Scope (Liverpool)

Key Facts

Location

Liverpool

Project Criteria

Disability

Contact

Gjori Langeland
Email

Project funding

£85,000

Funding round

Round 2

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Parents discovering their child has a disability in Liverpool will have access to emotional support through the SCOPE services. Using the Parenting Fund grant SCOPE will:

(1) Develop and expand our Face 2 Face service by

• Recruiting and training additional parent befrienders

• Supporting and informing parents and service users about the complex emotional issues surrounding the discovery of disability in a child

• Expanding our partnership work with local service providers to ensure local needs are identified and addressed

• Befriending support in line with the Network's Good Practice guidelines

• Monitoring and evaluating this service

(2) Working with Walton Young Parents we will use a number of approaches to provide teenage parents of disabled children with access to support by:

• Using Walton Young Parents' experience to better understand and meet the needs of teenage parents and their families

• Identifying and developing a variety of ways to engage with and support teenage parents

• Producing tailored resources (particularly literature) aimed at teenage parents and their families

• Establishing partnerships with service providers working with teenage parents and their families as a way of sharing learning, resources and good practice.

Beneficiaries/service users are reached through:

• word of mouth
• distribution of flyers/information via appropriate settings
• referrals from local service providers
• Face 2 Face website
• sign posting by partners.