Meeting from 10:00 to 12:30 at Hove Town Hall in the Banqueting Suite

Monday 26th November 2012 Partnership Board Meeting from 10:00 to 12:30 at Hove Town Hall in the Banqueting Suite

How are we doing?

Once each year the Partnership Board writes a report on the work that we did the year before. Our report is sent to city's Joint Commissioning Board, which makes sure we have good health and social care services.

The national Valuing People Team sent us a list of questions to answer in our report.  Here is our 2010/11 report: BH - LDPB annual report 2010-11

Here is our report for 2009/10:

• 2009-10 LDPB report - easy read version
• 2009-10 LDPB report
• 2009-10 LDPB report - sign off pages

Here is the 2009/10 Regional report done by the Regional Programme Board: Southeast Regional LDPB report

Here is our report from the year before:

• 2008 LDPB report - easy read version
• 2008 LDPB report

Who helps us do the work?

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. Each group has its own page on this website.

LDPB Sub Groups & Forums - Aug 2011

Members of the Partnership Board

Co-Chair .................................................Cllr Rob Jarrett
Co-Chair ................................................ Betty Vincent
Link group .............................................. Sarah Watson, Martin Billings, Matthew Hellett, Peggy Brown, Andy Meadows, Maria Borrer, Hannah Childs, Deborah Tompsett
Carers Link Group ................................. Joan Hicks, John Horseman
Carers Link Group (Transition)................ Claire Peligry, Juliette Teague,
Children's Services.................................. Jenny Brickell
LD Providers' Forum................................Kay Holden
Community & Voluntary Sector Forum.... Eva Jarvis
Housing Strategy (BHCC)....................... Narinder Sundar
Lead Commissioner ............................... Diana Bernhardt
Brighton & Hove City PCT...................... Kate Hirst

Non-Voting Members of The Partnership Board

Expert Advisors
Integrated Learning Disability Services..... Naomi Cox

Sub Group Chairs 
A Place to Live ...................................... Mark Hendriks
Healthy Lives ......................................... Cameron Brown
Person Centred Approaches .................. Naomi Cox / Eva Jarvis
Taking Part in the City ............................ Eva Jarvis
Transition Forum ....................................Jenny Brickell
Work & Skills ....................................... Karen Kingsland
Workforce Development ........................Tim Wilson

Helpers and Supporters 
LDPB Assistant To Co-Chairs......................Sarah Crowe
Link Group Support Supporter......................Sarah Pickard, Speak Out
Link Group Support Supporter......................Ingrid Ashberry, Speak Out
Carers' Link Group Supporter.......................Tess Craven, Carers' Centre
Carers' Link Group (Transition) Supporter.....Sue Winter, Amaze

here is some more information about who we are: LDPD 'We Are' - Aug 2011