Valued Lives

• deliver information and engage with people through a variety of channels including our digital newsletter, website, social media, timely e-news and events.
• produced an easy read guide on assessment and care planning for people with a learning disability and their families.
• use video stories to promote good practice.
• Assist local authorities to produce easy read through  our Easy Read Wales service and training.
• Provide resources on our new website on the rights of people with a learning disability and their families.

• deliver courses each year across Wales according to sector needs.
• hold an annual learning event.
• deliver learning sessions around the assessment and care planning under the Act.
• train people with a learning disability to help them understand their rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – in partnership with All Wales People First.
• hold 4 regional events each year promoting new ways to deliver services including co-production and reducing social isolation.

• set up a ‘Stay up Late’ network to share good practice in helping people have the social life at times that suit them.
• Set up ‘Gig Buddies’ Cardiff.
• work with others to help people a learning disability and challenging behaviour get better services.
• Campaign to get more people with a learning disability into work.

• additional learning needs
• inequality in early years provision
• looked after children
• transition
• person centred planning
• welfare benefits
• pan-disability
• personalised technology
• reducing loneliness and social isolation
• workforce qualifications
• easy read
• parents with a learning disability
• supported living.

We do this by working with our members, National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Government, statutory sector and third sector. We provide information and research based evidence, facilitate networks, provide briefing sessions and participate in groups.