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ABOUT US
There are around 750 adults with a learning disability living in the Swansea area.
Research has highlighted that people with learning disabilities receive a poorer health service in the community.
People with learning disabilities do not get their health looked after as some health professionals don't understand much about disabilities.
People with learning disabilities can find it hard to explain what is wrong with them.
People with learning disabilities don't always know what causes health problems.
We Aim to do Several Things
Speak up for people with a learning disability.
Help, enable and empower people to have a say in the things that affect them.
Help and encourage people with a learning disability participate more fully on an individual level, in services and their communities for involvement.
We were established in the mid 1980's and are now a fully registered charity.
We have support from MENCAP CYMRU, a small grant from the unitary authority as well as funding from several independent donors.
In 2004 Swansea People First were funded by the WELSH ASSEMBLY'S Advocacy Grant Scheme.
In 2008 Swansea People First submitted a successful funding bid to BILD to keep the Project going strong for the next two and a half years.
The project also received a grant from
Heart Research UK in 2008 to fund a series of interactive health games.
The Peer Health Advocacy Project
Will help people to talk about their health needs
Help people to understand the kinds of things that can cause health problems
Highlights gaps in the services people receive
Help people to learn more about their health rights
Why Peer Advocacy?
It is the best form of advocacy
It empowers the person delivering it, as well as empowering the recipient with information
The Peer Health Advocacy Project is unique in Wales
Accounts and Annual Reports
Click on the links below to download copies of our
Audited Accounts and Annual Reports including
easy read accessible versions.
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