Archive for 'Independent Living'

Archive for April 16th, 2008

Festival of Ideas “A Place in the World” entry

This is our entry to the festival of ideas, we hope you enjoy reading it…
• What is the problem you are working to solve?
Personalisation is an integral part of the adult social care policy shifting choice from systems and professionals to individuals and their families and friends. In order for people to be able to make […]

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Festival of Ideas “Making a Fresh Start” entry from FRC Group

What is the problem you are going to solve?
Homeless people in temporary hostel accommodation face a “catch-22” when they are offered a permanent tenancy elsewhere because they do not have the finances to acquire basic and essential furniture. Often they either cannot move out of the hostel and into the tenancy, or they leave the […]

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Empowering the blind

The computer that talks or magnifies what is on the screen is not new technology but Screenreader.net has made this technology totally free as a standard download to blind people and organisations serving them. This revolutionary innovation opens the way to real inclusion for this client group in contrast to the unintended elitism created by […]

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