Our Connections Cymru network met recently to learn how social prescribing can benefit people with a learning disability. The event featured a packed agenda with examples and views about social prescribing from across Wales. The aim of Connections Cymru is to work together to tackle loneliness and social isolation for people with a learning disability. … Continued
Earlier this year our Easy Read Wales team asked what easy read information was needed in Wales, with a promise to produce new resources to fill the most important gaps. The majority of responses asked for information around sexual health and relationships. Following this, Easy Read Wales can announce they will be working with Cwmni … Continued
We’re delighted to welcome Lucy O’Leary, our new Events and Networks Coordinator, to the Learning Disability Wales team. We asked Lucy to tell us about herself, and her new role. I have recently joined the events team at Learning Disability Wales, working alongside Simon and Iwan. My role is to support, organise and coordinate our … Continued
Catherine Watchorn has been living with her Shared Lives carer Liz and her family in North Wales for over 14 years. Sam Williams, Learning Disability Wales’ Policy and Communications Manager, met up with Catherine to chat about how Shared Lives has helped her to increase her independence and her role as an ambassador for Shared … Continued
Learning Disability Wales has produced an easy read guide to the Emergency Alert System that is being tested on Sunday 23 April at 3pm. The Emergency Alert System has been introduced by UK government to send urgent messages warning the public of life-threatening situations like flooding or wildfires. Similar systems are in use in the United … Continued
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
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
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