Provide Community is an employee-owned Community Interest Company (CIC), working within NHS and community care settings, and delivering social care support at home.
The vision of our Initiative is for people with a learning disability and/or autism to have the same opportunity as everyone else to live safe and healthy lives and be treated with dignity and respect.
Our aims are set out in a clear plan of how we can work differently and more effectively to improve the lives of individuals who have a learning disability and/or autism, who are part of our community and come into contact with our services.
If you have a story you would like to share with us, please let us know.
Below are interviews with some of the residents at our supported living accommodations, as well as the experiences of people whose lives are touched by those with learning disabilities and/or autism.
Susan Docksey
Susan Docksey
We wanted to involve our service users from the outset when developing our strategy so we invited them to take part in a design competition for our new logo.
Susan Docksey was our badge design competition winner and the team decided to name the hedgehog in her design Suzy, in her honour. Suzy has become the symbol for our Learning Disability and/or Autism Initiative. The badge is proudly worn by representatives from all areas of the organisation who are champions of our initiative. The champions are committed to raising awareness of the initiative throughout the organisation, helping colleagues to feel confident in understanding its objectives and collectively developing different ways of working to improve the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and or autism, who are part of our community or use our services.
Reasonable adjustments are small changes that can help people with a learning disability be treated equally.
If you want to know about how to get more understandable information from health and social services, read the Accessible Information Standard easy read. Please see Mencap’s reasonable adjustments page for more information and examples of the type of reasonable adjustments that could be made.
Your journey with Provide Community begins with a conversation. Whatever your query or area of interest, we’re here to help. From detailed enquiries about our diverse services to general information requests, our dedicated team is ready to assist you.
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Your journey with Provide Community begins with a conversation. Whatever your query or area of interest, we’re here to help. From detailed enquiries about our diverse services to general information requests, our dedicated team is ready to assist you.
