The resources on this page are from Learning Disability England members and our partner organisations.
They will give you ideas and tips about how to follow the official government guidance and look after yourself, your family and the people you support.
Easy Read resources are now in each section to help you find them.
Self-Advocacy and families supporting each other: Recordings
Previous sessions of this meeting include:
Session 1: What are people doing? What are the big concerns?
In this session we discuss how people are adapting to changes because of lock down. We talk about what people are planning to do to keep them working, connected and positive.
Session 2: Keeping Connected
In this session, Sunderland People First, Ace Anglia and Supported Loving share what they are doing to keep working and connected with their members.
Session 3: Helping people who struggle to access technology
In this session shared ideas about how we can help people who don’t have technology or an understanding of how to us it.
What the government is saying
On 22 February 2021 the government came out with a roadmap of how we will come out of lockdown. You can read that here.
Here is a video from NWTDT explaining how the restrictions will be lifted.
From April 1st 2021 those on the extremely clinically vulnerable no longer need to shield.
From 12 April non-essential retail can now open as well as outdoor hospitality venues and most outdoor attractions. Read more about what you can and cannot do now here.
From 17 May all outdoor restrictions on meeting others outdoors are lifted and all indoor hospitality can open.
The Prime Minister has just announced that restrictions that were expected to be lifted on June 21st (step 4) will now happen on July 19th read more here.
Inclusion North has made an easy read about the update you can see here.
You can read more government guidance in ‘Key Current Guidance Documents’ below.
Welcome to the Learning Disability England home page
Learning Disability England is bringing people and organisations together to create a movement for change where people with learning disabilities, families, friends and paid supporters come together on an equal basis.Join the movement here.
As a membership organisation, members work together to build a world where people with learning disabilities have good lives with equal choices and opportunities as others. Find out how here.
