This page includes recordings and resources from the Learning Disability and Autism Housing Community of Practice.

After each meeting we will share resources here.

You can share housing related resources by sending them to info@LDEngland.org.uk

30th June 2026

Agenda:

‘Homes Not Hospitals – the Fight for Freedom’: Emma Austin-Garrod, Families Lead at Mencap, and Phill, a member of the Mencap and Challenging Behaviour Foundation families campaign group (This session is not available via recording or slides although links are included.)

MHCLG Supported Housing Panel: John Verge (Golden Lane) and Joe Wheeler (Bristol City Council)

Importance of people and families being heard in strategy: Viv Cooper, founder of the CBF and parent with lived experience and Jordan Smith, Dimensions Council member

Learning disability and autism housing coalition update: Clare Skidmore (co-Chair) and Viv Cooper

Good news from Learning Disability England on the new Paradigm resources: Rachael Hall

View the slides from the session here

Improving Housing Choices and Supply – Housing, Learning Disability and Autism Microsite

Housing LIN

This webpage lists a range of strategy and policy documents and practice examples that describe the different types of housing and related care and support services, ranging from residential care to supported housing and ‘shared lives’, that can help improve the lives of people with a learning disability and autistic people.

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Open letter to commissioners

IMPACT

IMPACT (IMProving Adult Care Together) made a video with people with learning disabilities. The video is an open letter to commissioners, and it asks that social care commissioners give people with learning disabilities more choice and control over where they live.

To learn more about this work, email impactcentre@contacts.bham.ac.uk