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VODG is delighted to welcome latest member Zetetick Housing, a charity providing homes for people with learning disabilities, autism or additional needs.

Together Trust has launched an “Email Your MP” action in response to the lack of focus on unregistered accommodation for children in care during the House of Lords second reading of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Without a national strategy to phase out unregistered settings, too many children, including children with complex needs, remain at serious risk.

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Bill has been laid before Parliament – the main piece of legislation in the government’s current welfare reform agenda, seeking to make provision to alter the rates of elements of UC and restrict eligibility for PIP. The Bill starts in the Commons and is due to have its second reading on 1 July.

RNIB would like to hear from you if you have sight loss, to learn more about the areas in your life where you’ve needed support, as well as the types of help you’ve received in the past.

SeeAbility has launched a new short film for Learning Disability Week to raise awareness of how people with learning disability can get support with eye care.

Mencap’s new policy paper, supported by qualitative research from Cordis Bright, confirms what many people with a learning disability and their loved ones already know: people with a learning disability face significant and unavoidable extra costs.