People with disabilities may be at greater risk of poor general health and wellbeing. They may also have additional health or wellbeing needs specific to their impairment or underlying health condition.
Access to health and wellbeing services are important in ensuring young people with a disability can live happy and healthy lives.
Our Preparing for Adulthood events will share information about health and wellbeing services across the Wigan Borough.
- Community Learning Disability Team (external link) are a multi-disciplinary team of nurses and therapists supporting children and adults with a diagnosed learning disability (registered with a Wigan GP), who have additional unmet health and/ or behavioural needs.
- Healthy Routes can work with you to make a real difference to your health and wellbeing. We provide free, friendly, confidential, and practical personal support and motivation tailored to your specific needs and lifestyle to improve your health.
- Spectrum Community Health (external link) deliver a range of healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners.
- Be Well bring Wigan Borough's leisure and wellbeing services together to build a borough where people are healthy, active, and happy.
- Community Link Workers can help you find the right support with any social issues that are affecting your health and wellbeing, for example: social isolation, money worries, education, benefits and welfare, unemployment, bereavement.
- Kooth (external link) offers free, safe and anonymous online support for young people aged up to 19. Services include online counselling, self-help advice and support forums.
Useful health resources