As a User Led Organisation (ULO), we champion the voice of those seldom heard; challenging perceptions and changing attitudes.<\/strong><\/p>\n We promote equality and inclusion for those we represent by building relationships with key policy makers, commissioners and professionals who can influence the way in which services are designed and delivered. Through our networks with service users and other organisations we can become a stronger voice collectively.<\/p>\n These are some of the areas in which we encourage, and works towards, creating a level playing field for individuals living within local communities to tackle inequality:<\/p>\n We adopt an empower and enable approach when supporting individuals. By informing people of their choices, from an independent, impartial and objective point of view, enabling them to make informed decisions about their lives.<\/p>\n \u201cThe level of support & knowledge led me to be more confident in tackling benefit issues. I could not have met a more helpful, knowledgeable advisor\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI chose to contact Disability Nottinghamshire for help and advice as I know they understand what it means to live with a disability\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSimply having a Radar Key and Blue Badge has widened our horizons!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Welfare reforms have created increased demand for our services over the last 12 months. The majority of changes have reduced people\u2019s income, negatively affecting their standard of living, which include:<\/p>\n There has also been a contraction or closure of other services and organisations across Nottinghamshire resulting in fewer options for people to seek the type of support we provide.<\/p>\n Mr S is 74 yrs old and lives with his 75 year old wife the house that they own. They had worked all of their lives and had never claimed any type of benefit.<\/p>\n Their health had recently deteriorated and whilst they had some savings, they were struggling financially. Initially they were hesitant to look at claiming any benefits at all, eventually after several advice sessions we were able to assist them with a claim for attendance allowance. With the addition of Carers allowance, this led to a claim for Pension credit and assistance with council tax. Because of our assistance they received an extra \u00a3192.60 per week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Demand for services has never been greater and the charity could not operate without the financial support of all of the donors. The hard work and dedication of both a small staff team and the many volunteers contributes in so many ways to the success of the charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Impact of our work As a User Led Organisation (ULO), we champion the voice of those seldom heard; challenging perceptions and changing attitudes. We promote equality and inclusion for those we represent by building relationships with key policy makers, commissioners and professionals who can influence the way in which services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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