Community Pub Nights For People With Learning Disabilities Proving to be Popular in York

Feeling part of a local community and socialising with people are so important in our daily lives. The memories that we cherish are those that are formed through social interactions with either friends or the local community. However, for people with learning disabilities, there are not many opportunities to express themselves through meeting people and building relationships. This fact was backed up by a recent survey which revealed that 25% of people with learning disabilities confessed to not knowing anyone which is very worrying. This has helped to highlight a big problem for people with learning disabilities who are experiencing both loneliness and isolation - which is something that we all have a firm grasp of but rarely experience. This is where two organisations in York who work closely with people with learning disabilities have pulled their resources together and partnered with a local pub to help combat this growing problem.

Krumbs cafe & icango2 are working together to create opportunities for those with learning disabilities in York to not only interact with other people but also to form links with the local community through the newly created City Slickers project. Krumbs Cafe is a state of the art training complex which is financed by the local council and run by United Response. The facility helps to provide both hospitality and catering training to local people that have learning disabilities. Icango2 provides industry relevant training to people with learning disabilities which will put them in good stead to find employment in the future. These two organisations have put together these pub events thanks largely to a Small Sparks Grant which has been provided by United Response. The grant scheme, which is mostly supported by the Clothworkers' Foundation, is designed to help disabled people forge associations with the local community by providing small amounts of finance to help cover the costs of running the local events.

The City Slicker project helps those with learning disabilities to not only meet other people but also to make friends. Furthermore, there has been lots of positive feedback coming back from the local community about the events. Hopefully in the long term, these events will help to provide a better understanding of people with learning disabilities which will help to dispel any misconceptions and help to involve the community more in these types of events.

The City Slickers Projects isn't a very complicated idea but has already had a positive impact on the relationships between community members and people with learning disabilities in York. The success of this project will help motivate others to do similar things and help provide the necessary learning disabilities support to those that need it on a regular basis.

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Brendan Wilde has published 198 articles. Article submitted on December 04, 2012. Word count: 444

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