We are delighted to announce that Life Path gained PQASSO at Level 2 in November 2011, which is valid for 3 years.

Practical Quality Assurance Systems for Small Organisations (PQASSO) is the leading quality standard developed for the sector.

Life Path Trust underwent an external review over a 3 day period, which was conducted by 2 Peer Reviewers working on behalf of the Charities Evaluation Services (CES) who designed PQASSO specifically for the voluntary and community sector.

The review is designed by CES which looks at 12 quality areas, these cover the main things you need to work on in order to run your organisation well and assess the results of your work. All organisations need to cover the requirement of Level 1; more established or complex organisations may decide to move onto level 2 and 3. 

A big thank you to everyone who joined the Quality Support Group and who helped in ensuring we had the evidence to meet the requirements and to everyone who had the unenviable job of being interviewed by the Peer Reviewers.  The Reviewers said that “They had thoroughly enjoyed the 3 days, meeting with the staff and Trustees and that Life Path Trust is a well-run organisation, which offers very ‘professional’ and locally recognised and valued services to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities.”

For more information on PQASSO or CES, click here.