	Support to attend activities and get out and about in Leicestershire is called Community Opportunities. This used to be called Day Services. Getting support in the day no longer means going to a large building, in a bus only used by lots of other people who use the service. Community Opportunities offer people more choice and opportunities to do things in their local community, with services being available in the daytime, weekends and evenings, and with the opportunity to do more activities in the community. Community Opportunities Leaflet (1500kb .pdf)
	'Valuing People' says that we do need to support people with learning disabilities to do more things. We want to support people to do these things in their own community just like everyone else. Things like: Employment Volunteering Learning to do more for yourself Going to college Meeting friends
	Community Opportunities has a charter The charter (370kb .pdf) tells people what they can expect from Community Opportunities Things like: we will provide services that meet your needs we will listen to what you want to do we will work together to find new ways of making your service better we will help you do more for yourself we will support you to use services and activities in the community How we will make Community Opportunities work well
	Family Carers Community Opportunities can also help carers by helping them to have a break. See: Time out for short breaks Being a carer
.	We will continue to talk to people that use Community Opportunities, to make sure we are providing them with the right services.
	Asking for help If you feel this service would help you please contact us.
.	External links Leicestershire Learning Disability Partnership Board