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Are you passionate about inclusion,
independence and paid work for people
with learning disabilities?
A Positive Influence

Lancashire Learning Disability Consortium is a group of
not for profit provider organisations in the north west
of England.
Our members support and represent people with a
learning disability to live their lives as they choose.

LLDC provides a collective, informed and knowledgeable
Then bring Travel Buddy, the peer led travel voice, sharing innovation and positively influencing the
training scheme, to your organisation! commissioning and delivery of services in Lancashire.

 www.lldc.org
Find out more by visiting
mylifemychoice.org.uk or call 01865 204214 t @TheLLDC f @TheLLDC
l Lancashire Learning Disability Consortium

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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