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Compass Disability Network is a project that is managed by Compass Disability Services.

The purpose of Compass Disability Network is to bring together disabled people and/or their carers to create a strong and empowered voice that is representative of the community.  The ultimate aim of the Network is to strive to improve access and inclusion to services for disabled people, which works towards the overall mission of the Compass Disability Services which is to ‘enable disabled people to have equality of opportunity’.

How the Network works towards improving access and inclusion depends on a number of factors – including funding.  We aim to work with the local authorities to ensure the voice of disabled people is heard and the views of the Network can be used to shape and influence the way in which services and facilities are developed.  This may take the form of focus group meetings, questionnaires, interviews or other means, which ever is appropriate to the piece of work that is being undertaken.

Presently we have two Networks operating in different areas:

The Network in Somerset was as formerly known as the Somerset Access and Inclusion Network (SAIN) and was established in May 2000 and therefore has run a number of projects for several years.  Click on the tab on the left for more information about the history of the Somerset project and to find out more about our current work and the different forums and projects we run in Somerset.

The Network in North Somerset was established in 2010 and is therefore still relatively new.  Click on the tab on the left for more information.

If you think this sounds interesting and something you would like to be a part of, click on Individual Membership on the left to find out more about being a member of the Compass Disability Network. 

As a member you can do as much or as little as you want.  You can participate in meetings and events or just receive our bi-monthly magazine  the “Networker” to find out what’s going on in the Network.

Compass Disability Network also aims to bring together groups, organisations and professionals that work with or represent disabled people to create a diverse and representative associate network.  Click on the Associate Membership tab on the left for more information.