Learning Disability News & Events

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Life On Hold: Neurodivergent people and healthcare experiences November 2023

By |13th March 2024|Health & Care, Learning Disability, MailChimp, News|

West Yorkshire Voice and HealthWatch invited feedback from people with experience of neurodivergence to talk about some of the key issues in healthcare. They offered a chance for neurodivergent people and carers to have their [...]

AutistiCon 2024 – Leeds Autism Event

By |27th February 2024|Communities of Interest, Events, Featured, Health & Care, Inclusion, Learning Disability, MailChimp|

AutistiCon, our annual autism information event for Leeds, is back for 2024! The date and venue have both been confirmed for this year. The event will take place on Tuesday, 11 June 2024 from 9.30am [...]

Growing Strength in Communities – Build the skills of your staff and volunteers

By |22nd February 2024|Communities of Interest, Funding, Learning Disability, MailChimp, PSI|

Do you want £1,000 to build the skills of your organisation's staff and volunteers? LCAN (Leeds Community Anchor Network) and Forum Central would like to invite you to apply for funding and capacity building to [...]

Share Your Experiences of Home Care Support with Leeds City Council

By |20th February 2024|Communities of Interest, Have your say, Health & Care, Learning Disability, MailChimp, Older People, PSI|

Do you receive home care support or support people who do? If so Leeds City Council (LCC) would like to speak to people who have home care support arranged through LCC, to share their experiences [...]

Check out the IDODP Highlights Videos

By |20th February 2024|Featured, Health & Care, Inclusion, Learning Disability, MailChimp, PSI|

IDODP ‘23 influenced and included around 900 people in its extended pan-disability scope this time around. To celebrate this, we've created two videos to highlight; what happened on the day at the marketplace event and [...]

Employment Task Group features in Community Living Article

By |23rd January 2024|Featured, Health & Care, Learning Disability, MailChimp|

Our  Learning Disability Development worker, Shaun Webster MBE and the work of our Autism and Learning Disability Employment Task Group has been featured in an article in the Community Living magazine. The article focusses on [...]

Orange Travel Wallets Scheme for West Yorkshire

By |19th December 2023|Health & Care, Inclusion, Learning Disability, MailChimp, News, Older People, PSI|

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has recently launched a new initiative called the Orange Travel Wallet scheme, to help people with communication difficulties or disabilities to use public transport.   The bright orange wallet is a [...]

Safeguarding Adults training for Volunteers

By |4th December 2023|Health & Care, Learning Disability, MailChimp, Older People, PSI, Training|

Leeds City Council have developed a free Safeguarding Adults training course for volunteers across Leeds. This training gives an overview of Safeguarding Adults specifically aimed at volunteers in Leeds. It covers: What safeguarding adults is [...]

30 Nov 2023 International Day of Disabled People Marketplace Event IDODP

By |23rd November 2023|Featured, Learning Disability, MailChimp, PSI|

Transformative, Inclusive, Innovative and Collaborative! Linda Nield, Senior Commissioning Officer at Working Age Adults Commissioning Team: "It was a very bustling event, wasn’t it? Really well attended I was pleased to see!" The International Day [...]

IDODP Marketplace event is almost here!

By |10th November 2023|Communities of Interest, Events, Featured, Learning Disability, MailChimp, Mental Health, PSI|

That's right, the Leeds For All International Day of Disabled People event is approaching fast - we hope you're as excited as we are. With only a week left to go, we wanted to update [...]

SEND Survey for ethnically diverse young people

By |8th November 2023|Have your say, Health & Care, Inclusion, Learning Disability, MailChimp, PSI|

Do you work with SEND children and young people from minoritised ethnic communities? If so, SEND Youth Voice would like your help in their research project. They are conducting a survey interested in looking at [...]

Free Safeguarding Adults Training for Volunteers

By |21st September 2023|Health & Care, Learning Disability, MailChimp, Mental Health, PSI, Training|

Leeds City Council are providing free Safeguarding Adults training courses for volunteers across the city. The courses cover: what safeguarding adults is and why it is important the role and responsibility of the volunteer in [...]

A Travel Blog from LOPF’s Jenni Scott

By |7th September 2023|Learning Disability, MailChimp, News, Older People, PSI|

Leeds Older People's Forum Administrator Jenni Scott has written an article about the complexities of technological advancements in transportation. Jenni speaks about how these advancements can leave even the most tech savvy feeling confused. And [...]

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