Scope's community engagement project empowers groups of disabled people to take action and create change in their local communities. The project is funded by People's Health Trust.
The groups are made up of at least 30 disabled people, parents of disabled children and unpaid carers. Each group has a pot of money and is supported by trained volunteers and a local Scope co-ordinator. The co-ordinator facilitates discussion to identify local issues which are important to the group.
We are running community engagement groups in:
Information about the community engagement programme for users
We hope people taking part will:
The project helps Scope:
Common themes we've seen so far include:
People's Health Trust is an independent charity addressing health inequalities across Britain. It makes grants using money raised through The Health Lottery.
Contact us if you are a trust or foundation interested in partnering with Scope.