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How can ‘skilling up’ with courage and compassion tackle the recruitment crisis? (A guest blog from Tony Bamforth)
The Support Work sector is in crisis. Even before the pandemic hit, organisations were reporting a growing gap between need for Support Workers and availability of workers to meet that need. How can we best tackle this crisis at a root cause level? Evidence suggests...
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...
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