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Social Care Charges (or let’s be honest The Care Tax)
Every week we are hearing stories of the horrendous impact of the Social Care Charges on the live of disabled people. This includes: charges increasing during Covid-19 Disability Related Expenses (DRE) previously paid, being refused financial assessments being carried...
Lockdown stories of #Gr8Support
From the early days of lockdown, we were inspired by stories of #Gr8Support shared with us by members of the #Gr8SupportMovement, self-advocates, families and members of the community from across the UK! On the 18th March 2020, we decided to start sharing a story...
“Don’t ever call us unskilled again!”
Don’t ever call us ‘unskilled’ again” is a report that brings you the voices of 118 Support Workers (supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism) from across the UK.
The Gr8 Chat & Brew
The Gr8 Chat & Brew is an initiative set up by Paradigm with Learning Disability England, Centre for Inclusive Futures and Your IT Now. It’s all about hosting group video calls that will keep people connected at a time when people are becoming increasingly...
The FREE Reach Standards Practical Guide (2019) is here!
‘This powerful tool draws on the wisdom and contributions of many leading thinkers and activists who are passionate about improving the lives of people who have a learning disability. If all care and support providers applied these standards to their practice just...
When tasks come to matter more than people
Jo Giles, one of the co-founders of the Gr8 Support Movement, recently shared her thoughts below with the Gr8 Support Movement Change Makers. We wanted to share it wider so...over to Jo! Hello! Just thought I'd share something that I read recently that really struck...
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