What Easy Read information do you want?

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

New project aims to understand opinions about vaccination among people with a learning disability

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

Free workshops in Powys about restrictive practices for people with a learning disability and family carers

Improvement Cymru are holding 2 workshops in Powys about restrictive practices with: Learning Disability Wales All Wales People First Regional Partnership Boards All Wales Forum for Parents & Carers Social Care Wales. Restrictive practices are ways of stopping people from doing something. Or controlling people. For example: holding someone down to stop them hurting themselves … Continued

Innovate Trust pick Gig Buddies Cymru for their £5000 Christmas Gift

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

Introducing Michael Allcock – our new cleaner

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

Disabled people need better mental health support

Welsh Youth Parliament Member Tegan Skyrme has spoken about how hard it can be for disabled people to get support with their mental health. Tegan is one of two Welsh Youth Parliament Members currently supported by Learning Disability Wales. You can find out more about the Welsh Youth Parliament and the work of both Tegan … Continued

Introducing Nicola Alsept – our new Finance Administrator

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

Introducing Iwan Good – our new Membership, Events and Engagement Co-ordinator

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

Introducing Rhian McDonnell – our new Accessible Communications Officer

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

Support our runners fundraising for Gig Buddies at the Cardiff Half

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

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