WDPC Based Projects

Walsall Disability Forum staff

WDPC is home to two part-time staff employed by WDPC and funded through a local development plan (LDP) of Walsall Primary Care Trust (PCT). The Development Officer is tasked with ensuring that the voice of disabled people is ever present in the affairs of he local council and the Borough in general and of developing projects which have a significant impact on the lives of people with disabilities and impairments. The Membership officer’s task is to ensure that the 40+ member organisations and associations of the Forum play an active role and are in good communication with the forum so that the Forum can be a force for development of access and facilities for all disabled people in the Borough.

Full information about Walsall Disability Forum, its members and activities can be found at www.walsalldisabilityforum.com

Walsall Adapted Housing Service

Set up by Walsall Disability Forum in partnership with Walsall Council Strategic Housing Dept, and the main Registered Social Landlords – Walsall Housing Group, Accord Housing Association and Caldmore Housing Association, the WAHS aims to recycle adapted properties for re-use by disabled people in need of adapted properties. To date the project has helped to rehouse 30+ families, saving the Council and other agencies more than £500,000.

For more information visit www.walsalldisabilityforum.com

Guest organisations at WDPC

Other organisations using WDPC as their regular meeting place include:

Midland Regional Association for the DeafWalsall Council Community DieticiansWalsall Disability ForumWalsall ME LinkThe Black and Asian Disability Group (BADG)The Welcome ClubNew HorizonsWalsall Society of Friends (Quakers)The Assemblies of God church group