Working together to Keep Safe in Hertfordshire (360G-HertsCF-A484489)

£4,978

Grant to Herts People First

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Grant Details

Amount Applied For 4977.5
Amount Awarded 4977.5
Award Date 2018-07-19T00:00:00+00:00
Beneficiary Location: Country Code GB
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code E01023786
Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type LSOA
Beneficiary Location: Name Stevenage 011D
Grant Programme: Code July 2018
Grant Programme: Title Police and Crime Commissioner's Fund for Hertfordshire
Impact Category Advance people's physical and mental health, wellbeing and safety
Last Modified 2018-08-21T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Duration (months) 12
Planned Dates: End Date 2019-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2018-07-02T00:00:00+00:00
Primary age group Adults (26 – 65)
Primary beneficiary People with learning difficulties
Primary ethnicity White British
Primary issue Stronger communities/Community support and development
Recipient Org: Charity Number 1091095
Recipient Org: Description Herts People First (HPF) is a user led, rights based, self - advocacy registered charity for adults with a learning disability providing education, training and support to enable people with learning difficulties to access their rights as citizens and to be as fully involved as they want to be in their community. Herts People First supports self advocates to speak up for themselves at self advocacy groups and as representatives of people with learning disabilities at a range of local forums including Hertfordshire’s Learning Disability Partnership Board, Herts County Council Adult Cares Services Co-production Board, Healthwatch Learning Disability Service Watch Group and at other events and meetings important to people with learning disabilities. Staff and members have over 20 years’ experience working locally and nationally supporting people with learning disabilities to speak up, co-produce resources and to deliver training. Services and resources are shaped through direct experience of people with learning disabilities who are fully involved in design and delivery. A range of community safety and advocacy training has been delivered with and for people with learning disabilities and disability awareness for professionals. Resources such as the Keep Safe community safety scheme and the Orange Travel Wallet are designed as direct solutions to issues faced by people in the community. Herts People First provides expert consultation on making Easy Read documents and were commissioned by the Home Office to produce the Disability Hate Crime reporting pack – a resource for victims of Hate Crime and other community safety incidents.