Following on from today’s BBC Breakfast news piece on the right to relationships for people with a learning disability, Grace Krause, Policy Officer at Learning Disability Wales explores why it is hard for people to have relationships. Grace details the work we are doing in Learning Disability Wales and calls for more training of support … Continued
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
Eight years after the UK government and the care industry said ‘never again’ following the Winterbourne View scandal, another BBC Panorama investigation – this time exposing the horrific abuse at Whorlton Hall hospital in County Durham, England – has shown that ‘never again’ seems a long way off. Zoe Richards, Acting Chief Executive of Learning … 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
A story on the Disability News Service website has reported a recent judgement that the Department for Work and Pensions failed for years to comply with its legal duties under the Equality Act by refusing to provide an accessible way for many disabled people to communicate with its staff about their benefits. The latest court … Continued
‘Anwen and Katie, the new Welsh Youth Parliament Members representing young disabled people in Wales, met for the first time with their fellow Youth Parliament Members at their regional meetings on Saturday 26th January. Anwen met her fellow Welsh Youth Parliament Members from the South West region, whilst Katie the Members from the North Wales … Continued
Fifty years ago a group of student volunteers formed Cardiff Universities Social Services (C.U.S.S), a radical charity that opened the first supported living home for adults with learning disabilities in the UK. Now known as Innovate Trust, volunteers with learning disabilities from the charity have been exploring its history, which has culminated in a powerful exhibition … Continued
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