Agenzija Sapport

Learn all about Agenzija Sapport, Disability Services in Sta Venera, - Malta

Agenzija Sapport is Malta's National Agency that provides services, support and guidance to persons with disabilities, their support networks, and their communities.
The Agency's cause:
To assist persons with disabilities to achieve social equitability.
Services include:
- Helpline - aimed for persons with disability and their family members to initiate contact with Agenzija Sapport when they require any service from the Agency.

- Social Work Services - assessment and intervention services for persons with a disability and their families/guardians, to provide support in relation to their presenting concerns in a holistic and effective way.

- Blue Badge - a legal document that allows holders to have the vehicle they are travelling in, parked in public places reserved for persons with disability.

- EU Disability Card - offered to persons with disability allowing them to apply for a number of services aimed for persons with disabilities within Government departments or private establishments.

- Independent Community Living Monitoring Services Read More(ICLM) - offers financial assistance to families for them to be able to engage a personal assistant of their choice

- Day Services - helps persons with disability to continue developing their potential and to live as independently as possible, whilst enhancing their abilities through various educational, social and inclusive programmes.

- Supported Independent Living - enables persons with disability to live independently with support within a residential setting in the community.

- Respite Services – provides planned or emergency temporary care to children and adults with disability aimed to provided respite to caregivers.

- Occupational Therapy Services - a client-centred allied health care service with the primary goal being that of enabling persons with disability to participate in the activities of everyday life.

- Sharing Lives Service – Voluntary work experiences with persons with disability aimed to increase opportunities for friendships and social contact.

- Sign Language Interpretation Service – interpretation services in Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija (LSM) are offered to Deaf persons to facilitate communication in everyday life.

- Sonia Tanti Independent Living Centre (STILC) - provides information, guidance and assessment by professionals to persons with disability and their families to lead an independent life within the community through the use of mobility equipment, assistive equipment and driving lessons on modified vehicles.

- Access to Communication & Technology Unit (ACTU) – providing assessment and guidance aimed to support the individual's communication, independence, quality of life and participation in society through the use of assistive technology and other equipment.

- Way to Work Programme – provides training programme in group or individual settings aimed to assist persons with disability to strengthen or gain additional skills for employability.

- Empowerment Scheme - provides financial assistance to persons with disability to be able to buy assistive equipment in order to lead a more independent life.

- Vehicle Road Licence and Registration Tax Exemption Schemes - give persons with disability the opportunity to have a suitable means of transport. These schemes refer to partial or full exemption of vehicle road licence and registration tax.

- Drive from Wheelchair Vehicle Grant - provides support and financial assistance to persons with disability on vehicles which are strictly drive-from-wheelchair.

- Grant on Modified, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles - provides support and financial assistance to persons with disability and their families on a vehicle which is modified with a wheelchair accessible ramp and/or lift.

Workshops:
- Positive Parenting Programmes
- Workshops for Parents of Children with Disability
- Workshops for Siblings of Persons with Disability
- Super Sibs
- Workshops for Fathers