16 January 2006

Lottery Award

PAMIS, a charity which has now become a unit within the university, is celebrating the award of a lottery grant of £230,041 for a new programme of work. This award is in addition to similar funds awarded by six statutory agencies across Scotland, bringing the total grant to just under £500,000.

The combined funding will be used to develop a programme to enable carers of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities to improve the health of those they care for. This will be achieved through training workshops on health-related issues and the development of leisure opportunities in the community aimed at encouraging activity and exercise.

Loretto Lambe, Director of PAMIS, says, "The health care needs of people with profound and multiple disabilities are extensive and ultimately dependent on those who care for them. We, and the many families who will be involved, are very grateful to the Big Lottery fund and the six statutory agencies who have made development of this key initiative possible ".

The new programme of work complements the many other initiatives in which PAMIS is already involved, which span issues concerned with disability, social inclusion and care in the home.

PAMIS is the sister unit to the White Top Research Unit at the University of Dundee, which is an integral part of the Department of Social Work. The Unit was established in 1991 with the purpose of developing research in the field of profound and intellectual multiple disability and related fields.

For more information contact:

Anna Day
Press Officer
University of Dundee
Tel: 01382 384768
Email: a.c.day@dundee.ac.uk