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EXCITING NEW PROJECT FOR BLACKPOOL CHARITY Aiming Higher for Disabled Children & their Families is the Blackpool based charity that supports hundreds of local children and their families. The charity has been bringing the families of children with disabilities together for 10 years.
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or the last three years, the charity’s Transformation Project has been funded by The National Lottery Communities Fund, providing families with disabled children with support from a team of Family Support Workers and a Development Worker. Amongst other things, these workers have helped families with diagnoses, provided emotional support, navigated benefit forms and grant applications, find suitable housing and apply for Education & Health Care Plans. They also supported families at meetings with other professionals and suggested strategies to help with the challenges that life throws at them. The biggest of these challenges, and one which no one could have planned for was obviously Covid-19. The team adapted their way of working completely to continue 122
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service delivery throughout lockdown providing support in lots of different ways (see infographic). The Transformation Project came to an end at the end of November 2021 but Aiming Higher are delighted to announce that they will be working with the National Lottery again with the creation of “The Reaching Resilience Project” which will run for 3 years from January 2022. The project aims to develop on the existing work, providing a real focus on therapeutic interventions and building families’ resilience; enabling them to manage challenges better. They will continue to work with families addressing diagnosis, health and social care, finances, education, mental health and housing. As well as a Family Support Worker, the team will include a Short-term Intervention Worker and a Resilience Worker. The Short-term Intervention Worker will focus solely on families who only need short-term help such as help completing a form or general advice. The Family Support Worker will then be able to continue to provide robust, early help for families who may otherwise reach crisis point. www.lancmag.com
