iDirect

iDirect helps people with a learning disability or mental health conditions to move out of institutional settings. Our organisation's vision is to enable people to lead the kind of life that they have reason to value.

Our achievements include:

• Staying true to our vision by enabling people to have a kind of life they have reason to value
• Setting up and remaining a small family-run company
• Providing a happy place to work for staff
• Being recognised by NHS and local authorities in the South West England for our ethos and quality of service provision
• Enabling citizenship for people we support

As we look towards the future we aim to:

• Remain focused on South West England
• Stay small
• Look after our staff well
• Actively fight for the rights of people to live in the community as ordinary citizens
• Share our knowledge of rescuing people from institutions with other organisations

We look forward to learning from like-minded network members: to share what we know with others, to look for injustices surrounding health and social care services in the UK and elsewhere and play a part in removing them, and thereby promote citizenship.

Vinesh Kumar, iDirect