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Learning from 2020 and FAQ’s for 2021
2020 will have been one of the most difficult years many of us have had.
COVID 19 Vaccines Campaign – Update and reply from JCVI
On the 18th of December, the JCVI replied to the Open Letter that Learning Disability England and partners sent to them in November.
Coronavirus Lessons Learnt Joint Inquiry: Letter to Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP and Rt Hon Greg Clark MP
Ian Davies and Chris Hatton have written to Jeremy Hunt, the Chair of the Health and Social Care House of Commons Select Committee and Greg Clark , the Chair of the Science and Technology House of Commons Select Committee.
Ian Davies is a self-advocate and founding member of Northamptonshire People First.
Chris Hatton is Professor of Social Care at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services
On 22 December Scott Watkin, Co Chair of Learning Disability England’s Representative Body, appeared on Good Morning Britain.
Staying safe at Christmas and Season’s Greetings!
The government have changed the rules since Gary wrote this blog. We have updated the links where the rules have changed.
The new government rules include
- Tier 4 rules that say stay at home and you cannot meet anyone outside your house or bubble. The places in Tier 4 are mostly in London, South and East – you can find them here
- Christmas changes to the rules are only for 1 day now
Good Lives: Building Change Together
What is Good Lives: Building Change Together?
Work on Good Lived started in 2020, when a group of 40 self advocates came together in Birmingham.
Good Lives brings together people’s thoughts and ideas about what it will take for everyone with learning disabilities to be able to live their good life.
The framework is there to start a debate and give ideas for action.
Learning Disability England host it but they do not control it.
It belongs to the community.
The Framework document
Read Good Lives Building Change together here
Read the black and white version here
Read the Plain English summary here
The Good Lives Framework has 6 chapters.
Each chapter looks at what is happening now as well as what rights agreements say
There is also work that people are already doing that is brilliant or important.
And some ideas for change that anyone can start to use now or campaign for together
The first session at the 2022 conference was when Good Lives: Building Change Together went live.
The next step for the Good Lives framework is for people to work together to make it better or to take action if they can
What might you do to turn the framework into real change so that all people with learning disabilities can live their #GoodLives?
Do you have a particular interest in your area?
Do you have things you or your group want to share or make happen?
Helping to connect people
Do you need help connecting to others who are working on the same thing?
If so, contact Rachael and Gary, Membership and Engagement Leads, by email on info@LDEngland.org.uk or phone them on 0300 111 0444.
Webinar: Annual health checks – making them work!
7th October
2 – 3pm
This free webinar gave people the chance to hear about the great work that is being done by self advocates, family carers, commissioners and providers around the country to help make Annual Health Checks really work.
Self-Advocacy and Family Peer Support Sessions helping people to be ‘more resilient’
Every two weeks since the start of lockdown Learning Disability England has held a zoom session for self-advocacy, family and community organisations.
Read more “Self-Advocacy and Family Peer Support Sessions helping people to be ‘more resilient’”