Stronger, Louder, Together!
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.
Blog by Gary Bourlet, self advocate and Membership and Engagement Lead
Ideas, experiences and priorities for housing choices for people with learning disabilities.
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On 20 March the Representative Body Co Chairs Wendy, Jordan and Scott wrote to the Prime Minister and Matt Hancock.
Ideas, experiences and priorities for housing choices for people with learning disabilities.
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This webinar is about the law and rules. It is for self advocates.
Guest blog by Collette, a self advocate who is a qualified Mental Health First Aider.
The recording can be watched here
The slides used in the webinar are here
Resources shared by participants and more information about what local areas are doing here.
The webinar was led by Skills for Care and Learning Disability England. It was building on their work with NDTi and VODG on a project to improve access to Annual Health Checks.
The session was focused on annual health checks and included some examples of how they can help people despite current Covid restrictions.
VLOG (video blog) by Gary Bourlet, Membership and Engagement Lead with Roy Hayes, self advocate
On 14th July we held our first Self-Advocacy: Sharing Best Practice session.
Self-Advocacy groups across the country are leading the way on important work.
We know that everyone is often so busy they don’t get to share their work.
We want to help connect people and them work together.
In this meeting three self-advocacy groups shared projects that they are proud of.
The groups told everyone what their project was about and why it’s important.
These sessions are funded by RTR.
Dorset People First spoke about their women’s group
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Inclusion Gloucestershire talked about engaging with health
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People First Forum talked about their Mix It Up DJ Project
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You can find the contact details for each group in their presentation
People First Dorset spoke first.
Kerry and Mark told us about their women’s sessions.
They told us the groups were important because they helped people be more confident.
They also helped people learn about women’s health issues
You can download the presentation here
You can watch their presentation here
Inclusion Gloucestershire presented next.
Sammy and Rosie talked about how they are engaging with health.
They talk about setting up a user-led group.
The group thinks about health messages and how to help more people get involved in health.
You can download the presentation here
You can watch their presentation here
People First Forum were our final speakers.
Daniel, Emily and Amanda told us about their Mix It Up DJ Project.
The project started small with a few people learning to be DJs.
The group now perform at festivals.
You can download the presentation here
You can watch their presentation here
We are planning another one of these sessions.
Please drop Rachael an email if you would like to be put on the list for more information.
rachael.hall@LDEngland.org.uk