The Making Where We Live Better Group is an early example of Council services being designed with and by a particular community. The group brings together local residents with learning disabilities who care about the area where they live and how they access housing.
Initially named Us and the Housing, from the very beginning the group has been about how ways of working in housing services and communities can be better designed to support people with learning disabilities. Focussing on the issues they have identified and the areas they want to work with the Council and other groups to improve.
Over the 10 years since it was formed the award-winning group has focussed on tackling anti-social behaviour, improving information and communication, and getting involved with other Perth and Kinross community groups. In 2011 they commissioned, wrote and starred in a film about the verbal abuse and harassment some people with disabilities experience when out and about in their local areas. The video and education pack is still used to this day to raise awareness about the impact of harassment and the law.
Listening to and learning from group members has helped Perth & Kinross Council and other local organisations to design our ways of working around the individuals and needs of this community.
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