ASS Gloucestershire Accessibility Support Service ASS A sustainable

ASS Gloucestershire Accessibility Support Service

ASS A sustainable assistive and enabling technology support service in Gloucestershire

ASS Improving outcomes for; • Learning • Living • Work

ASS Why? • Lack of training and follow-up support • No provision for access assessment • No equipment loan service • Library closures lessen access to IT

ASS Aims • To improve outcomes • Sustainable service • Central loan and assessment • Building future capacity

ASS What? • Steering committee • Access Enabling and Community Enabling Technologists • Sustainable assessment model • Create a loan and referral service • Conduct 50 assessments over 2 years • Specialist support training and IAG • Development of on-line IT access assessment tool • Create a range of case studies • Dissemination conference March 2013

ASS How? CET assessment AET assessment CET follow up Referral/Loans Training / seminars

ASS On-Line Access Assessment

ASS Measuring success • Improved outcomes through case studies for 50 people • Loan and assessment centre established • Trained technology champions • Six regional seminars delivered • Dissemination conference held

ASS David Finch Project Director Jane Griffiths Project Manager Andrew Sparkes Access Enabling Technologist Amanda Cooper Community Enabling Technologist Amanda@gassproject. co. uk 01242 527631