About Us
Disability BackUp is currently run on a
Voluntary basis by its members.
Disability BackUp Hackney is an independent user-led forum for disabled people living in Hackney. It acts as an opportunity for disabled people to have their say about key issues in Hackney.
Disability Backup will enable service users to influence change in their borough and be consulted about current issues. The forum will be accessible to those with physical, sensory or learning impairments and is open to all age groups.
Our Aim is to:
· Promote the thereby
promoting equality and reducing discrimination.
· Enable participation for disabled people in all of Hackney's
opportunities.
· Represent interests of disabled people in regards to council
services.
· Increase access for disabled people to council services.
Introduction and Background
The Disability BackUp Forum was established in 2008 and has grown to be a successful and dynamic forum with around 300 members.
The aim of Disability BackUp is to enable disabled people in Hackney to influence change in the borough and be consulted about current issues. The forum is a membership-based
network which is accessible to all disabled people over 16 years of age. The forum aims to firmly work within, and promote, the social model of disability. It supports the empowerment of individuals to participate as fully as possible in wider society, reduce dependency and develop confidence.
The objectives of the forum are to:
· Represent interests of disabled people in regards to services
provided by public, voluntary and private sectors by
facilitating the widest possible range of disabled people to
represent themselves and each other.
· Encourage participation for disabled people in all of
Hackney's opportunities.
· To ensure that local disabled people are involved with the
changes to adult social care, including active consultation and
information regarding the Personalisation Agenda.
· To continue to develop an effective model of service user
involvement within Health and Social Care Services,
acknowledging that disabled people may want to be involved
in different ways. The aim is to enhance representation of
disabled people in decision making and to include disabled
people in the resident involvement on existing boards such
as the Transformation of Adult Social Care programme and
the Disabled Persons Partnership Board.
· Increase access for disabled people to non-specialist services.
· Promote equality and reduce discrimination.
· Enable users to have a voice when changes are being
considered to publicly provided or funded sectors which
particularly affect them.
· To continue the work the Disability BackUp has achieved and
work with its members who have the skills and knowledge of
knowing the disability sector in London Borough of Hackney.
Disability BackUp achieves these objectives through the following activities:
· Supporting disabled residents to have a voice and influence
services, decisions and raise issues relevant to their lives.
· Gathering and disseminating useful information and
invitations - both about Hackney and relevant national issues
/ events - to people in ways relevant to them, in a
newsletter, website, text message.
· Having meetings and group/social events so people can
debate with others and learn new things.
· Introducing Disability Equality between disabled and non-
disabled people and other members and stakeholders with
the Disability BackUp members who have achieved Disability
Equality Training recognition and have been trained and have
delivered training.
· Offering a space that all disabled people can find out about
new opportunities open to them without creating any
barriers.
· Facilitating consultations and focus groups with disabled
people on issues that may affect them.
· Supporting representation and feeding views and information
into and from partnership boards.
Previous Hosting and Support
Hackney Family BackUp
From Disability BackUp's inception in 2008 until March 31st 2011, hosting and support for the forum was provided by the organisation "Hackney Family BackUp", with core funding from the London Borough of Hackney’s Grants programme, and additional support to support specific work on health and adult social care.
With the closure of "Hackney Family BackUp", the London Borough of Hackney (LBH) appointed "Age UK East London" to host and provide support to the Disability BackUp forum: both in its day to day running and to enable it to achieve its objective of influencing change in Hackney.
Age UK East London
From March 31st 2011 until August 31st 2015, hosting and support for Disability BackUp (DBU) was provided by "Age UK East London", again with core funding from the London Borough of Hackney’s (LBH) Grants programme and additional support to enable specific work on health adult social care.
With the decision of LBH to decline further funding to Age UK East London, it was agreed that Disability BackUp would continue on a voluntary basis, managed and run by their members. Disability BackUp will carry on being a user-led forum for disabled people living in or working in Hackney. The engagement of disabled Hackney residents will remain the priority of Disability Backup's work in the future.
Disability Backup Member John Thornton will now be acting as chair for DBU and will also be taking the lead on communications, with Anthony Larvin acting as deputy. Maureen Ford will be taking on the task of fundraising and become Treasurer, with Andrea Rawlings acting as Secretary.
Disability Backup extends a warm and heartfelt thanks to Age UK East London for their support and management during the last four years.
Disability BackUp is currently run on a
Voluntary basis by its members.
Disability BackUp Hackney is an independent user-led forum for disabled people living in Hackney. It acts as an opportunity for disabled people to have their say about key issues in Hackney.
Disability Backup will enable service users to influence change in their borough and be consulted about current issues. The forum will be accessible to those with physical, sensory or learning impairments and is open to all age groups.
Our Aim is to:
· Promote the thereby
promoting equality and reducing discrimination.
· Enable participation for disabled people in all of Hackney's
opportunities.
· Represent interests of disabled people in regards to council
services.
· Increase access for disabled people to council services.
Introduction and Background
The Disability BackUp Forum was established in 2008 and has grown to be a successful and dynamic forum with around 300 members.
The aim of Disability BackUp is to enable disabled people in Hackney to influence change in the borough and be consulted about current issues. The forum is a membership-based
network which is accessible to all disabled people over 16 years of age. The forum aims to firmly work within, and promote, the social model of disability. It supports the empowerment of individuals to participate as fully as possible in wider society, reduce dependency and develop confidence.
The objectives of the forum are to:
· Represent interests of disabled people in regards to services
provided by public, voluntary and private sectors by
facilitating the widest possible range of disabled people to
represent themselves and each other.
· Encourage participation for disabled people in all of
Hackney's opportunities.
· To ensure that local disabled people are involved with the
changes to adult social care, including active consultation and
information regarding the Personalisation Agenda.
· To continue to develop an effective model of service user
involvement within Health and Social Care Services,
acknowledging that disabled people may want to be involved
in different ways. The aim is to enhance representation of
disabled people in decision making and to include disabled
people in the resident involvement on existing boards such
as the Transformation of Adult Social Care programme and
the Disabled Persons Partnership Board.
· Increase access for disabled people to non-specialist services.
· Promote equality and reduce discrimination.
· Enable users to have a voice when changes are being
considered to publicly provided or funded sectors which
particularly affect them.
· To continue the work the Disability BackUp has achieved and
work with its members who have the skills and knowledge of
knowing the disability sector in London Borough of Hackney.
Disability BackUp achieves these objectives through the following activities:
· Supporting disabled residents to have a voice and influence
services, decisions and raise issues relevant to their lives.
· Gathering and disseminating useful information and
invitations - both about Hackney and relevant national issues
/ events - to people in ways relevant to them, in a
newsletter, website, text message.
· Having meetings and group/social events so people can
debate with others and learn new things.
· Introducing Disability Equality between disabled and non-
disabled people and other members and stakeholders with
the Disability BackUp members who have achieved Disability
Equality Training recognition and have been trained and have
delivered training.
· Offering a space that all disabled people can find out about
new opportunities open to them without creating any
barriers.
· Facilitating consultations and focus groups with disabled
people on issues that may affect them.
· Supporting representation and feeding views and information
into and from partnership boards.
Previous Hosting and Support
Hackney Family BackUp
From Disability BackUp's inception in 2008 until March 31st 2011, hosting and support for the forum was provided by the organisation "Hackney Family BackUp", with core funding from the London Borough of Hackney’s Grants programme, and additional support to support specific work on health and adult social care.
With the closure of "Hackney Family BackUp", the London Borough of Hackney (LBH) appointed "Age UK East London" to host and provide support to the Disability BackUp forum: both in its day to day running and to enable it to achieve its objective of influencing change in Hackney.
Age UK East London
From March 31st 2011 until August 31st 2015, hosting and support for Disability BackUp (DBU) was provided by "Age UK East London", again with core funding from the London Borough of Hackney’s (LBH) Grants programme and additional support to enable specific work on health adult social care.
With the decision of LBH to decline further funding to Age UK East London, it was agreed that Disability BackUp would continue on a voluntary basis, managed and run by their members. Disability BackUp will carry on being a user-led forum for disabled people living in or working in Hackney. The engagement of disabled Hackney residents will remain the priority of Disability Backup's work in the future.
Disability Backup Member John Thornton will now be acting as chair for DBU and will also be taking the lead on communications, with Anthony Larvin acting as deputy. Maureen Ford will be taking on the task of fundraising and become Treasurer, with Andrea Rawlings acting as Secretary.
Disability Backup extends a warm and heartfelt thanks to Age UK East London for their support and management during the last four years.
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