What We Do

The Valuing Medway People Partnership Board works together to make sure that Valuing People happens in the Medway towns in Kent. It makes sure that the services the Council and other agencies provide meet the needs of people with a learning disability and their parents and carers.

The members of the Board meet every six weeks to ensure that people with a learning disability have equal access to all community services.

You can find out more by clicking the links below.

 

Here are the names of people who go to the Partnership Board meetings

 

• What the Partnership Board is and what it does
• Being a member of the Partnership Board.
•     Our Annual Report.              

      

What is ‘Valuing People’?

‘Valuing People’ is the government's plan for making the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families and carers better.

It was written in 2001, and it was the first White Paper for people with learning disabilities for 30 years. It covers England.

It is based on people having -

• their rights as citizens
• inclusion in local communities
• choice in daily life
• real chances to be independent

It was written with help from people with learning disabilities, family carers, and people who work in services or other organisations for people with learning disabilities.

It came with an easier to understand version, as well as a report from the service users advisory group called 'Nothing about us without us', a report on family carers called 'Family Matters', and a report on learning difficulties and ethnicity.

You can find these papers, and other information on the Valuing People website.