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General Info

Organisation: Aġenzija Sapport
Country: Malta
Director: Mr Oliver Scicluna, Chief Executive Officer
Centre Coordinator: Ms Glenda Curmi, Director of client multi-disciplinary support services


Mission and Vision

Our mission: Aġenzija Sapport is Malta’s National Agency that offers and provides services, support and guidance to persons with disabilities, their support networks, and their communities.
Our cause: To assist persons with disabilities to achieve social equitability.


Target Groups

Aġenzija Sapport is the National Agency that provides a wide array of services to children and adults with disability.


Areas of expertise and types of services offered

Aġenzija Sapport is a governmental organisation that operates a myriad of non-profit services and projects, with over 600 employees. The Agency conveys this work in a holistic manner and always in the best interest of the person with disability, always committed towards providing a better quality of life, co-production and independent living. The services given are developed using a person-centred approach, involving different professionals and key persons in the life of persons with disability and themselves to develop such individual support plans.


Areas of excellence and innovative services

  • Social work interventions
  • Community-based programmes
  • Employment training for persons with disability
  • Socialisation programme
  • Volunteer placements
  • Assistive technology assessments
  • Seating assessments
  • Occupational therapy
  • Driving lessons on modified vehicles
  • Independent community living monitoring services
  • Day services
  • Supported independent living services
  • Service providers’ monitoring services
  • Sign language interpreting service
  • Subsidy schemes for assistive equipment and modified vehicles
  • National helpline for persons with disability
  • Workshops and support groups for parents and siblings of persons with disability
  • Blue Badge and EU Disability Card schemes

The Agency is also currently undergoing a reform in personal assistance through the introduction of personal budgets. After months of consultations with local and international stakeholders, the Agency launched a public consultation in October 2023, which gave the Agency and other local policymakers a basis on which to develop legislation and plans for the implementation of such reform.


Contact:

Aġenzija Sapport, Patri Gwann Azzopardi Street, Santa Venera SVR1614, Malta

www.sapport.gov.mt

sapport@gov.mt