our advocacy projects
Parents Together- funded by the Big Lottery
Offers specialist Advocacy support for Parents with Learning Disabilities who are going through periods of crisis, which directly effect their children or family life. The aim of the project is to empower parents to access support and services to help prevent crises from escalating. With Child protection and Care proceedings being complex and lengthy, parents with Learning Disabilities often have difficulty understanding processes. Through advocacy this project aims to ensure parents are fully informed, consulted and emotionally supported throughout. 
Safer Lives-Safer Futures
Our advocates sought to ensure the most vulnerable in our community were supported through specialist advocacy to improve the quality and safety of their lives, become less isolated when in crisis and develop pathways to wider support in their communities. This project is currently awaiting refunding decisions, and so referrals are currently closed. You may find that we are able to offer you advocacy support through our Parents Together or our Mutual Carers / Forward Carers Projects. Please do contact us for further information |
CASBA Forward Carers Project
CASBA is pleased to announce that we are now offering support for those who are in a caring role for adults 55 plus who have a Learning Disability, as part of Birmingham Forward Carers Initiative. We are offering regular telephone support, plus facilitation of peer support, through face to face or virtual meetings. We will keep Carers up to date with information particular to their situation and signpost to services which will ensure that Carers are afforded the best possible outcomes. We are dedicated to provide carer-focused support aimed at promoting their wellbeing. 
Mutual Carers Project—Funded by Lloyds Foundation
This project provides advocacy and volunteer support to families where carers are becoming less able or frail and are concerned for the future of the person they care for who has a Learning Disability. Advocates and volunteers work with families to put in place circles of support to lessen future crises. 
Choices and Changes
With the recent and ongoing changes to welfare benefits and systems and to care provision, people with learning disabilities are struggling to engage or understand the changes that are affecting them. The project provided specialist Advocacy support to enable them to navigate these changes and better meet their needs. This project is currently awaiting refunding decisions, and so referrals are currently closed. You may find that we are able to offer you advocacy support through our Parents Together or our Mutual Carers / Forward Carers Projects. Please do contact us for further information |
