Stronger, Louder, Together!
There is a general election on 12th December.
Lots of people are sharing great information to help people get ready to vote and decide how they vote.
We will keep updating this page as we get new information. We are not checking or supporting any of the information – you need to do that yourself.
Please do send us anything you know of or have done and want to share with others.
The North West Regional Self Advocates Forum is hosting a National Convention again in February 2020.
Read more “National Self Advocacy Convention 2020 – Open for booking”
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.
Learning Disability England has been talking and thinking about inclusion a lot recently. More than usual I realise.
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.
We are recruiting a communications lead to join our small team who will bring communications expertise and support to our work
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.
The Supreme Court is allowing the trade union, Unison, to appeal the Court of Appeals decision about sleep-ins.
This means that the Supreme Court will now look at the case.
The Supreme Court is the highest Court of Appeal in the UK. They make decisions about how the law works in cases where the law is currently unclear.
The decision they make must be used by all other courts.
“Social care means making sure people can access their rights and are treated with respect”
This is just one of the things 40 people with learning disabilities, family members and staff said is most important for how we design and develop social care support in the future.
People got together and talked about what is important to them and their families in local ‘Think Tanks’.