Community Voice

Community Voice brings people together to share experiences, take part in community activities and help shape future services.

Here at Sense Ability Matters, we are striving to shift it being us who designs, resources, and delivers activities and services to people, to one where we help our community itself to drive this, through peer support and volunteering.

Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, the project takes a partnership approach alongside Your Voice Counts, led by people with lived experience, to help people access activities and services in the community through peer support and volunteering.

When surveyed in 2023, 80% of clients who took part in Community Voice said that they felt an increase in their self-esteem and confidence, felt less isolated and have better well-being as a result of their participation.

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