Bild’s Learning Disability Advisor and Educator Kate Brackley is writing a series of blog posts for us to share her experiences. She talks to us about the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Trial. The idea of this training came about as Oliver McGowan was a vibrant man who died too soon. Oliver sadly passed away in … Read more
Bild’s Learning Disability Advisor and Educator Kate Brackley is writing a series of blog posts for us to share her experiences. She talks to us about co-production and what it means. We all want to work together effectively. What the word co-production really means is working together much better, and having the right qualified person … Read more
The LeDeR programme (learning from deaths review programme) was established to review all deaths of people with learning disabilities, so that we can learn more about why people with learning disabilities are dying 25-30 years earlier than the general population. The latest report (2019) reinforces previous findings and recommendations from previous years, highlighting inequalities for … Read more
Bild has been chosen by Health Education England as one of the partners to deliver the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Learning Disability and Autism Training trial. Bild will be leading a coalition of organisations to co-design and co-deliver training for the 12-month trial, which is aimed at health and social care staff who support people with … Read more
The University of Glasgow and The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are conducting research about how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of disabled people in England and Scotland. They are concerned that the experiences of disabled people have not been heard. The information they get from the study will help them … Read more
Helping People Thrive is a new practical guide looking at how to transform the lives of people with a learning disability and/or autistic people who have been detained in hospital or in long term segregation for too long. The Department of Health and Social Care has worked with Baroness Sheila Hollins to bring together stories … Read more
The Valuing People Alliance (Bild, LDE, & NDTi) are conducting a survey on behalf of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance. (Find out more about the Valuing People Alliance here) The survey is for people with a learning disability and/or autistic people and all those that support them (including families, carers and professionals). The survey is … Read more
Kate Brackley works at Bild and has been writing a series of blog posts for us to share her experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. This week she is looking at the issue of loneliness. Everyone suffers with loneliness throughout their lives from time to time, and it does affect most people especially throughout this difficult … Read more