The JPK Project is now fundraising!
After seven years of campaigning, on March 3rd 2009 Eastbourne Borough Council granted planning approval for a facility at Ocklynge Chalk Pit. We are now raising funds to turn the dream of self-sufficiency for people with learning disabilities in East Sussex into a reality.
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History of the Project
Due to financial constraints, East Sussex Social Services have stated that they will no longer provide day care for people with a learning disability who are judged to have a mild / moderate / severe disability. Social Services will now only focus on those people who meet the higher eligibility criteria banding, who have a profound or challenging disability.
“Residential care will only be provided for people with Social Care needs
who cannot be catered for satisfactorily in the community”
-East Sussex Social Services residential care eligibility criteria“Day care will only be considered where a high level of need is
demonstrated by the application of the assessment process
and not just as a ’social experience’”
- East Sussex Social Services day services eligibility criteriaThe JPK Project was formed as a charity in 2001, as extensive research had shown that there were no suitable residential vacancies in the East Sussex area for people with a severe learning disability to live when their parents / carers became too old to care or died. The Project became a Registered Charity in 2003. Charity No: 1098944.
The Project has a Trust Deed and 7 Voluntary Trustees who are committed to realising the JPK Project as a Residential Centre for people with a severe learning disability.In addition 100 members who support the project throughout the year.
Fundraising and searching for a suitable site has commenced from the inception of the project.
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