Labour-run Westminster Council has awarded The Community Hub on 389A Harrow Road new funding to support more people with autism and learning disabilities.

The funding is from Westminster Council’s Fairer Westminster Investment Programme and it is to provide workshops, activities and advice. With this funding, the hub will be able to run events at evenings and weekends as well as weekdays daytime.

The focus of the hub is on people with learning disabilities and autism who don’t qualify for statutory support, as they are a group who are often left to do tasks they find challenging on their own. They face challenges with health and mental health, social isolation and are the victims of crime. LDN’s Community Hub will now have the capacity to support more people with autism with this programme and will be recruiting new team members, including two apprentices who have learning disabilities and autism.

The charity will also employ two intensive community outreach workers to give up to 25 hours one-to-one help to those who need extra support and employ a community engagement worker who specialises in supporting people with autism.

If you would like to find out more about The Hub, visit Learning Disability Network London’s website: Why do we need LDN’s Community Hub in Westminster? – LDN London