We welcome the announcement of a £7 million funding boost for #EarlySupportHubs across England. These community-based services provide vital drop-in #MentalHealth support for young people aged 11–25, helping to prevent more severe mental illness from developing.
https://ow.ly/WnjF50YgzbR
To support the COVID-19 #DayOfReflection, we are holding webinars, & sharing activities, stories, learnings, & legacies from across the sector.
Join our 'Preparing for the Day' webinar on 19 Feb: www.careprovideralli...
Find out more about our activities: www.careprovideralli...
Ready for the Employment Rights Act reforms & changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)? Join our insightful webinar where we outline: what is changing & when the new rules take effect, how the reforms will affect adult #socialcare & support providers, & more.
www.careprovideralli...
The next webinar from our learning disability advisory group, Bild for the Future, takes place on 5 March at 12:30pm.
Join us for a webinar explaining Bild’s Working Together Checker and how it can help organisations do better coproduction.
Register to attend: www.bild.org.uk/WTCWeb
Nice walk round Avenham park in Preston today
The Government is seeking views on a new process for employers to follow when handling flexible working requests, as well as insights on flexible working practices more broadly. Consultation closes at 11:59pm on 30 April 2026.
Ready for the Employment Rights Act reforms & changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)? Join our insightful webinar where we outline: what is changing & when the new rules take effect, how the reforms will affect adult #socialcare & support providers, & more.
www.careprovideralli...
Green speech bubble with 'Time to Talk Day' and date 05/02/26 promoting mental health awareness.
#TimeToTalk Day is 1 week away!
How will you have a conversation about #MentalHealth?
https://www.mind.org.uk/get-involved/time-to-talk-day/
Great easy read document
Great resource
A group of men sitting around a table outside in the sunshine. Two people from healthwatch Leeds are chatting with them.
Two people from Healthwatch Leeds at a mens community group. A tablecloth on the background has a Zest charity logo.
𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀
Calling all partner organisations across health, care, and community sectors in Leeds. Take this short survey and make your voice heard: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FutureofHWLP
Commissioning for the Future of Social Care
A one-day conference from Citizen Network for commissioners, providers & system leaders. Explore how local, neighbourhood-based care can build trust, support people better & use money well — with real-life examples and shared learning tinyurl.com/33726akn
January's edition of The Mag is here and jam-packed full of fantastic content!
Produced by and for people who draw on MacIntyre's support, it's full of great information including tips, stories and quizzes.
Click on the link to find out more.
https://ow.ly/om8Y50Y5rU7
#TheMag #CoProduction
The DHSC is seeking views on how #FairPayAgreements for adult social care workers should be developed. If you work in/alongside adult social care this is a chance to shape pay and conditions. Respond to the Easy Read consultation by 6 March: https://amhp.org.uk/resources/the-fair-pay-agreement/
Cyber-attacks against the UK care sector are rising; over 1 in 3 providers experienced an attempted breach in the last three years.
Protect your organisation - join our police-led webinar series, designed specifically for the #caresector.
www.careprovideralli...
#cybercrime
It's Advocacy Awareness Week, which runs from 13-17 October!
Led by NDTi, it brings us together to raise awareness & celebrate the power & impact of independent advocacy!
At ARC England we champion Advocacy!
Together4Change group 👉 bit.ly/4m2e89u
Advocacy Recognition Certificate 👉 bit.ly/4n3zR0G
The cost-of-living crisis is making people's mental and physical health worse
The proportion of people who feel they belong to their neighbourhood increases with age
Our older population is becoming more ethnically diverse
Older people are the most likely to live in the hardest to heat homes
Want to learn more about our ageing population?
This set of engaging and accessible illustrated infographics summarise statistics from our State of Ageing report.
You can download the set, for free, here: buff.ly/DbQBHtA
#Ageing #AgeingPopulation #OlderAge #AgeingCommunities #Age
On #WorldMentalHealth day we are putting the spotlight on our #MentalHealth & #LearningDisabilities Community of Practice (CoP).
With the aim to enable, learning collaboration and co-creation, here you will find case studies, resources & more.
www.careprovideralli...
#socialcare
Please give 5 mins to us help understand the real impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on adult #socialcare & support providers. Your responses to our #survey will help us make the strongest possible case to government ahead of the next Budget.
Pls share: www.surveymonkey.com...
The Advonet Group Guide to Raising a Health Complaint
We have a free online guide about raising a health complaint! This #SelfAdvocacy tool can help you to know about your rights, how to start a complaint and includes useful templates for letters to get the complaint moving.
To see it, please visit advonet.org.uk/resources/he...
CHANGE have been commissioned by @Macmillancancersupport to produce easy read, accessible guides to support people with a learning disability.
If you would like to commission your own easy read you can contact us via our website https://f.mtr.cool/ymonibwgrp
#easyread
Easy Read: Autism and Paracetamol
Did you see this resource from United Response? It explains in plain language how some people claimed that taking paracetamol during pregnancy might cause autism — and what the evidence actually shows.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdhdmwpj
Joint executive team to be set up across DHSC and NHS England
This new joint executive team marks next steps of the transition to one organisation, unifying leadership across both organisations, bringing policy and delivery together.
More details here:
Our Spokesperson & Ambassador Becky Rich has been interviewed by That's Lancashire TV today to talk about our upcoming performance at Encounter Festival next week.
Hear Becky's thoughts about this amazing local event in #Preston, on Freeview channel 7 from 6pm tonight.
We are supporting Professional Care Workers’ Week 2025 at panel sessions & events because we believe Care Workers are skilled professionals & should be seen & paid as such. Join in and show your support at thecareworkerscharity.org.uk #PCWW2025 #CareWorkers #SocialCare #CelebrateCare
Several of our members have contributed to The Social Care Foundation (SCF)'s 'WHO CARES? Solutions for the Social Care Review' report.
It covers funding, workforce issues, technology use, how to manage proper integration with the NHS, and more.
www.social-care-foun...
Free end-of-life care planning toolkit, created with researchers with learning disabilities, is now available via Marie Curie UK’s free Print & Deliver service.
Order here: tinyurl.com/yb2x8csr
‘I feel very informed, motivated and energised by the training’ – course participant
Book now for our online training 'Digital Empowerment, Enjoying the online world safely for people with learning disabilities, autism and neurodivergence' on 29th October 10am – 1pm.
How I like to communicate and get information a free worksheet
#easyread #accessibleinformation #learningdisability
