Empowerment and Disability: Informal Learning through Advocacy and Self Advocacy

This Grundtvig Learning Partnership project involved The Open University with partners at three European Universities: the University of Ghent , the University of Iceland and Trinity College Dublin. In England, The Open University's Faculty of Health & Social Care worked on the project with two People First groups that are run and controlled by people with learning difficulties: Carlisle People First and Central England People First.

In Belgium, the University of Ghent worked closely with an independent self-advocacy organisation called Our New Future. The University of Iceland worked with a women's group and a parents' group for people with learning difficulties, and Trinity College Dublin worked alongside a group of students from an inclusive programme in the university for people with learning difficulties.

(Please note: the 'Our New Future' website linked to above is in the Dutch language. You can download a Google translate button and add it to your bookmarks to view the website in English, or indeed any other language.)