What it means to come out of lockdown
Resources about test and trace
Resources about face coverings
Resource about my support
Letter to social housing residents from the Minister of Housing – easy read
Technology start-up AutonoMe is offering a FREE version of their appto any person with a learning disability in the UK during the coronavirus outbreak. Read a press article about Autonome here
Resources for family members, support workers, social workers and OTs on Coronavirus and how that might affect people with learning disabilities or autistic people, from Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Resources about the implications of Covid19 from Beacon (the advice service about NHS CHC), which has increased capacity to respond to queries about NHS Continuing Health Care.
Free Training on Coronavirus from Health Education England, aimed at health and social care workers. However, it is open to anyone.
Grab Sheet about trauma from NWTDT and partners
Guidance on safeguarding adults during the outbreak from the British Association of Social Workers.
Up to date guidance and resources from Carers UK.
Information about the extra help the government has put in placearound paying bills, sick pay and benefit entitlements from Citizens Advice.
Resources for any families who are trying to home educate through the Coronavirus outbreak, including useful multi media resources for anyone about Covid 19, from The Sensory Projects.
Information and resources for SEND families from the Special Needs Jungle.
Information for autistic people and their families from the National Autistic Society.
Resources including information to help family carers plan with others to get the support they need during the current crisis, from Together Matters.
From Eddy Phillips, Carl Shaw and David Gill:
Plain English LGBT+ Covid Guide
Easy Read LGBT+ Covid Guide
Easy Read Covid Guide for Trans and Non Binary People
Resources about self-isolation
The government says that people who think they might have the virus or have some of the symptoms need to stay at home for 7 days.
Anyone who has been in close contact with a person who tests positive for Coronavirus needs to stay at home for 14 days.
This is called self-isolation.
Resources about my rights and the law
Activities and events to join in online
Online dance sessions on Zoom from Dance Syndrome. *Sign up by 9th September for a block of 6 classes at £2.50 per session – street, contemporary or rave*
Everybody Dance is pay as you go. Wake N Dance and Infants are FREE.
Every session is inclusive, co-produced and co-delivered by a Dance Leader with learning disabilities and a professionally trained Dance Artist.
Find out more on their website.
Online yoga sessions weekly at 2pm on a Wednesday from Speak Up. Please email annie@speakup.org.uk if you would like the Zoom link to join the sessions – everyone is most welcome.
Online actor training from Dark Horse Theatre, a leader in providing vocational actor training for adults with learning disabilities.
Their YouTube Channel has easy to follow exercise and actor training videos, including tutorials in movement, voice and character work.
Online creative arts sessions from Level. There are two different Zoom sessions:
Performing Arts: Tuesdays 14.00 – 15.00
Visual Arts: Wednesdays 14.00 – 15.00
The Gr8 Chat and Brew is a way to help people meet up online using WhatsApp. It has been started by Paradigm and the Gr8 Support Movement but anyone can join in.
Listings of upcoming webinars, meetings and discussions from the Centre for Welfare Reform.
Coronavirusfest is an online music festival from Gig Buddies, hosted on their Facebook page.
Activities and Hobbies at Home
Click Together are a virtual community that runs an extensive timetable of 20 sessions each week across daytimes evenings and weekends too. Their sessions welcome anyone aged 16+ who has a learning disability and or is autistic.
The Buzz from Community Catalysts has daily videos with different accessible and fun activities such as yoga, cooking and boxercise! You can watch the videos by joining their Facebook group or their smallgoodstuff website here .
Ideas for fun activities that would work for families or staff teams, from Achieve Together.
Opportunity TV from Camphill has lots of videos and tutorials from cooking to gardening.
Guides to help with technology
Knowing the facts about coronavirus
Knowing the facts about vaccines
