NLDEN
What is the project all about?
This project was funded by a Department of Health Section 64 grant to run for three years commencing in 2003, and was launched at a conference in London attended by Dr Stephen Ladyman, then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health.The aims of the project were:
- to encourage the sharing of good practice
- to inform policy by collective response
- to provide information
- to provide opportunity for discussion
- to share training resources
- to keep people informed in order to make change happen
Developments in the project so far
The project created a network to encourage the sharing of good practice, inform policy by gathering responses, providing information, the opportunity for discussion and to share training resources within BME communities. So far the network has more than 1500 members and is growing all the time. It links members by newsletter and email.
The BME service manager at ARC sits on the National Advisory Group on Learning Disability and Ethnicity to represent the Network, this enables members to directly influence policy/strategy at the highest level.
We send out newsletters three times a year and host an annual conference as well as regional events and updates to network members by email.
In 2006 the original funding for this project ceased but ARC received funds from the Department of Health to maintain the network until March 2010.
The NLDEN website contains archive material from newsletters and has grown into a wide ranging resource covering good practice, publications, policy and information, latest news plus upcoming events.
Expected outcomes for the future
It is hoped that the Network will continue to grow, gathering more members and therefore keeping people informed in order to make change happen. Useful Information:
- If you would like to join the Network then please contact Pam: Pam.Smith@arcuk.org.uk or call 01246 555043. It’s FREE!
NEWSLETTERS FROM THE NLDEN FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
