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John Verge, CEO of Golden Lane Housing, has been appointed to the panel, which will play a key role in providing valuable information and expert advice to government on supported exempt accommodation.

The latest report by Community Integrated Care finds that social care support workers still take home £7,048 less per year than NHS Band 3 colleagues. Five years in, the gap has narrowed to 28.6%, but it has not closed and the FPA, while welcome, will still leave a take-home pay gap.

Following a formal procurement process, Choice Support will continue to deliver the CQC’s Experts by Experience Programme while National Voices, supported by Innovation Unit and Collaborate CIC will manage the CQC’s Public Engagement Network.

Next week, from 13 to 19 March, Mencap are holding a free exhibition in Shoreditch on Homes Not Hospitals | The Fight for Freedom.

Join RNIB in commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of Talking Books with a very special recording of Pride and Prejudice.

Chailey Heritage Foundation has opened the new Dervia Sensory Studio, a purpose built space designed to enhance learning, development and wellbeing for children and young people at the school. Funded by the Dervia Foundation, the studio opened in February and now offers three individual sensory rooms where pupils can explore sound, light, movement and texture in ways that support their education, sensory needs and development goals.

The Our Life Stories exhibition brings together a co-curated selection of real-life stories and objects from more than eighty people supported by United Response. Each item tells an individual story of everyday life, from personal achievements to the structural barriers faced by people with learning disabilities and autistic people. Together, they paint a picture of disability history in England over the past fifty years which until now has been sorely missed from the historical record.

This practical half-day workshop, delivered by Inclusion Unlimited (the CIC subsidiary of Inclusion Barnet), explores why traditional engagement approaches often stall, and what to do differently.

In conjunction with Deafblind Scotland, Deafblind UK has launched a new national free helpline for people with Usher Syndrome. The service is available in English and BSL and is connected to a network of partner charities and organisations who understand Usher Syndrome and the issues that can come with it.

Chailey Heritage Foundation has launched The Activity Place, a vibrant community centre where anyone over the age of 16 with a disability who lives in the community can make new friends, work out in the gym, relax in a sensory session or express their creativity through art and music.

In an exclusive interview with RNIB Connect Radio, Simon Antrobus, new CEO of RNIB, talks about his journey so far and what lies ahead for the charity.

Molly Deakin, Policy and Campaigns Officer at Together Trust, appointed to Government Disability Advisory Panel as one of the ten experts with lived experience of disability and long-term health conditions.

National Star offers expert-led training courses to external organisations including fellow VODG members. Designed to empower teams and enhance skills across a range of areas, training combines practical insights with actionable strategies to drive real results.

Community Integrated Care's "What to do" co-produced programme has a new series of activities including dance, opera and cooking with TV chef Suzie Lee.

Mencap's "I’m In" campaign raises awareness of the learning disability register so everyone with a learning disability gets better health care and a free annual health check.

Yvonne Cobb has become the new Patron of Action Deafness. Yvonne is a presenter, entrepreneur, chef and Deaf advocate, widely known for her work on BBC Morning Live and BBC See Hear.

Sign KIDS’ open letter on transition to adulthood, which calls for a named transition coordinator to enable better collaboration across health, social care, education and housing.

Learning Disability Network London held an event about employment for people with learning disabilities - hearing from experts by experience and people who work in supported employment, to shine a spotlight on inequality in the workplace for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.

A film has been released giving an independent take on the spirit and direction of thinking arising from this year’s Cheltenham Summer Institute, which focussed on restoring care as a societal issue - developing the narrative.

Vibrance’s care and support services have officially become part of Certitude, bringing staff and the people they support into the wider Certitude community.