
Time to connect
Over the last three years we worked in partnership with Timebanking UK on a project focusing on improving the community connections of people living in care settings. The project was funded by Big Lottery.
For the last ten years the NDTi has been working alongside and learning with statutory, voluntary and private agencies who are seeking to achieve community inclusion. For us, the most crucial outcome of this work has been that while training programmes and the efforts of individuals can make a difference, real change comes when organisations understand their role in community inclusion, what it is they are seeking to achieve and how their investment in staff recruitment, training and activity delivers or hinders this.
Our new programme of community inclusion - organisational and system change draws together our established evaluation and development work for organisations and our tools and training in community inclusion and staff development.
Each programme is tailored to your organisations goals, current activity and change timetable but could include:
The programme is open to organisations large or small from the statutory, voluntary and private sectors. This includes housing and care/support providers and day services. Our work draws on our experience with and is useful to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems and children & young people.
The programme costs from £7000 (plus VAT) depending on the size of your organisation and the scope of the work. Please contact us for more information.
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Understanding and helping people live more inclusive lives beyond services.
We are pleased to announce the following one-day social inclusion workshop from NDTi:
A new report published today by the National Development Team for Inclusion shows how commissioners can help make sure that services help people to live good lives in their communities.
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) is launching a new project on the 1st of October 2009, with 8 local authority partners.
Improved wellbeing, reduced social isolation, a better place to grow older and reduced costs to health and social care.
Time to Connect (TTC) is a partnership initiative, supported by the National Lottery Community Fund, between the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) and Time-banking UK (TBUK). It aims to support people living in traditional...
The Inclusion Web is a tool that can be used to: Help you to get to know another person better (or yourself), by asking really good questions and recording what you learn on a chartHelp...
These questions are intended to gauge whether a lift sharing arrangement is working well.
Who has used the Inclusion Web?
NDTi has extensive experience of working with a wide variety of statutory agencies providers, third sector / voluntary organisations and community members in supporting improved social inclusion, especially for marginalised people.
Social inclusion is how people are involved in, contribute to and gain from the community. Each person defines community differently, traditionally it includes things like: neighbours and friends; work; special interests; cultural and faith groups...
The Commissioning for Community Inclusion report shows how Commissioners can help make sure that services help people to live good lives in their communities.
Making social inclusion a reality for people with severe mental mealth problems.
The Scottish Government commissioned this guidance for local authorities in 2007.
Madeline Cooper-Ueki
Tel: 07593 443740
Email: Madeline.Cooper-Ueki@ndti.org.uk
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