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Disability & Ability

Nothing About Us Without Us!

Positive Towards Disability

Housing Landlord Services is positive about the abilities and disabilities of its tenants, leaseholders, staff, councillors and customers. We call these our stakeholders.

The Council itself displays the two ticks symbol of being positive towards disability on job advertisements and has an internal disability working group.

We want to challenge stigma, prejudice and discrimination around disability and need your help to do this.

We also fully support the Council's adoption of the Social Model of Disability. This model says that the "problem" of disability comes from social structures and attitudes, rather than a person's difficulty or medical condition.

Accessibility

We provide level access to our Housing offices for those that have physical access issues. We also provide support to those tenants that need adaptations to their home and we work closely with our occupational therapist colleagues to achieve this where possible.

Not all disabilities are obvious

Of course not all disabilities are visible, there are many forms of disability that are not apparently obvious. We will soon be doing more work to consult with our stakeholders on issues like plain English to assist those with learning difficulties and any other areas where we can provide support & assistance.

We will be consulting with local organisations such as Disability Wessex and the Bournemouth Speaking Out Forum and Dorset Occupational Therapy Services (DOTS).

We also want to consult with our disabled tenants and leaseholders. If you are one and you would like to get involved please contact us using the details below.

Disability - Have Your Say!

Bournemouth Borough Council provided an opportunity for disabled residents, their familities and carers to have their say at the Pavilion on 10th November 2006. Housing Landlord Services supported this event and provided a display to highlight disability issues. Staff were on hand to consult and share experiences with.

A statement that came out of this event was 'Nothing About Us Without Us'. This means that disabled people want to be included in all services and changes and we support this idea.

The comments from the event were fed into the Council's Disability Equality Scheme and this was published in early December 2006.

Living with HIV/AIDS

Dorset Aids Memorial Schools Educational Trust (DAMSET) is a new charitable trust, formed to administer an innovative community arts project aimed at raising awareness of HIV/AIDS in younger people in particular, and in the community at large. Initially it covers Bournemouth and in time will extend over the local area.

Dorset Aids Memorial Schools Educational Trust (DAMSET)

3-5 Palmerston Road

Bournemouth

BH1 4HN

Tel/Fax 05600 466497

damset@btinternet.com

www.damset.co.uk

Mental Health Issues

Mental health problems can affect anyone: around one in four people will suffer some form of mental health problem during their lifetime. The most common forms of mental health problems are anxiety and depression, but there are many others, including manic depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Suffering a mental health problem can have a devastating effect on the sufferer's life. They may lose their job, their family and friends.

Bournemouth Mental Health Forum

The Bournemouth Mental Health Forum objectives are to promote communication, education and to combat the social stigma of those experiencing mental health problems and accessing services.

Bournemouth Mental Health Forum

The Boscombe Centre

2-A Owls Road

Boscombe

Bournemouth

BH5 1AA

Tel: 07726 303401

bmh.forum@ntlworld.com

Dorset MIND

Dorset Mind is a registered charity and aims to help people to cope with their mental health problems and to rebuild their lives. It is an independent mental health charity, part of the Mind family of charities.

Dorset Mind

Provides services for people with mental health problems
Represents the views of its members and service users
Campaigns against the discrimination and stigma associated with mental health problems

Dorset Mind

11 Shelley Road

Bournemouth

BH1 4JQ

Tel: 01202 392910

contact@bpd-mind.fsnet.co.uk

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual mental health information line:

0845 6036 309 (open Tue, Wed & Sat 7.00 - 9.30pm)

RAISIN

Raisin (Resource And Information Social Inclusion Network) provides up to date information on mental health and social inclusion events, leisure, activities, rights, services, diet, exercise, employment, arts, medication, psychology and alternative therapies in Bournemouth and the surrounding area.

This is supported by the Together registered charity whose slogan is 'working for wellbeing'.

The contact details are:

Tel: 07793 529505

sim-bournemouth@together-uk.org

We hope this information has been useful. If you require it in another language or format such as braille or audio, please contact us as follows: