Many voluntary and community sector organisations exist to close the gap between statutory services. Aiming Higher for the Disabled Community is no exception to this.

 

As you have already discovered Aiming Higher was formed when the Aiming High programme ended. The end of Aiming High left a gap in services that the parents of children with disabilities in Blackpool felt needed to be bridged.

Aiming Higher for the Disabled Community also acts as an early intervention service. Where many statutory services will only come into play once the individual or family has reached crisis point, Aiming Higher intervenes much earlier than this, preventing the crisis from occurring. This is extremely beneficial to the individual or family, but is also beneficial to the statutory service providers, who will see a reduction in pressure/demand on their already stretched services and a reduction in the associated costs.