Interest Link Borders

12/10/2006 ( 0.24 seconds)

About

Interest Link Borders aims to improve the quality of life of people with moderate to severe learning disabilities in the Scottish Borders. It achieves this through an adult 1:1 befriending service and a group befriending service for young people aged 16-25 The services are needed because although most people with moderate and severe learning disabilities now live in the community, they are still socially excluded as they have no social contacts outside their family or day centre, no experience of making friends and no transport. This is frustrating, isolating and limiting; they cannot pursue interests, participate in mainstream community activities, make choices, gain skills or develop independence.