Asociación a Favor de Personas con Discapacidad Intelectual "Vale"

The VALE Association was born in 1982 in the Lecrín Valley (Granada). In that moment the existing helplessness and the lack of coverage and institutional aid prompted a group of parents of children with intellectual disabilities to set up the Association to create a care center that did not exist in our region. Despite of the difficulty of the beginning and the big challenges assumed, thanks to the determination of parents, workers, partners and volunteers, as well as the help received from some municipalities we got to make a dream into reality. Since then our Association has been providing support uninterruptedly to people with intellectual disabilities throughout their life cycle. Currently, VALE has managed to consolidate itself as a key agent of social change in our province and we participate in the cultural, economic, social and institutional spheres of its area of action. VALE has its own and very defined idiosyncrasy based on values shared by its members. Its philosophy of inclusion and normalization has given it wide recognition. VALE was declared an Association of Public Utility by the Council of Ministers on March 26, 1993. Our organisation has diversified its range of services to respond to the different needs of people with intellectual disabilities according to their life projects VALE provides five services: Day Center Occupational Therapy Center Adult Residence for people with low level of support needs Adult Residence for people with high level of support needs Early Childhood Care Center: Its function is to respond as quickly as possible to the transitory or permanent needs of children with developmental disorders or who are at risk of suffering from them, as well as intervention on their family and environment. Youth care center and a leisure and free time club that organizes inclusive and standardized leisure activities for people with intellectual disabilities throughout the province. Various programs are developed within these services: Labour and Occupational We work on job skills; we want to offer to people with intellectual disabilities more job opportunities through training and support for obtaining and maintaining a job or an internship in companies from our province Improved physical well-being We participate in sport programs in our communities such as swimming, equine therapy, psychomotricity, athletics club, soccer, etc. We organizes every spring a sporting event called VALE challenge Self-determination programs VALE nace en el año 1982 en el Valle de Lecrín (Granada) el desamparo existente por la falta de cobertura y de ayudas institucionales impulsan a un grupo de padres de niños con discapacidad Intelectual a constituir la Asociación para crear centros de atención inexistentes en su comarca. Pese a la dificultad de los comienzos y de los retos por asumir, el empuje y la voluntad de los padres, trabajadores, socios y voluntarios así como las ayudas recibidas desde algunos ayuntamientos hicieron posible esta realidad, una Asociación consolidada que presta apoyos a las personas desde hace 40 años y de forma ininterrumpida a personas con discapacidad intelectual a lo largo de todo su ciclo vital. En la actualidad, VALE ha logrado consolidarse como un agente clave del cambio social en la comarca y participa activamente en los ámbitos cultural, económico, social e institucional de su área de actuación. Posee una idiosincrasia propia muy definida en base a unos valores compartidos por sus miembros y su filosofía de inclusión y normalización le ha otorgado un amplio reconocimiento a su labor, siendo declarada Asociación de Utilidad Pública por el Consejo de Ministros del 26 de Marzo de 1993. En la actualidad, VALE ha diversificado su oferta de servicios para dar respuesta a las diferentes necesidades de las personas con discapacidad intelectual según sus proyectos de vida VALE cuenta con cinco servicios propios: Unidad de Estancia Diurna con Terapia Ocupacional, Unidad de Estancia Diurna, Residencia