Stronger, Louder, Together!
Here are the people who are standing for election to the Representative Body in the category of Families and Friends.
Voting has now closed. You can see who was elected here.
Read more “Manifestos – Families and Friends”
In this blog post, LDE Co-Founder Gary Bourlet responds to the news about the death of Danny Tozer.
Read more “People with Learning Disabilities and Families Need to be Listened to”
Danny Tozer died on 22nd September 2015 after having a seizure in his bedroom in a shared house where he was supported by Mencap.
Read more “We Need to Ask Ourselves Difficult Questions”
This year Learning Disability Week focuses on employment which social enterprise Community Catalysts welcomes, as they recognise that people with a learning disability and those on the autistic spectrum have skills, interests and talents that are often unseen and untapped.
Read more “Community Catalysts helping to unlock the assets of people with a learning disability or autism”
LDE member KeyRing and the Prison Reform Trust are working on a project that looks at the experiences of women with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system.
Read more “Women with Learning Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System”
In this blog post, Gary Bourlet, Co-Founder of Learning Disability England, shares some thoughts about the General Election on 8th June.
Read more “General Election 2017”
At Learning Disability England we know that the only way to create good policy is to work alongside people with learning disabilities and their families.
We are offering policy-makers the opportunity to consult and work with us and our members across the country.
An example of policy comment and development where our members have been collaborating is the Mental Capacity Amendment Act. You can read the response and briefing here
We know it’s important to point out problems but we also want to offer solutions. We promise we will never do one without doing the other.
Our members are experts and know a lot about different areas of policy like:
Many of our member organisations have been leaders and innovators in these areas.
To work with Learning Disability England to develop policy, please contact us.
