Learning Disability Wales welcomes Welsh Government’s “significant change of approach” to supporting WILG recipients

Learning Disability Wales has welcomed this week’s announcement by Welsh Government that it will provide “new support for previous recipients of the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG),” following significant representations by the #SaveWILG campaign. On Tuesday, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, Julie Morgan, announced changes to the way care is delivered for people previously … Continued

Social care sector unites in open letter to UK Ministers criticising careless Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill

Over 100 social care sector organisations, including Learning Disability Wales, have come together to unite and sign an open letter to the Minister of State for Social Care, Caroline Dinenage MP, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Lords), Baroness Blackwood, seeking clarification and change on concerning aspects of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill. All … Continued

Welsh Independent Living Grant: Plaid Cymru table Assembly debate calling on Welsh Government to retain WILG in full

Plaid Cymru have tabled an Assembly debate for Wednesday 13 February to call on the Welsh Government to retain the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) in full. The debate follows a a last-ditch appeal by disability campaigner Nathan Lee Davies to the First Minister Mark Drakeford, urging the Welsh Government to abandon plans to close the independent … Continued

World Cancer Day: Resources for people with a learning disability

To mark #WorldCancerDay we have gathered some useful resources for people with a learning disability, family members, and supporters, including some good easy read guides. Cancer is responsible for 1 in 6 deaths worldwide, but up to 50% of all cancers can be prevented. Access to information you can understand is a major help in prevention, … Continued

Blue Monday: Resources for people with a learning disability

People with a learning disability are more likely to experience poor mental health than the general population. To mark #BlueMonday – branded as the most depressing day of the year – we have gathered some useful resources about mental health and well-being, including some good easy read guides. And while #BlueMonday is considered by some to … Continued

Welsh Government issues new strategy for independent living

Learning Disability Wales has welcomed Welsh Government’s commitment to improve the independence of disabled people in Wales as it opens a consultation on its new framework and action plan for independent living. ‘Action on disability: the right to independent living’ aims to develop and improve access to help, advice and services for disabled people in … Continued

Hijinx and the screen industry agree recommendations for casting actors with learning and developmental disabilities for film and TV

Hijinx has launched seven recommendations for casting actors with learning and developmental disabilities for film and TV, whilst challenging the screen industry to produce a learning disabled Oscar winner by 2030. The standards, which include advice on avoiding stereotypes, auditioning appropriately and working in partnership, have been developed by Hijinx in a bid to promote … Continued

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