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Want to show you support equal citizenship for Active Prospects is a charitable organisation with over 30 years'
people with learning disabilities? experience, providing a range of specialised accommodation

and support services across Surrey and Sussex.
Become a Community Living sponsor
Each year, we support around 250 people with learning
Sponsorship is open to organisations and individuals and disabilities, mental health needs, acquired brain injury, autistic
helps to promote our vital work throughout the UK people and those with complex needs to live full and
aspiring lives.
All sponsors are acknowledged in the magazine, website and
on social media, and receive free print and online issues of
the magazine

Additional benefits include discounts on training and events,
free access to the CL Annual Debate, and a chance to be part
of our new campaigning network

There are several levels of sponsorship. As well as the above
benefits, main sponsors have a place on Community Living’s
editorial board, and associate sponsors have
opportunities to influence editorial policy Sponsor of
Community
For details, contact publisher Jo Adshead Living
on clienquiries@outlook.com or editor The magazine about Find out more at: www.activeprospects.org.uk
Saba Salman on saba@cl-initiatives.co.uk learning disability @ActiveProspectsUK @Active Prospects UK
@Active_Prospect @activeprospectsuk

Centre for Adults’ Social Care – Advice, Information and Dispute Resolution

CASCAIDr

Free advice - for upholding adults’ Health and Care Act rights

CASCAIDr is a new, national advice charity, providing free and low-cost specialist legal advice about everyone’s
rights to have their needs for care and support decided lawfully, reasonably and fairly.
We aim to empower and support people, their carers and practitioners working in the health and care sector to
resolve disagreements about access to services.

Free and low-cost help Our services CASCAIDr adviser
Our free services cover: rights to care CASCAIDr’s service includes a telephone CASCAIDr advisers will: analyse a situation
funding; checking assessments are made helpline (including sessions if you aren’t to check the law is being complied with;
correctly; seeing if councils are complying sure if their problem is a legal one); give you a checklist to take to a council or
with the law; checking the legality of cuts volunteer advocates; expert advisers to CCG; write letters; seek further advice
to care plans; and access to independent produce free letters and checklists; from barristers; and consider action where
advocacy; For more complex issues and support and advice for crowdfunding for issues cannot be resolved. CASCAIDr may
complaints, we charge £125/hour. formal legal proceedings. support crowdfunding for legal costs.

Visit our website or get in touch for information, volunteering opportunities and to support us

www.cascaidr.org.uk  01252 560 856  belinda@cascaidr.org.uk

t @CASCAIDr f www.facebook.com/cascaidr l Belinda Schwer

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