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A football league comprising teams of people with learning disabilities has received a £5,000 funding boost to help develop female players and train six coaches.
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The Law Commission has launched a consultation asking whether there is a case for standardising the law in relation to sexual orientation, transgender identity, disability, race and religious hate crime offences.
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The government announced draft plans to standardise eligibility criteria for adult social care last week, but the level it is being set at could risk the independence of some people with learning disabilities.
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The Government has announced that it plans to introduce national eligibility criteria for adult social care from 2015, but critics say it could exclude 100,000 disabled people from the system.
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Eight interns with learning disabilities have graduated with Diplomas in Progression following 9 months of intensive work-based training at a Plymouth hospital.
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A bond set up to provide permanent homes for people with learning disabilities has reached its £10 million target.
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Mencap and the PMLD Network have launched a series of how-to guides and films in a bid to help those involved in supporting people with profound and multiple learning disabilities better meet their needs.
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Cambridgeshire Police has agreed to rent part of one of its stations to the Cambridgeshire Learning Disability Partnership to provide a drop-in centre.
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The UK’s first dance company for people with learning disabilities, Anjali, is to re-launch thanks to two large anonymous donations.
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A new assessment and treatment centre for people with learning disabilities in Norfolk was officially opened by the Bishop of Norwich last week.
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