Taking Action Together: A Good Lives Update
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A blog from the Learning Disability England Membership and Engagement Lead’s
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Its been a year and a half, 2 annual conferences and over 50 meetings with members and partners since we launched Good Lives.
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As the Membership and Engagement Leads we wanted to share what has happening and what is next.
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Its been amazing to see people coming together to get involved in Good Lives and using to it take action on our shared vision for a good life for people with learning disabilities.
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Members have been doing all sorts of things:
- United Pride Friends and U-Night Group shared vlogs about why the To Love and Be Loved chapter is so important, especially to LGBT+ people with a learning disability.
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Kent Surrey and Sussex have set up a Good Lives, Learning Disability Research Network
- Bild for the Future have been thinking about what a chapter on health might look like. There will be a some opportunities to be part of that thinking so keep an eye out!
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These are just a few examples, thank you to everyone who has been making Good Lives their own.