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We work with people who have learning difficulties and their families to:
- assist people to plan positive changes in their lives
- support groups to speak out about issues that are important to them
- provide training and consultancy on person centred planning, inclusion and citizenship to staff, self-advocates, and families
Click on the links below to find out more about EDG and the work we do:
Citizen Leadership -
Everyone's Business?
Monday 18 January 2010 10.30am - 3pm
Citizen Leadership is one of the big ideas coming out of the Changing Lives Review of Social Work in Scotland. It means people who use services and carers being genuine partners in designing and developing the services they use.
In partnership with ARC Scotland, the South-East Scotland Learning Network and others, EDG have organised a 1-day Conference to look at Citizen Leadership in our area. We have speakers from the User and Carer's Forum and are particularly keen that Citizen leaders from all walks of life attend. The event will be very workshop based with a focus on getting more people who use services involved in leading as citizens.
The conference is being held at Paterson's land, Moray House, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh and is free. Lunch and refreshments are provided. If you need support with transport please let us know. To read the leaflet for the event click on the link below. To book a place contact:
Beth Nuttall on 0131 650 4660 or email beth.nuttall@ed.ac.uk
Citizen Leadership - Everyone's Business? (pdf)
Welcome to our new Chair!
We are delighted to welcome Shulah Allan as the new chair of the EDG board. Shulah recently retired from being Director at EVOC and we are really lucky to have her.EDG signs up to Charter for Involvement
Sandy Divine has signed up to the National Involvement Network's "Charter for Involvement" on behalf of the EDG Board of Management and our Advisory group. The Charter sets out- the rights that people who use services want from involvement
- what people want to get out of being involved
- the kinds of things people want to get involved in
- what people need in order to be involved
Charter for Involvement (pdf)
EDG and Remote Reporting
Remote Reporting is for people who have been a victim of a crime, or who have witnessed a crime (seen one happen). Remote Reporting means you can report the message to us and we will pass on the information to the police. It means you don't need to talk to the police if you don't want to. When we pass information on, we don't need to tell the police your name or address. We can just tell the
m what happened. If you want to use our Remote Reporting service, please call us on 0131 476 0522 (you can speak to any of us about it). Or you can email us. Our email addresses are here.