We recently introduced Lyndsey Richards as one of five new members of staff. We are pleased to introduce another new member of staff, Angela Kenvyn, who will be managing the national Engage to Change employment project. Angela will be co-ordinating the Engage to Change partnership and managing delivery of the project across Wales. Angela has … Continued
We are delighted to welcome five new members of staff to the Learning Disability Wales team. Lyndsey Richards is our new Projects Manager, and will be managing our work with Gig Buddies, parents with a learning disability, and the Welsh Youth Parliament, as well as developing new projects. Lyndsey joins us following a career spanning … Continued
When Sophie first moved into a mirus house in 2017 she was very shy and reserved. Sophie didn’t have much confidence and was fearful to go out by herself. Through skills teaching and confidence building Sophie started off small by going to the shop by herself using the maps facility on her smartphone. Sophie then … Continued
Last year Katie Cooke helped to deliver the Measuring the Mountain project, working with people and organisations across Wales to gather 473 stories about people’s experiences of social care, and conducting a Citizens’ Jury to examine the question ‘what really matters in social care to individuals in Wales?’ The project was funded by Welsh Government … Continued
Our easy read service is looking forward to the opportunity to grow and help others do easy read after a hugely successful year. Learning Disability Wales began writing easy read information for clients back in 2002. Since then we have been growing the service and producing more and more easy read information for more and more clients. Over … Continued
“Make it OK to talk about death and dying” Including Diverse Communities in End of Life Care was a three-year project launched in Cardiff in January 2016 with funding from the Big Lottery Fund. In the project, we looked at the needs of people with learning difficulties as well as addressing the needs of people … Continued
Wales’s most disadvantaged groups of people are being left even further behind the rest of society, Britain’s equality body has warned in the largest ever report on the state of equality and human rights in Wales and across Britain. The ‘Is Wales Fairer? (2018)’ report is the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s most comprehensive review … Continued
Learning Disability Wales are pleased to announce that we have made available for free all the resources in Clear and Easy, our popular handbook for making accessible information. The Clear and Easy handbook is for anyone who is, or should be, producing accessible information for people with a learning disability. It will support different sized … Continued
Learning Disability Wales is delighted to share with you that we will be a partner organisation to the new Welsh Youth Parliament which is launching in January 2019. We are looking forward to making sure that young disabled people are represented. We will be publishing news of how you can put yourself forward for election … Continued
Llais Summer 2017 Joe Powell, Director of All Wales People First reflects on how the voice of people with a learning disability has grown. In the early days self advocacy was new and it took time for people to find their voice. The next generation on, young people with a learning disability are more confident, … Continued
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