The head of training at a charity that employs more than 800 staff across Wirral and Cheshire has been named Best Care Trainer at the North West heats of the Great British Care Awards. Read More...
A Parliamentary select committee has called for the government to do more to tackle the barriers that many people with a learning disability face with registering to vote and voting. Read More...
A student with an autism spectrum condition has used his artistic skills to raise thousands of pounds for charities Ambitious about Autism and Norwood. Read More...
A Seashell Trust-run college is aiming to raise the numbers of people with a learning disability in paid employment through a new internship programme, launched as part of Learning Disabilities Work Experience Week. Read More...
The government has launched a consultation on proposed new statutory autism guidance to local authorities and NHS organisations to support the implementation of ‘Think Autism’, the update to the 2010 adult autism strategy. Read More...
A mother whose son has special needs has launched a campaign to encourage organisations, businesses and venues across the UK and Ireland to improve changing facilities for disabled children, after a survey revealed that 57% of parents had… Read More...
A new two-person team is to be appointed to help people with learning disabilities to co-design and transform NHS services, it has been announced. Read More...