Introducing Lucy O’Leary – our new Events and Networks Coordinator

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’s Shared Lives story: the road to independence

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

Easy read guide to the emergency alert test on 23 April 2023

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

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

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

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

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