October 2012

A jazz band that gives people with learning disabilities the chance to create, rehearse and perform their own music alongside seasoned players is revolutionising some of its participants’ lives.
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Values Into Action (VIA), a learning disability campaigning charity, is to close because it can no longer find the funds to continue.
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A regional network that focuses on talking about new ways to help people with autism has been launched in Berkshire.
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The National Autistic Society (NAS) is launching the Autism Professional Awards next year to recognise and reward cross-discipline professionals who are leading the way in innovative autism practice.
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More than 7 out of 10 charities say that their contracts to help long-term unemployed people into work could fail because they are not financially sustainable, a report has found.
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Marks and Spencer has announced it is to create 1,00 jobs for people with disabilities at a new warehouse. But much more will need to be done by the Government if the problem of unemployment among people with disabilities is to be…
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Two learning disability housing and supported living organisations have merged to form a new charity, the Housing and Support Alliance, to bring together commissioners, housing and care providers, carers and advocacy organisations.
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Retail giant Marks and Spencer (M and S) has announced plans to create 1,000 jobs for people with disabilities at its new distribution centre at Castle Donington in Leicestershire.
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is to develop health and social care quality standards for the care and wellbeing of adults and children with autism.
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Little Seb White is a star in the making. The 4-year-old has been chosen to feature as a model in Marks and Spencer’s (M and S) Christmas in-store catalogue, and his cheeky smile will soon be seen by hundreds of thousands of shoppers.
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