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Voluntary Organisations
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The Cedar Foundation’s vision is to play a leading role in the achievement of a community in which people with disabilities are valued and participate as equal citizens.
Our mission is to deliver a range of services, which empower and support people with disabilities to be fully included in their communities.
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Compass are a user led advocacy project for adults labeled with learning disabilities. The project promotes speaking up by sharing experiences, advice, information and training to improve the quality of life of the members.
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Disability Sports NI (DSNI) is Northern Ireland's main disability sports organisation and is representative of the vast majority of Northern Ireland's disability sports clubs and organisations. Established in 1997, to tackle the under-representation of people with disabilities in sport, the organisation works to promote equality of opportunity for people with disabilities to take part in and enjoy sport and physical activity at a level of their choice. Disability Sports NI is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status.
- the Educational Guidance Service for Adults - is a local, independent, not-for-profit, frontline service that aims to connect adults with learning.
EGSA has a network of local offices based across Northern Ireland through which it provides services to adult learners, learning advisers, providers, employers and anyone interested in improving access to learning for adults.
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Niccy promotes and safeguards the rights and best interests of children and young people to help them challenge and change the world they live in.
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PHAB NI is a charity dedicated to helping young people with and without disabilities find their true potential, together, in an inclusive and equitable environment.
PHAB Inclusion Matters brings together young people with and without disabilities to provide social, sporting and personal development opportunities.
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Positive Futures is a Northern Ireland charity supporting people with a learning disability. The people they support have a learning disability but, first and foremost, they are people - and people with unique potential.
They support individuals, create individual solutions for unique circumstances and offer a priceless commodity - opportunity!
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Praxis Care Group, registered as a charity in 1983, is a major provider of services for adults and children with a learning disability, mental ill health, acquired brain injury and for older people, including people with dementia. The group was established in 2002 by the merging of 3 well established charities in Northern Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Agoraphobia and Anxiety Society (NIAAS), although a separate charity in its own right, receives management and support services from Praxis Care Group.
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Supported Employment Adult and Transition Services
Sourcing and maintaining jobs for people with a learning disability.
Specialised ongoing support to prepare for transition from school to employment and meet individual employment needs to people with a learning disability and for young people other than at school.