Global outreach

Through our global outreach programme we aim to develop new capacity for effective service delivery around the world. We do this by working with local partner organisations in low and middle income countries to develop local professional expertise and knowledge to support young people with Down syndrome and their families.

We offer a range of outreach services suited to organisations of different sizes working in countries at all levels of economic development. We are already working with partner organisations in Eastern Europe and India.

Our outreach services will include capacity development, training, advisory, due diligence and auditing services within partnership projects with organisations in low and middle income countries.

Global education initiative

We have established a Global Education Fund to support training and outreach services in low and middle income countries.

Using this fund we will develop support and partnership programmes for organisations emerging in low and middle income countries. These will start with online support through discussion forums, online seminars and partnership development. They will then lead on to joint project development and eventual funding for outreach service delivery on the ground.

Working in partnership

All outreach services will be delivered in partnership with local organisations who will lead the projects and put local families at the heart of decision-making. All of our projects will aim to deliver sustainable change by building local capacity and expertise through training and advice to develop model support services and intervention programmes. In addition to professional capacity, we will develop organisational governance, management, funding, and communications capacity.

We will carefully evaluate and document the impact of outreach services, recording progress against defined benchmarks, and closely monitoring the success of each project. Feedback from evaluations will guide further development of the outreach services.

Sharing best practice

We will document the successes and challenges encountered. We will publish reports and papers to inform others of our experiences and to report the findings of our evaluations. This will ensure that outreach projects have an impact beyond the children and families they immediately serve by informing other NGOs, companies and governments about successful models for improving conditions for young people with Down syndrome elsewhere.

Social responsibility programme

We have recently secured a Corporate Social Responsibility partner project to deliver outreach services in Ukraine. Where possible we plan to use this model of working to engage multinational companies and their local employees in providing expertise, volunteering and finance for our global outreach projects.