We are delighted to welcome Taylor Florence back to the staff team at Learning Disability Wales. Thanks to funding from Kickstart, Taylor has joined our Policy and Communications team as our new Trainee Communications Assistant. Hi, my name’s Taylor. I’m so pleased to be back working with Learning Disability Wales! Honestly, I was more in … Continued
A year-long study has found that people with a learning disability in Wales, and their families/supporters, experienced a multitude of negative effects during the pandemic. While the general population experienced lockdowns and isolation, the final report of the Welsh Covid study has found that the effects on people with a learning disability have been significantly … Continued
Learning Disability Wales wants to hear your views on Welsh Government’s draft learning disability action plan by 21 February 2022. Welsh Government is developing a learning disability action plan that sets out the policy priorities for the next 5 years. They want your views on this action plan to make sure it focuses on the … Continued
Learning Disability Wales is delighted to have 26 runners fundraising for Gig Buddies Cymru at March’s Cardiff Half Marathon – including 6 runners from our project’s main funder, First Choice Housing. Starting today we are highlighting all our runners, including links to their fundraisers for anyone who wishes to support them. Gig Buddies Cymru pairs … Continued
Learning Disability Wales is delighted that Innovate Trust have chosen our Gig Buddies Cymru project as their Christmas charity for 2021. Gig Buddies Cymru tackles loneliness and social isolation by pairing people with and without a learning disability and/or autism so they can attend gigs and events together. Since launching the innovative project in Cardiff … Continued
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
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