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Knocking
Down Barriers Together
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 The
National Lottery New Opportunities Fund awarded people with
a learning disability in Highland £800,000.
With
extra help from Highland Council and the Health Board, Health
& Happiness has over one million pounds to start to make
the lives of people with learning disabilities in Highland healthier
and happier.
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This
was the inaugural Health & Happiness Conference. It took place
on Friday 4th October 2002 at the Caledonian Thistle F.C. Stadium
in Inverness.
People
with a learning disability led the Conference.
We talked
about how the money will be used and what will be happening next.
We also
talked about what it is like to live with a learning disability and
what barriers there are to being healthy and happy - and how we could
break them down together:
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'The way people think about us and treat us' |
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'We
don't have many people that we can turn to for help and friendship' |
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'We
don't feel important or in control of our lives' |
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'Few
of us have jobs so we don't have the money to do the things we'd
like to do' |
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'Our
health problems are too often ignored and we don't get the best
service' |
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It was
a very exciting day, something really special. The discussions and
workshops were very good. Everyone had a good time.
We are
writing a conference report and will post it here when it's ready.
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Highland Community Care Forum.
Tel: 01463 718817 — Fax: 01463 718818 — Email: hccf@hccf.org.uk
