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News archive: January 20010 - March 2009

29th March 2010 - Coalition presents ‘Stop the Cuts!’ petition to Downing Street

The ‘Stop the Cuts!’ petition, which has been signed by 9,408 people, calls on the Government to ensure there is enough money getting through the system to honour the promises it has made for more choice and control for the 1 million people living in England with a learning disability.

You can read the press release here

15th March 2010 - Down's Syndrome awareness week

This week is Down's Syndrome awareness week. For more information about the Down's Syndrome Association and the awareness week, click here.

15th March 2010 - United Response letter in The Guardian.

United Response, a member of the Learning Disability Coalition, speaks about the abuse of people with a learning disability.

You can read the letter here

12th March 2010 - Internship opportunity

Want to get into campaigning?

We are looking for an intern to help us in our work fighting for better funding for services for people with learning disabilities.

More details, including how to apply, can be found here

11th March 2010 - Easy-read guide for trustees

The Charity Commission has published an easy-read guide for trustees of charities who have a learning disability. The guide was produced in partnership with one of the Learning Disability Coalition's members, Mencap.

You can view the guide here

11th March 2010 - Coalition publishes letter in The Times

The Learning Disability Coalition has had its letter published in The Times. The letter talks about how the needs of people with a learning disability of working age are being ignored.

You can read the letter here

26th February 2010 - Valuing People Now – one year on

Capita Conferences are holding an event on Monday 22nd March to discuss the progress made on Valuing People Now since it has been put into practice.
Anthea Cox, Director of the Learning Disability Coalition, will be speaking at the Conference.

Read more about the conference here

25th February 2010 - Learning Disability Coalition submits Personal Care at Home Bill consultation response

The Coalition has submitted its response to the Personal Care at Home Bill.

Read it here

1st February 2010 - Coalition seeks Campaign and Policy Support Officer

The Learning Disability Coalition is seeking a Campaign and Policy Support Officer. Click here to download the Job Description and Person Specification for this post.

Application form available here

21st January 2010 - Support Mencap's "Get My Vote" campaign

Mencap's campaign calls on politicians to make their election campaigns more accessible by cutting down on jargon and using easy read and other accessible forms of information.

You can support Mencap's campign by taking action here

20th January 2010 - United Response launches Every Vote Counts report

United Response are launching their "Every Vote Counts!" report today at the House of Commons.

You can find out all about the Every Vote Counts campaign here

13th January 2010 - MP mentions Coalition in Committee stage of Bill

The Coalition and its Director, Anthea Cox, were mentioned by Stephen O'Brien MP in the Committee stage of the Personal Care at Home Bill (12th January).

Read what was said here

13th January 2010 - Invite your local candidates to the Sense training events

In the run up to this year's general election, Sense are running training events around the country for parliamentary candidates. The events will train candidates in: