Stronger, Louder, Together!
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’.
BBC Breakfast this week met with and talked to people with learning disabilities about their experiences of love and relationships.
Walk it like you talk it – Are you employing people?
The Walk it like you talk campaign was set up by Learning Disability England self-advocacy Member, My Life My Choice.
The campaign says support organisations should be employing more people with learning disabilities.
We support the campaign and we asked Learning Disability England members if they will support it
Blog from Lisa Hopkins and Scott Watkin BEM on inclusive working at SeeAbility
Lisa Hopkins, our Chief Executive and Scott Watkin, our Senior Learning Disabilities Advisor share their thoughts in our new blog on what we’re doing to support more disabled people into employment.
Read more ““Its all about Equality” – Being an inclusive employer”
“Having my own flat is really important to me. I like being independent and being able to live an independent life” Richard, Learning Disability England member
Many people want the same as Richard but are not getting the chance to live an independant life. Some people are recorded by Councils as living in unsettled housing.
Report on the launch by Gary Bourlet
HFT and Tunstall have become partners in launching a big report on assistive technology and are now asking others to join as partners with them.
They are asking the government to work with organisations supporting people with Learning Disabilities to invest in using technology as part of support better.
The report says it could help the economy as well as making support better.
Read more “Assistive Technology sector deal report launched”
Learning Disability England is part of a partnership of 4 organisations looking into what things are getting in the way of people with a learning disability having their vital Annual Health Check. Current evidence already shows that these checks identify unmet health needs and reduce inequalities however, only 53% of people with a learning disability are having their Annual Health Check. The actual figure is known to be much higher as this only identifies those who are registered with their GP.
The North West Regional Self Advocates Forum has said they will host a national convention again in February 2020
This means 50 people from across England could join their regional conference and do work on national issues alongside their work on what is happening in the North West