We’re delighted to welcome Sian Lloyd-Davies, our new Gig Buddies Project Coordinator for North East Wales, to the Learning Disability Wales team. We asked Sian to tell us about herself, and her new role with our befriending project. Hi everyone. I’m Sian, and I am very excited join the North Wales Gig Buddies team. I … Continued
Our Easy Read Wales team want to create some free and useful Easy Read Information. Usually this is a service that our clients pay for, but we want to make sure you are getting the information that you really need and want. Easy Read Wales: We want your ideas for Easy Read! We are looking … Continued
Learning Disability Wales and Public Health Wales are launching a new accessible information project that aims to improve people with a learning disabilities’ understanding of vaccines and vaccination. The Vaccination Information Project will tackle misinformation about vaccines, address concerns and promote acceptance of vaccines among people with a learning disability in Wales. Download or read … Continued
Innovate Trust have awarded Gig Buddies Cymru a Christmas Gift of £5,000 for the second year in a row, in recognition of the project’s “invaluable service, which brings so much joy to so many.” Gig Buddies Cymru tackles loneliness and social isolation by pairing people with and without a learning disability and/or autism so they … Continued
We’re delighted to introduce 4 new members of our staff team at Learning Disability Wales: Michael Allcock (Cleaner), Rhian McDonnell (Accessible Communications Officer), Iwan Good (Membership Events and Engagement Co-ordinator), and Nicola Alsept (Finance Administrator). We asked Michael, Rhian, Iwan and Nicola to tell us about themselves, and their roles at Learning Disability Wales. You … Continued
We’re delighted to introduce 4 new members of our staff team at Learning Disability Wales: Rhian McDonnell (Accessible Communications Officer), Iwan Good (Membership Events and Engagement Co-ordinator), and Nicola Alsept (Finance Administrator). We asked Michael, Rhian, Iwan and Nicola to tell us about themselves, and their roles at Learning Disability Wales. You can read Michael’s … Continued
We’re delighted to introduce 4 new members of our staff team at Learning Disability Wales: Rhian McDonnell (Accessible Communications Officer), Iwan Good (Membership Events and Engagement Co-ordinator), and Nicola Alsept (Finance Administrator). We asked Michael, Rhian, Iwan and Nicola to tell us about themselves, and their roles at Learning Disability Wales. You can read Michael’s … Continued
We’re delighted to introduce 4 new members of our staff team at Learning Disability Wales: Rhian McDonnell (Accessible Communications Officer), Iwan Good (Membership Events and Engagement Co-ordinator), and Nicola Alsept (Finance Administrator). We asked Michael, Rhian, Iwan and Nicola to tell us about themselves, and their roles at Learning Disability Wales. You can read Michael’s … Continued
We’re thrilled to have 13 runners taking on the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday, 2nd October, and raising much-needed money for Gig Buddies! All of the money raised goes to helping us match adults with a learning disability and/or autism with a volunteer Gig Buddy who shares the same interests, so they can attend gigs … Continued
A report from the Welsh NHS Confederation that highlights connections between the cost-of-living crisis and inequalities in Wales has been endorsed by Learning Disability Wales, along with 49 other third sector organisations in Wales What is the Mind the Gap report about? The Report, “Mind the gap: what’s stopping change? The cost-of-living crisis and the … Continued
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