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Trustees Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 March 2025
Aims and Pur
oses
To support learning disabled adults who live in Bury, Greater Manchester to achieve their
full rights as citizens.
To make available to the same people information that is accessible and easy to understand.
To provide training opportunities that will enable them to take part in their own local and
wider communities and to wlden their life experiences.
To support people to engage with local Social and Health Services to ensure they are as
appropriate as they can be for the people we represent.
Ob
ectlves and Actlvltles
Bury People First has a strong commitment to offer its servlces to as many representative
people as possible. Trainin8 sessions are held in venues that are welcoming and accessible
and are also accesslble by public transport. Informatlon Is produced in such a way that It Is
understandable and ea5V to read by both the people we represent and those who are
supporting them.
Achlevements and Performance
Bury People First's biggest achievement of thls year is receiving continuatlon fund from the
National Lottery Reaching Communities fund and the increasing request of our one to one
advocacy service funded by Lloyds Foundation. The funding from the Natlonal Lottery allows
us to continue the work that we do and continue making the positive impact to the lives of
the learning disabled community.
Bury People First has continued to prlorltise their work in supportln8 the learning disabilities
community and the effects the cost of living crisis. Whilst continuing to carry out as much of
our core work as possible, we continued to obtain funding to support the needs of people
during the cost of living crisis. We have supported the learning disabilities communityi in
Bury, with food, supporting with the increase in bills, housing issues and other resources as
well as helping people get online to reduce isolation and loneliness. We have held a number
of drop in session as the keep warm initiative to support the learning disabilitie5 community
to keep warm. We have partnered with other local voluntary organisations to support local
communities duringthe winter period.
We have continued to run our core activities which has included a co-production network,
one to one advocacy and group advocacy. We have continued to work alongside local

statutory and voluntary sector Services to enable them to make appropriate changes to the
provision they offer.
Representation has been made at conferences, events, meetings and forums within both
the Health and Social Care sectors where the quality of service provision is scrutinized and
can be influenced.
We have continued to work with Total Communication CIC on our Communication Rights
Charter and have continued to work towards lobbying for'communication Rights,.
Members continue to take the opportunity to present our work in different platforms and
how we can ensure the charter sits in current law to ensure everyone is given the right to
communicate. Members attended a Speech and Language conference called ASLTIP in
which Bury People First and Total Communication were guest speakers. Members presented
the Communication Charter whlch was very well received and we had many people slgn up
to the charter.
Bury People First has also been working wlth Made by Mortals to create a video all about
reasonable adjusts. We have been dolng this alongside NIHR Greater Manchester Patlent
Safety Research Collaboration who have been conduction research on reasonable
adjustments. This video will be shared across the country, focusing mainly to GP and health
servlces to improve reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities.
We have co-produced and co dellvered a number of workshops thls year includlng healthy
living, wellbeing sessions, domestic abuse, safeguarding, friendship and relationships and
Hate and Mate crlme. All workshops had been requested my our members and reviewed
regularly to ensure the workshops continue to meet the needs of the learning disabilities
communlty.
Wlth continue to work with Northern Care Alliance in developin8 their training for staff. As
an addition to the work we did with the top 20 hospital slgns last year, this year we
continued to work on top 20 hospital signs for children and young people which is now part
of staff training. This was produced as a vldeo alongside the chief executives of Northern
Care Alliance and hospital staff within children's services.
We, once again, worked very closely with Bury ICB to increase the uptake of the flu vaccine
and the Covid-19 vaccine. We also supported the work to increase the uptake of annual
health checks to ensure people with learning disabilities were supported by their GP'S to
have an annual health check so health related issues could be dealt with at the earliest
possible stage.
We have had an increase in demand for our group advocacy group and 5UPPOrting people
with one to one advocacy. We have successfully formed I new self-advocacy group that has
regular monthly sessions. This has been done alongside our members who have led the
sessions and supported people to speak up.
We continue to have a sharp increase in the request for one to one advocacy for people
with learning disabilities. This has been a result of people not being able to access statutory

advocacy due to the eligibility of statutory advocacy. Therefore we have had to ensure staff
are appropriately trained and we have enrolled one member of staff on to the community
advocacy training. We secured funding from Lloyds foundation to develop our one to one
advocacy service to meet this demand.
We continue to support Rochdale People First in Rochdale. This Eroup is going well and
picking up with members.
We continue to generate income for Bury People First. Staff and some members have
attended training to delivery the Tier l and Tier 2 to deliver the Oliver Magowan training
across England. We also continue to offer our easy read service. We also trained our regular
volunteers and members in 'Making Information Easy Read, with some formal 6 week
training to help develop further skills for our regular volunteers and members.
We have contlnued to actively be involved in the Grether Manchester Peoples Panel which
has been set up by Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham. As part of this work we have fed Into
Greater Manchester housing strategy and transport strategy.
Links have been strengthened/created with other charitable and voluntary organlsations
that represent, the same community of people as Bury People First. We have worked closely
with North West Training and Development Team (NWTDT) on various projects, such as the
Confirm and Challenge group, Transforming Care, Self-Advocates Tralning and Mental
Capacity Act tralnin8.
We continue to carry out'care and Treatment Reviews, whilst people are Ilvln8 In secure
and long-term h05Pltal care.
Flnanclal Revlew
We recelved a grant from Bury Council, National Lottery, Lloyds Foundation and Bury VCFA,
We have been successful in a continuation fund and have received another 5 year funding
from the Lotteries 'Reaching Communitles Fund,.
Some revenue was received from consultancy work that we carried out, involvement in the
Oliver McGowan training, making information easy read and our work wlth Total
Communication CIC.
Donations were another source of income.
Rebecca Lunness, Trustee:
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Making documents 'Easy Read, sessions
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ASLTIP Conference
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