Blog: Supported Internships, Empowering Young People with Learning Disabilities.
Blog created for Learning Disability Week 2023.
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Blog: Building an Inclusive Workforce #LearningDisabilityWeek
Blog created for Learning Disability Week 2023.
Blog: Making it real
Alice McColl, Development Lead for Children and Young People, writes about how Time to Talk Next Steps is making the perception of normal teenage life a reality for young people with additional needs
Bury Council have asked us to help them to find out what matters to people with learning disabilities in Bury
Bury Council want to make sure that people with learning disabilities have access to opportunities that will help them grow and live their best lives with positive links to their community.
What matters to Tanzie
Tanzie explains what’s important to her in this short film. Our Time to Talk Next Steps programme #TtTNS has supported Tanzie to build confidence and make plans for her future as she moves into adult life.
Life-changing internships project set to help more disabled people into work
Internships Work is a new project which will enable 4500 16-25 year old's with additional needs in England to benefit from a supported internship each year by 2025.
Blog: Coproduction in action, Time to Talk Next Steps
Time to Talk Next Steps one year on. The celebration event brought together young people, parents, carers and staff to coproduce the next year of the project.
Talking Inclusion Ep.15 - 200 Lives Project
Talking to Siraaj and Jackie from Changing Our Lives about how their quality of life reviews contributed to the 200 Lives research project: Evaluating supported living and residential care for adults with learning disabilities
Talking Inclusion Ep.5: Nick's Story
Nick shares his journey towards reasonable adjustments in healthcare for his son Alex.
The Henry Smith Charity - New Advocacy Grant.
The Henry Smith Charity, a grant-making trust, is launching a new grants programme to support advocacy for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.