A NEW service dedicated to improving the lives of disabled people is to open in Runcorn.
Halton Disability Partnership, an independent organisation led and controlled by disabled people, was set up as a charity in 2010 with support from the local council. Now five years of funding from the Big Lottery Reaching Communities Programme means HDP can open a much-needed information service in Runcorn with two part-time staff.
Co-ordinator David Atkinson was head of the children and young people charity HITS, and information and outreach officer Sue Molyneux formerly worked for Age Concern (now Age UK) in Runcorn. The information service is due to open its doors to the public on September 1 at the HDP office at Sefton House, Public Hall Street, Runcorn. HDP intends to work to improve quality, accessability and advice given to and to make disabled people less isolated through volunteering, group activities, forums and events.
The organisation is looking for volunteers who would like to be involved.
Tel. 01928 592405.
