Great Communities

There is a need to develop a radically new vision for a remodelled approach to health and social care which focuses on keeping people well, independent, connected and contributing to their local communities. To meet this need, we are investing our expertise and resources to develop and test the vision, using Warrington as the test site.

Together with Community Catalysts, we know that the people with learning disabilities they support in Warrington have knowledge, assets and gifts that are untapped. We want to use this project to work together to engage with and learn from people with learning disabilities. We want to find ways to help people use their knowledge and gifts to enhance their own lives and futures whilst making a contribution to their community.

We also want to use the combined knowledge and resources of Community Catalysts and our team to help the people, not supported by MacIntyre, who are falling through the gaps and whose lives have been impoverished by the cuts in services.

We believe that there are lots of untapped assets and resources in every community – rooms unused, talents unseen, vehicles standing idle, people with time on their hands unaware of how they might help.

Community Catalysts is a social enterprise working across the UK to design and manage projects, deliver programmes of work, facilitate events and workshops, write practical guidance and act as an agent for social change. Community Catalysts knows that every citizen and community has assets. They help people make connections and be creative. Community Catalysts aims to ensure that people who need care and support to live their lives can get help in ways that suit them, with real choice of attractive local options.