Our support work
CONTACT is a support service run by and for disabled people in the Bradford
District. We train disabled people to become volunteer support workers. Our
one-to-one service offers support sessions for disabled people who want to
talk about issues that are important to them. Our support workers understand
the issues which come from being a disabled person in today’s society.
Support Workers work across the
District and we always use accessible rooms. We do not pay travel costs but
we do have limited funds for sign language translation and translation for
people whose first language is not English. We also work with other
organisations whenever possible to share resources and make sure that access
issues do not prevent someone receiving support.
CONTACT offers free support
to disabled people across the District. It differs from other support
services - All of our volunteer support workers training courses are free.
For more information about training courses [ go
to ‘Our volunteer training’.]
CONTACT recognises that disabled people want support sometimes.Usually it
is assumed that they want support relating to their medical
condition or impairment. This isn’t true and does a disservice to
all disabled people. Our volunteer support workers are trained to
break this cycle by not making these assumptions.
We believe that there is something very powerful about disabled people receiving support
from another disabled person. Usually it is assumed that disabled people will
need support, rather than be in a position to offer support.
This is what makes our service different to others.
Interested in joining our courses? Or do you want more information about us? Please
[contact us] and we will send you
further information.
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