Who are we

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Who are we?

• ARC is a membership organisation, which supports
  providers of services to people with a learning
  disability.

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ARCs vision is to achieve excellence through
diversity of provision for people with a learning
disability.

• It achieves this vision by
• Campaigning on behalf of members
• Promoting best practice in services
• Providing information and support to members

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Our services include

• Training Consortium
• Advice information
• Conferences
• Member representation at a local, regional and
  national level
• A range of projects and publications to develop
  and promote best
• practice

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Training Consortium

• Vocational Awards
• Learning Disability Specific Training
• Generic Training
• Tailor-made Training Courses

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Publications

• Management training
• Promoting Best practice
• Provision of Appropriate Care
• BME Publications
• Abuse

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Some Current Projects

• Picking Your Pathways training for Personal
  Assistants
• Clear Thoughts a DoH funded three year project
  that aims to offer easy to read information about
  mental health in learning disability
• Moving On Up Together transition for young
  people with a learning disability
• from black minority ethnic
• communities

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Events

• ARC National Conference - 18/19/20th November,
  Coventry
• Friends and Neighbours
• Small Steps to Personalisation

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Information Services

• Weekly Despatch
• E-Forum
• CRB Disclosure Service

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Development of Projects - Money

• My Money Matters
• Banking Matters To Me
• Managing My Money
• Talking About Money