2025 autistic people and people with learning disabilities still in psychiatric hospitals. 2025. Despite all the promises, reports and reviews. It’s just contemptible. You could meet us Wes Streeting.

Come on then The Labour Party…what will you do about this?

Fed up of the election? Bored stiff by the Euros? Give your soul a lift and your spirit a geet big hug

We have a newly refreshed Healthy Communities and Social Prescribing webpage, including information about all of the social prescribing projects that our partners are working on. Have a look here: vonne.org.uk/healthy-commun…

In the third webinar in our Lunch & Learn series we take a look at how social prescribing can meet the needs of people of all ages. 💻Webinar: All Ages Social Prescribing💻 ▶️Tuesday 6th August 1-2pm, online via Teams ▶️Book now: bit.ly/4cMJhco

Yes, the creative audio felt like an integral part of the work, not an access after-thought

A peer support scheme that has helped hundreds of disabled people in a single borough with the barriers they face in their daily lives has secured nearly £600,000 in funding over the next five years to continue its work. buff.ly/3AcxMwG

Want to understand more about VONNE's Healthy Communities and Social Prescribing programme? We take a look at the work underway across the North East and North Cumbria in our new introductory video animation. youtu.be/b7yO2bBi65g

Please support if you can, and rt thank you justgiving.com/page/richard-b…

When our co-founder Julie Newcombe read this poem at the launch of #AskListenDo back in 2018, we had a feeling that, while there might be some Asking and even some Listening, there wouldn’t be an awful lot of Doing. 6 years on and it looks like we were right. There is no point

Brilliant news Extant are coming to Alphabetti Theatre for #TheNursesStation - check out the access for VI audience members here.

Great to hear about all the vital work being done at Difference at their AGM tonight- keep up the fight guys 👏🏼

New research finds children in care and care leavers with disabilities are missing out on vital support - Coram Group : Coram Group coram.org.uk/news/coram-voi…

Super excited to be doing some R&D this week with Live Theatre on my new play, and preparing for a rehearsed reading at the Restraint Reduction Network conference on 27th 🎭

We’re delighted to be joined by Richard Boggie and Live Theatre, performing two short readings from You Need to Calm Down, a new play following the story of a young autistic woman on the run. #RRNConf24

It’s a long shot but anyone accidentally took a small black wheeled suitcase with extendable handle from a CrossCountry Trains train Plymouth -Newcastle ~21st December. Belongs tk mother in law and has medication in .

I absolutely love this analogy.

I don’t share much about our recovery journey but want to break the addiction stigma and celebrate recovery. I hope this piece helps to do that and starts conversations💜⁦Adfam⁩ ⁦FAVORUK 💜⁩ adfam.org.uk/blog-post/fami…

🚨 New play. Urgent story. I need your help. You Need to Calm Down is about how autistic + learning-disabled people are treated in schools, hospitals + care. It’s raw, researched + real. It’s on stage soon at Alphabetti Theatre — but we need support 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yntcd