Welcome To Wirral

Some people may need our help to live safely and independently in the community because of age, ill health, disability or a mental health problem. We also support many informal carers on Wirral who look after people who would otherwise need residential or nursing home care.

Some families need help in parenting their children so that they are healthy and safe. Sometimes, parents may be unable to continue to care for their children, and the Council will be responsible for ensuring these children are looked after and cared for.

• We provide specialist advice, support and equipment to people who have disabilities or sensory impairments, help adapt their homes, and enable them to become more mobile.
• Wirral Family Support Group provides advice, support and information for parents and families through a network of drop-in sessions and courses across Wirral.
• Independent Advocacy organisations represent service users and carers, and support people who need help in speaking for themselves.
• Wirral Advocacy Panel allows the views of users and carers to be heard by the Council.
• We work with community organisations such as the CVS to encourage good neighbour and befriending schemes which help vulnerable people.

 

Key actions for the future:

Bebington Day Centre has created a Millennium Garden - a wheelchair-accessible wildlife garden with a pond for local schools to use, a sensory garden, and recreation area. People from the centre are also able to grow fresh vegetables and flowers in a specially adapted greenhouse donated by a local firm. More sites like this are being sought.

Wirral will be developing a local Carers Strategy which will involve local carers and their organisations in ensuring that the needs of carers are taken into account in local policies.

The Working Life Project is a new partnership with PENTRA services to help people with learning disabilities get jobs. Long term unemployed people will also be recruited as job coaches, gaining valuable experience and training to enable them to gain permanent employment. In the future, it is hoped to develop small community enterprises based on LA21 themes such as recycling.