Reach Group Advocacy
In 2000, Asist launched a semi-autonomous project in Stoke-on-Trent called REACH to support self advocacy amongst groups of people with a learning disability. REACH Project Workers work with communities of people wirh a learning disablity to elect local representatives who come together to form a REACH Parliament. In 2010, REACH received funding to expand the project creating a REACH Parliament for Staffordshire. The REACH Parliaments work with the local Learning Disability Partnership Boards to ensure people with a learning disability are represented at a decision making level.
Information on Reach activities
From the links below, you can open up documents with more detailed information about the Reach project in an accessible format.
Click here for general information about the Reach Project
Click hear for information about the Reach Parliament in Stoke
Click here for information about the Reach Parliament in Staffordshire
Click here for information about the Reach 10 year celebration event
Follow this link to go to youtube and see the award winning Reach film, "Greater Expectations": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYWQixg3rj8
Follow this link to follow Reach on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reach.at.asist
Follow this link to go to the "equal people in Stoke" website for the latest updates on the Learning Disability Partnership Board in Stoke: http://www.equalpeopleinstoke.org/
Contacting Reach
Please follow the Contact Us link at the top of the page for Reach contact details.