Positive Behaviour Support for Families

Buckinghamshire Council, in collaboration with Bild (British Institute of Learning Disabilities), is piloting a free PBS training programme for families. The aim of the training is to provide PBS support to the network of people around a child – enabling a consistent approach that encourages engagement in education and the community. The training promotes a … Read more

GOLD Ageing Well with Learning Disabilities Conference 2022 – Thank you for joining us

Thank you to all delegates who joined us in-person and online for the GOLD Ageing Well with Learning Disabilities conference 2022. It was an insightful, inspiring day filled with positivity. This year’s GOLD conference was co-chaired by Patricia Charlesworth and Beverley Dawkins OBE. The one-day event featured a range of fantastic keynotes from professionals working … Read more

Ageing Well with Learning Disabilities Conference Workshops

Bild’s Ageing Well with Learning Disabilities Conference 2022 is pleased to announce our programme of online and in-person workshops, available to book when you register your place at the conference. We are delighted to offer delegates choice of workshops, enabling you to choose topics that best align to your professional development interests. The programme of … Read more

Bild’s GOLD network launches a new survey to find out how people feel about remote GP consultations

Today, Bild’s Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GOLD) network launches a new survey to find out how people feel about remote GP consultations. We are interested in hearing people’s experiences of GP consultations where the appointment took place on the phone or online, rather than face-to-face. We would like to ask people with learning disabilities … Read more

New co-produced images providing a powerful visual representation of people’s experiences of trauma.

Bild was delighted to work alongside Respond UK on our recent trauma-focussed project, a webinar series, seeking to deepen understanding of trauma and its impact on people with learning disabilities and autistic people across education, health and social care. The project has benefitted from the valuable contributions of artist Henny Beaumont, who worked alongside Bild … Read more

BILD’s Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GOLD) network is delighted to announce early bird booking is now open for the 2022 Ageing Well with Learning Disabilities Conference.

Held in Birmingham’s Crown Plaza Hotel on 30 September,  with attendees also having the option to attend online, the conference will feature a range of fantastic keynotes from professionals working in the field and people with lived experience, exploring best practice in supporting people as they age. Health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities are … Read more

Trauma-focused webinar series underway in June and July

A new lunchtime webinar series will run throughout June and July, as part of Bild’s mission to deepen the health and social care sector’s understanding of trauma, and its impact on people with learning disabilities and autistic people. The series will be co-hosted in partnership with the charity Respond, which provides specialist support to people … Read more

Bild International PBS conference: Speakers and workshops

With three weeks to go until this year’s International Positive Behaviour Support Conference 2022 Co-production: Giving the Power back, we are looking forward to a fantastic programme of speakers and workshops.  We are really excited for this year’s conference, with leading researchers, practitioners and experts by experience offering a varied, stimulating and informative range of … Read more

Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Trial

On Thursday 5th May, Bild was pleased to attend a roundtable event hosted by Gillian Keegan MP, Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care), sharing learnings from the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Trial. Bild was delighted to be part of this important trial. The training is named after Oliver McGowan, a young autistic … Read more