Disability and Independence Steering Committee
The consultation document 'Our Life, Our Services, Our Say’ from the Physical and Sensory Impairments Partnership Board sets out a vision for the future of day services based on supporting people with disabilities to:
- access prompt rehabilitation, assessment and treatment
- regain skills and confidence
- have relevant support and advice, and
- access a range of vocational and leisure opportunities in the local community.
This vision sets out a day service provision made up of three service strands:
- rehabilitation and enablement
- condition self-management and peer support, and
- community access.
Barnet Disability and Independence Steering Committee (BDISC):
BDISC is a Steering Committee, made up of local people with a physical or sensory impairment. The group is responsible for organising the services which will be available within the condition self-management and peer support strand as user-led services.
The services provided by the BDISC will include:
- supporting people to self-assess their needs
- support in using Direct Payments
- advocacy and support for self-advocacy
- peer support, advice and information
- social club
- art club
- community newsletter/website
- expert Patients programme
- stepping Out programme for people who have suffered a stroke
- lip reading classes.
It is also intended that BDISC will assist the council in monitoring and evaluating other services.
Sub-Groups
BDISC has two sub-groups:
- A Focus Group which is responsible for working with Flightways’ management to monitor the day-to-day functioning of services provided by the centre, and
- A social committee that provides social, artistic, and craft activities.
Further Information:
For further information about BDISC please contact:
Paul Baldwin at Flightways Resource Centre.
- Tel: 020 8359 3750
- Email: info@barnetdisc.org.uk
