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Information for People with Learning Disabilities
Information for People with Learning Disabilities
Helping you stay independent
Our Services
We offer many different services and types of support for people with learning disabilities living in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and their carers.
Before we can offer you our help we will need to talk to you about your support needs and decide if we can help you. This is called an 'assessment'. You will be fully involved in your assessment. Our leaflet called 'Helping adults keep safe and independent' tells you more about our services and how we decide who we help.
If you are assessed as needing our help, we can provide:
- Day opportunities to meet people, take part in leisure activities and learn new skills
- Housing options such as residential care and supported living where you live in your own flat or house with support
- Direct Payments where you get money to arrange and manage your own support instead of receiving direct services from us
- Individual budgets where you are given a pot of money based on your support needs to spend on services that suit you
- Kingston Workstart to help you find paid or voluntary work
- Victoria Park Cafe where you can meet people, make new friends and have a cup of tea or coffee
- Nursery Project where you can learn about gardening and woodwork in a supportive environment
- Support to disabled parents to help you to look after your child
- Travel options such as Freedom Travel Passes, Taxi cards, and Blue Badge parking permits
- Support to carers such as short (respite) breaks and mobile phones
- Asperger's Syndrome service offering a social skills group, a work opportunities group and a carer's support group
Other useful information
Easy to use website
Our easy to use website tells you all about what's available in the Royal Borough of Kingston for people with learning disabilities (see below).
Partnership Board for people with learning disabilities
The Partnership Board is a group of people who meet to talk and make decisions about things affecting people with learning disabilities in Kingston. To find out more about the Board, contact:
Fen Ryan
Telephone: 020 8547 4703
Email: fionnuala.ryan@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Service user Parliament
This is a group of service users who represent other people with learning disabilities. They make sure that services users are included when decisions are made. They also find out what other service users think about things. To find out more about the Parliament contact:
Jackie Batten
Telephone: 020 8547 6539
Email: jackie.batten@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Website: www.kingstonld.info
Contact Us
If you want to speak to someone in person for more information and advice about the services and support we offer, please contact-
Community Learning Disability Team
For people with learning disabilities and their carers.
Crescent Resource Centre,
Blagdon Road
New Malden
KT3 4TA
Phone: 020 8547 6558
Email:cldt@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Also see:
Related Documents:
Get help accessing files or request files in alternative formats- Helping Adults Keep Safe and Independent - about our services and how we decide who we help.
- Community Learning Disability Team - about how the team can help you.
- Direct Payments - about money to arrange your own support instead of receiving services from us.
- Blue Badge Parking Permits - about the permit that allows disabled and blind people to park in convenient places, close to their destination.
- Freedom Travel Passes (2008-2010) - about the Pass that allows free travel on London's public transport for disabled people and people with enduring mental health needs.
- Your Right to be Heard - about how to tell us what you think about the help and support you get.
- Your Right to Know - about how to see your records.
- Service User Parliament - about what the Parliament is and how it works
Related External Links:
- www.kingstonld.info - this is our easy to use website which tells you about what's available in the Royal Borough of Kingston for people with learning disabilities