Suffolk Family Carers: Military Service Information
Suffolk Family Carers are updating their records around carers or people receiving care with military service information. They want to hear from you or the person you care for if either of you have served in, or are serving in, the UK armed forces, including people born during 1926 – 1939 who undertook National Service. Responders … Read more
Survey: VCSE Experiences of Government Procurement
The School for Social Entrepreneurs wants your input to help The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to develop a joint VCSE action plan. The plan will identify and seek to address the barriers facing VCSE organisations in bidding and winning government contracts and … Read more
What is Prevention? Research into Health and Social Care
We have been contacted by a researcher at Swansea University who is keen to find out what prevention means to Community Micro-Enterprises and to hear from some of our enterprises in Wrexham. If you have completed the Doing it Right standards with either Tom or Amy, and would be happy to take part in a … Read more
Letter to the Prime Minister from people with learning disabilities
Wendy Perez is a woman with learning disabilities who wants to see things change. She has drafted a letter to the UK Prime Minister David Cameron, to say how she feels things are getting worse for people with learning disabilities. Wendy wants 100 people with learning disabilities to sign her letter with her before she sends it … Read more
Results of survey on the experiences of personal health budget holders and their families
In Control, Lancaster University and Think Local Act Personal have published the findings of the third personal outcomes evaluation tool (POET) of over 500 personal health budget holders and carers. The purpose of the survey is to provide insight into the experiences of personal health budget holders and their families, and the impact that having control … Read more
Consultation on the law of mental capacity and deprivation of liberty
The Law Commission have opened a consultation on the law of mental capacity and deprivation of liberty. This consultation is open until 2 November 2015, and the Law Commission expects to publish a final report with their recommendations and a draft Bill in 2016. Please click here to find out more and to let the Law Commission … Read more
Watch the film made by the campaign group behind the LB Bill
The campaign group behind the LB Bill, are continuing to develop their plans to help strengthen the rights of people with learning disabilities. Last week, the group published a film about the LB Bill to set out what it is and the impact it will have on people with learning disabilities. Please click here to watch … Read more