citizenship is for everyone
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CitizenshipThe Keys to a great Life
Why listen to Sam Sly?
! I believe that Keys provides a important framework for reaching Citizenship
! Citizenship has strengthened all the work I’ve done helping people
! I’ve helped Providers use Keys to improve the lives of the people they support
! I’ve seen how understanding Citizenship has helped people with learning disabilities grow in confidence and get great lives
! I believe everyone has the right to Citizenship and our job is to help make that happen
Simon Duffy & Wendy Perez
Without Citizenship you are Alone
What is Citizenship?
Citizenship means
! Being an active part of the Community ! Ways we make the World fairer and more
inclusive ! An equal Country where people play a part and
belong ! Making the Country work for everyone – together ! Uniting and valuing people ! Having a powerful position ! Both Rights & Duties
For most Citizenship is automatic - when you are born
When people think you have a disability it’s very different
! Life with no meaning
! Life with no purpose
! Seen as having no talents, gifts & skills
! Others control your life
! Living in poverty or trapped and dependent
! Living in places you don’t want to be
! No privacy, rights or belonging
! Controlled, kept apart, abused and lonely
! A loveless life
What are the Keys?
! Purpose ! Freedom ! Money ! Home ! Help ! Life ! Love
A bit like completing a jigsaw...
! It’s not about achieving just one Key. You have to complete the whole picture
So Why use Keys ?
Because Citizenship is what people tell us they want!
They tell us they want..
! To be happy
! To be in control of their lives ! To be able to speak up ! To be fulfilled ! To be part of a family & have a family
! To be part of their communities
! To have a place to call home ! To love & be loved ! A life that makes sense to them
So that is the Job for those that help us
My contact details
Sam Sly
Enough is Enough
Time4Change!
www.enoughisenough.org.uk
07900 424144