To mark global Human Rights Day Learning Disability Wales, along with over 150 groups from across the UK, has signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, challenging him to secure our Human Rights Act and safeguard human rights and democratic accountability here at home. Read an easy read version of the letter … Continued
Learning Disability Wales is delighted to announce that the two young disabled people we will be supporting in the next Welsh Youth Parliament are Georgia Miggins, from Swansea, and Tegan Skyrme, from Pembrokeshire. Learning Disability Wales is proud to be working with Welsh Youth Parliament for a second term as a partner organisation. We will … Continued
Following this year’s Senedd elections several committees have asked the people of Wales what their priorities over the next six years should be. The role of a Senedd committee is to hold Welsh Government to account and make sure that they do their job properly. In our responses we asked the committees to make sure … Continued
Learning Disability Wales and the Engage to Change project have responded to Welsh Government’s consultations on changes to the Curriculum for Wales. In July we held a focus group with participants who were parents and carers as well as participants who worked in school settings. We responded to the consultation in order to give feedback … Continued
The Welsh Government has published a recovery framework to support the social care sector as it recovers from the impact of Covid-19. In her introduction to the framework, Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan acknowledges that the “the long term impact of this pandemic will be unparalleled and it will take the world years … Continued
A damning report from the Disability Equality Forum has found that existing inequalities led to disabled people being ‘locked out’ from society during the pandemic, with their rights further eroded. Learning Disability Wales welcomes the publication of the report ‘Locked Out: Liberating disabled people’s lives and rights in Wales beyond COVID-19’ on how the pandemic … Continued
During Pride month Taylor took time to reflect on their journey to finding out they are non-binary and why that identity is important to them For Pride Month I wanted to talk about my experiences as part of the LGBTQ+ community. It’s important for me to share my story for other LGBTQ+ people who have … Continued
Learning Disability Wales is delighted to welcome two new members of staff to our team. Today we hear from Gerraint Jones-Griffiths, Lead Ambassador for our Engage to Change project. You can read about Sophie Williams, our new Engage to Change communications officer, here. My name is Gerraint Jones-Griffiths. I am the Lead Ambassador for the Engage … Continued
Community and creative approaches are needed to make sure people with a learning disability are connected, can socialise and have friendships. Before Covid-19, we know that people with a learning disability in Wales were 7 times more likely to be lonely than their non-disabled peers. The pandemic has created greater problems but has also offered some creative solutions. We will need to … Continued
This week is Learning Disability Week 2021. Gerraint Jones-Griffiths is the Lead Ambassador for Engage to Change and here’s how he’s being creative this year. The theme this year is arts and creativity. For my blog this month, I want to tell you about how I like to be creative and hopefully encourage you to … Continued
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