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Growing older with learning disabilities scaled programme launch - invitation to bid

16 Mar 2018 - 10:20 by michelle.foster

Does your organisation have a demonstrable track record in working with people over 50 who have learning disabilities? Can your experience and expertise contribute to ground breaking work that seeks to significantly reduce social isolation in this traditionally hard to reach group? Would you like to partner with Ambition for Ageing to deliver an exciting 2-phase project that will result in older people with learning disabilities to have a louder voice in discussions about ageing? Ambition for Ageing

Ambition for Ageing knows that older people with learning disabilities face a unique set of challenges when it comes to social interaction with mainstream society. Thanks to medical advancements, most are living for longer and into later older age - and many live with family carers, including parents, who are themselves living longer.

This work will be delivered across Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside and Wigan. Providers will be required to work with people from across all 8 districts. The contract period will be from June 2018 until March 2020 and the contract value is £100,000.

Overall programme aims
The goal in launching this work stream is to give older people with a wide range of learning disabilities an authentic voice in discussions about ageing. Ambition for Ageing also wants to facilitate giving them a stronger influence in designing solutions to the problems identified. To this end, inclusive and co-produced research will be a pivotal element of the project.

Partnership bids
Partnership approaches are welcomed between research organisations and relevant community organisations. Partnerships should demonstrate their ability to manage partnership working throughout their proposal and budgets should reflect that partners’ costs are adequately covered.

If you are interested in finding out more about bidding for this work, visit: www.gmcvo.org.uk/user/register to register on the bidding portal. 

Final deadline for submissions: Thursday 19 April 2018, 12:00
 

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