In 1967, the Walkinstown Association was founded by a group of parents and friends in response to a need for community based services for people with learning disabilities. Since then, it has grown from strength to strength, and now operates day services, home support services and residential services. Very much focused on the individual, the Association aims to help service users lead self-determined lives. They have done pioneering work in ‘Personal Outcomes Planning’, highlighting an individual’s goals, identifying and directing the resources needed to achieve those goals, as well as reviewing goal achievement.
I was delighted to have the opportunity last Friday to attend the launch of the Walkinstown Association’s Annual Report and Strategic Plan.
The Association currently operates five residential homes, and a sixth is scheduled to open in 2008. Incidentally, I hope that by then the
new charges for people with learning disabilities living in residential homes will have been abolished!
The pictures below show just a small part of what the Walkinstown Association does ...
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