Frameworks 4 Change lives the values of equality to create togetherness in the lives of people who are too often kept separate. The focus of our work has been with children and adults with learning disabilities and we now also work with older people, particularly with dementia, and people with mental health issues. We are inviting a radical shift - from separation and lonliness to compassion and togetherness.
We are deeply concerned about the neglect and abuse which is a feature of the lives of many people with dementia - please contact us to join our work to address the culture that creates this misery for people and their families.
We have worked with organisations such as Grapevine, Mencap, the Department of Health, Turning Point, MCCH, local authorities and primary care trusts, POhWER, Southside Partnership, Action for Advocacy, Age Concern England, British Institute of Learning Disabilities, Southdown Housing, Parchment Trust and the Coventry Partnership Board. We have also worked with many other individuals and their families to create brilliant lives.
We are doing this because we are unsettled by the lives many people with learning disabilities and other marginalised groups still lead, and we believe more action is required - to change culture and address the deep-rooted power issues which keep people separate. The government White Paper, Valuing People (2001) invited a power shift which hasn't happened. Personalisation and Valuing People Now (2009) offer hope but we feel strongly that we must not allow more lives to be wasted.
Andy Bradley, the founder of Frameworks 4 Change, regularly speaks at high profile national conferences about the need for a radical power shift, so that people with learning disabilities, older people with dementia, and others can live the lives they deserve.
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