Regional Disability Infrastructure Support Service - RDISS
The RDISS project was set up with Big Lottery funding. The project runs for three years from 2009 - 2012.
Our aim
The aim of the RDISS project is to develop a high quality infrastructure support service to assist a large number of Disabled people's organisations with business skills and capacity building.
Our services
We offer the following support to organisations of Disabled people:
- Business sustainability taster sessions
- Intensive bespoke training designed after feedback at taster sessions
- Training events all over the West Midlands
- Payments to organisations who host our events
- Continuous business support services
- Travel expenses
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Business support services
- We visit you at your premises
- We support Disabled people's organisations with sustainability planning
- We work with infrastructure organisations such as voluntary Service Councils, consortiums and DIAL's
- We work with non-profit-making community organisations who work with Disabled people
- We work with board members in groups or individual representatives of organisations
- We can support you with action plans for bid writing and business operations
One of the services we offer is an organisational Health Check. This is a free service to help you find out how your organsation is doing. Based on the information gathered, our project staff with advise you one the best way forward. The tool lets you know what you are doing well and highlights possible challenges for the future. It will help you make small changes in your organisation that will have a big impact on your sustainability.
To download the Health Check template click here:
Health Check Template. We can arrange to visit you to complete the check.
If you prefer, you can download a shorter 'snap-shot' version of the health check to give you a brief idea of how the tool works.
Click here to download the snap-shot.
Contact the RDISS team
Henry Cofie-Squire, Project Manager
henry.squire@cdp.org.uk
Sue Heppell, Project Worker
sue.heppell@cdp.org.uk
Telephone 024 7671 6217