Where is the LeDeR report? People are dying up to 30 years younger, and these deaths could be preventable. Share the report to help create positive change! #LeDeRReport #Inequality #Inequity NHS England @WesStreeting Learning from Lives and Deaths - LeDeR researchers #SelfAdvocacyWorks

Thank you ⁦John Harris⁩ for championing my book this week, and people with learning disabilities always. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The 1944 Education Act divided children into two groups: Educable and Ineducable. As brutal as that. Reform SEND if you like, but remember your history.

More than three-quarters of our Directors in our annual survey have seen an increase in unpaid carers approaching councils for support in the past year as the impact on caring takes its toll on their health, wellbeing & finances. Read our full report. adass.org.uk/documents/adas…

These carers don’t clock off. They don’t get paid. They hold up a care system that no longer functions. The government calls it love. In any other context, it would be called forced labour. #UnpaidCarers #JusticeForCarers

🔺Investigation "Dehumanising" care, mental health collapse, a man left to choke to death on a sandwich while the market value of learning disability and autistic care for private firms doubles in a decade to £19billion and councils verge on bankruptcy itv.com/news/2025-07-3…

A beautiful tribute, thanks for sharing 👍🏻 💙💚

Same young person. Same complex care needs. One carer is paid £12.21 an hour The other gets £11.98 A DAY No shifts. No sick pay. No clocking off. Just endless paperwork, stress, battles and care. Unpaid carers deserve more. #UnpaidCarers #socialcarecrisis #DisabilityRights

Reality for many 😪

Yesterday, Dr Jane Townson OBE, CEO of our member Homecare Association gave a closing statement at the end of the Care Sector Module 6 UK Covid-19 Inquiry. To mark the end, our member has released this song. Thank you to everyone who supports, and enables people to live the best life they can.

The care of adults with learning disabilities and autism has been rapidly privatised in the last 30 years. It’s a sector now dominated by investment managers, private equity and foreign money while local councils who pay them are pushed to bankruptcy. Here’s a quick overview:

This is outstanding journalism Daniel Hewitt It encapsulates what is wrong with social care at present

When and where was the profit made and by whom?

Thank you Daniel Hewitt for telling it exactly how it is.

Before selling off allotments Angela Rayner should think again. The 1925 Allotment Act was designed to provide green space for people without gardens to grow their own affordable fruit & vegetables. For many people,they also provide an important outlet for physical & mental

So proud that my mum, Maggie Whitbread, & I are receiving the Freedom of the Borough of Thurrock—the highest community honour. From teacher & leader to mum & coach, she shaped my journey to becoming a World & European champ, world record holder & triple Olympian. 🙌❤️

CQC issues first inadequate rating for council adults' services - Community Care communitycare.co.uk/2025/08/08/cqc…

The Minister for Homelessness had to resign this week when it was exposed that she is treating her own tenants in the way that the government is trying to stop. It is in sharp contrast to those who use their money and time in sacrificial ways... gracetruth.blog/2025/08/08/the…

We are moving to new definitions of success for organisations & systems, says Indy Johar. It is less about prescribed “end-states” (targets & standards to be achieved) & more about creating the conditions for change - diverse people working well together, having a sense of

The Beckenham Concert Band are very excited to be performing in the Regentsparkmusicfestival on: Sunday 14th September 2025 12pm-2pm. Free entry. Please come and listen and enjoy the park. More information can be found here: regentsparkmusicfestival.org.uk