rathbone west midlands
London
Birmingham Rathbone Society is a registered charity no. 516557 that supports
people with a learning disability/difficulty in Birmingham to reach their full
potential. We provide support for people with learning disabilities/difficulties
to live as independently as possible in their own homes and local community.
This can include support to access training, further education, volunteering and
employment opportunities; securing and maintaining safe accommodation; accessing
health services, managing finances and a range of social and leisure activities.
Birmingham Rathbone is a high quality service provider having received a top
review score for our Supporting People services (2017) and ‘Good’ across the
board awarded by the CQC for our Home Care service (2017). Birmingham Rathbone
(formerly named Birmingham Elfrida Rathbone Society) was incorporated in 1985.
The society was named after the suffragette and social reformer, Elfrida
Rathbone, who was born in 1871 and founded an Occupational Centre in London in
1919 for children who had been excluded from schools because of their learning
difficulties. The charity embraced Elfrida’s philosophy that with support people
with learning disabilities/difficulties can engage in work and education, live
independently within the community and have freedom of choice over their own
lives.