"People with learning disabilities are amongst the most socially excluded and vulnerable groups in Britain today. Very few have jobs, live in their own homes or have real choice over who cares for them. Many have few friends outside their families and those paid to care for them. Their voices are rarely heard in public"
'Valuing People'. Government White Paper.

" Can you remember the day you left Darenth Park?"
" It was Tuesday I think"
" What was it like?"
" Well, strange. Strange it was. It would, wouldn't it? Got to get used to it, ain't I? Well, I was there all my life. I was there in the hospital for most of my life".
Extract from recorded conversation with the late Bill Surrey

Entelechy creates events and activities where:

• different imaginations and worlds meet
• a diversity of stories and cultural identities interweave
• individual rights and needs are supported
• people of different ages come together
• long-term connections are made
• risks are taken
  
  The work creates sites where people can be together, discovering new places from which to address health and well-being.
  
  Entelechy designs artistic and social events that challenge ways of working that often exclude real experience and local need.

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