Innovation, imagination and good practice

At Generate we pride ourselves on our ability to think outside the box. Over the years we have developed a number of new initiatives benefiting people with learning difficulties, their families, their professional support networks, and the community as a whole. We actively involve our members in the design and implementation of new projects, often as paid workers.

Take a look at some presentations about Generate:
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All About Generate PowerPoint presentation Around 480kb 5 - 30 seconds download time
Annual Report 2005 - 2006 PowerPoint presentation Around 230kb 5 - 20 seconds download time
Photostory 2005 - 2006 PowerPoint presentation Around 2,500kb 10 - 120 seconds download time

More news from Generate...

• Our Health Matters Project looked at ways people with learning difficulties could increase their access to mainstream health services. Funded by Social Services and the Primary Care Trust, we ran workshops at GP surgeries to increase staff awareness of learning difficulties. We have developed a training CD to help get the message across and produced accessible health and appointment cards for our members. In addition, St. George's Hospital have employed three of our members as accessibility advisers focusing on a number of different areas within the hospital.
  
  
• We are about to launch a national project, with support from the Department of Health, aimed at improving people's access to accessible health information.
  
  
• Funded by the Co-operative Bank, we have carried out a research project to find out about the issues our members face in opening bank accounts, and their experiences of using banks in general. The project looks like it will form the foundation for further work looking at a broad range of access and training issues.
  
  
• Many of our members in their 30s and 40s still live at home with their elderly parents. In 2001 we carried out a research project looking at the hopes and fears of members and parents facing up to the day when the parents would no longer be able to support their son or daughter in the family home. Funded by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, our completed report has helped to shape the way we work with families, and has been made available to organizations throughout the country.
  
  
• Funded by the Single Regeneration Budget, our Connexions Buddy Scheme links young disabled people with Generate buddies on a short-term basis to help facilitate access to mainstream services, including leisure, community and youth facilities, employment, training and education.
  
  
• Our Members' Committee has been running for a number of years. With new funding from Lloyds TSB, Children in Need and the Gannet Foundation we are working with the committee to make their newsletter more accessible. The funding also supports members to improve their skills in working as a committee and facilitate ways for increased user involvement throughout Generate.