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News archive: July 2009 - December 2009
23rd December 2009 - Coalition mentioned in Personal Care at Home Bill discussion
The Learning Disability Coalition was mentioned by Stephen O’Brien MP in the recent second reading of the Personal Care at Home Bill (14th December).
14th December 2009 - Personal Care at Home Bill
The Coalition has sent a briefing to MPs regarding the Personal Care at Home Bill, which sets out some of our concerns regarding the Bill.
9th December 2009 - Coalition warns against further cuts
The Learning Disability Coalition has warned that announcements made in the Pre Budget Report must not be used as an opportunity to reduce expenditure on those services accessed by people with a learning disability, their families and carers.
26th November 2009 - Coalition kicks off Conservative Party Conference
The Coalition kicked off the Conservative Party Conference this October with a football match between Conservative MPs and the Coalition’s team, composed of people with learning disabilities.
We won 4-2 and it was a great opportunity to discuss funding issues with the Conservatives.
25th November 2009 - Funding concerns after paralympic ban lifted
The Paralympic ban on learning disabled athletes has finally been lifted. However, there are concerns that a lack of funding will mean that learning disabled athletes will remain excluded from London 2012.
20th November 2009 - Learning Disability Coalition submits Green Paper response
Last week the Coalition submitted its response to the Green Paper 'Shaping the Future of Care Together'.
20th August 2009 - Learning Disability Coalition welcomes new Director
Anthea Cox became our new Director on August 10th 2009, replacing Heather Honour, who retired in July.
Anthea's experience includes working for the Methodist Church in Great Britain as director of social justice, as a senior councillor for Peterborough Council and as a non-executive director of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
18th August 2009 - Fewer people with learning disabilities in employment than previously thought
Provisional figures from the NHS Information Centre show that only 7.5% of adults with learning disabilities known to social services are in paid employment.
Valuing Employment Now, the Government's learning disability employment strategy, which was published in June, estimated that 10% of people with learning disabilities known to social services were in paid employment.
31st July 2009 - Charities speak out against suggested scrapping of attendance allowance
Suggestions that attendance could be absorbed into social care, as detailed in the recent green paper on social care, could leave many people with learning disabilities struggling to cope, reports the Guardian. Many people who currently receive the attendance allowance could lose out entirely if the proposed changes take place, say charities such as RNIB.
Read the Guardian's article here
31st July 2009 - Campaigners keep fighting to save Cornwall day centre
Campaigners fighting to save the Morley Tamblyn Lodge in Liskeard have attended a crisis meeting to discuss the planned closure. Family, carers and councillors were angry that they had not been consulted about the closure.
28th July 2009 - Coalition warns that people with learning disabilities are being forgotten
The Guardian reports on our arguments that the Green Paper on the future of adult social care does not take account of the needs of people with learning disabilities.
14th July 2009 - Green Paper on Future of Adult Social Care Launched
The Government has launched its Green Paper on the future of social care. Unfortunately, the paper mainly focusses on Older People's issues at the expense of people with a learning disability.
Read our press release here
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