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Professional dancer and former Strictly star, Flavia Cacace, will be bringing an exclusive online dance class designed specifically for people who access social care, to care services across the UK on 23 October, via Community Integrated Care’s What To Do platform.

As the ASC hearing on government transparency approaches, media coverage and public awareness will play a vital role. Access Social Care is looking for people with lived experience of the social care system — individuals, families, and carers — who are willing to share their stories. Your experiences can help show why transparency in social care isn’t just an administrative issue, but a matter of fairness, dignity, and people’s lives.

Work has officially started on The Bradbury Den at Patchwork Farm, a new space that will be a hub for inclusive learning, bringing together the young people at Chailey Heritage Foundation to learn alongside local schools and other community groups.

Making Space has completed a merger with Beacon Counselling, an organisation providing counselling and wellbeing support for adults, young people, and children, marking another significant step forward in the charity’s long-term growth strategy.

Join Headway East London on Thursday 16 October 2025 for a day dedicated to exploring the ever-changing, lifelong nature of brain injury.

RNIB’s new report, In My Way, reveals blind and partially sighted people face potentially dangerous barriers when walking around their local neighbourhoods every day.

A reminder that the Deafblind UK Conference 2025 takes place Thursday 9 October, and is a digital experience exploring how people living with deafblindness identify themselves and how society supports them.

New podcast series from Beyond Autism that looks beneath the surface of the big questions around autism, education, and inclusion, with a goal to amplify lived experiences and professional voices to spark real change.

Join National Autistic Society in the fight to call out misinformation about autism by signing this open letter to "anybody who has ever made a false claim about autism".

Turning Point has been short-listed for the Prove It: Social Impact Award at the UK Social Enterprise Awards 2025 in recognition of the social value delivered over the past year.

Mencap has written an easy read guide to writing your will. The guide covers areas such as the legal side of will writing, why you should leave a will, and what kind of things you can leave in a will.

As part of the campaign for greater transparency around funding for social care, ASC has shared a template to use when writing to your MP asking for their support in bringing the issue to the attention of the Prime Minister and Chancellor.

Kangaroos offers social clubs and activities for people with learning disabilities from children through into adulthood.

This training from Together for Mental Wellbeing will help you explore how trauma impacts behaviour, relationships, and engagement, including how you can create safe and empowering environments that support positive mental wellbeing.

Certitude received the award in recognition of outstanding contribution to community wellbeing through collaboration, support, and lasting social impact.

Young Epilepsy has created Izzy and Joe’s Camping Adventure, an illustrated storybook for children aged 4–8 living with epilepsy, and they would like your feedback.

A New Me, a Headway East London conference co-produced, chaired and delivered by people with lived experience, is a day dedicated to exploring the ever-changing, lifelong nature of brain injury.

With the arrival of the new school year, Kids has created new SEND in education guides to help parents understand the SEN support across different settings and ensure their child receives the care and learning opportunities they deserve.

VODG member, FitzRoy is now an approved training provider of the Oliver McGowan Tier 2 face to face training course. There are upcoming open courses in Norfolk and Derby, with more to follow.