National Self Advocacy Convention 2020 – Open for booking
The North West Regional Self Advocates Forum is hosting a National Convention again in February 2020.
Stronger, Louder, Together!
The North West Regional Self Advocates Forum is hosting a National Convention again in February 2020.
Last week I went to a meeting on the Quality Matters initiative at the Department of Health and Social Care. With lots of other important and senior people we talked about what should be the focus of attention if we are to improve adult social care in the UK.
Read more “Quality matters”Learning Disability England has been talking and thinking about inclusion a lot recently. More than usual I realise.
Read more “Inclusion”Disability Hate crime and how we talk about people
We have written this blog because we want to remind everyone that how we talk about people matters. The words we use make a difference to how people see people each other. Sometimes we hear people with learning disabilities talked about as if they are different to everyone else or even dangerous.
Read more “What we say matters”We are recruiting a communications lead to join our small team who will bring communications expertise and support to our work
Read more “We’re recruiting for a Communications Lead”The Shaw Trust Power list is a list of 100 of the most inspirational disabled people in the UK this year.
Me and my personal assistant from Learning Disability England attended their launch event this week where they announced who came in the top 10.
The Louder Voice programme brings together people with learning disabilities and/or autism and families.
Me, Liz Wilson and Wendy Burt from Dimensions gave a short presentation at this year’s open university in Milton Keynes on the louder voices programme.
“Social care means making sure people can access their rights and are treated with respect”
Read more “Rights, relationships, respect – social care”BBC Breakfast this week met with and talked to people with learning disabilities about their experiences of love and relationships.
Read more “Relationships are everything”Walk it like you talk it – Are you employing people?
Read more “Employment Update September 2019”