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💜 "I wanted to show that a lot of activities may seem daunting and scary at first but, with the right support and confidence, you can accomplish anything and will feel very proud of your achievements.” 👇 Support worker Angie took a 'Leap of Kindness' for learning disabled adults! Read more here:
🧑💻 Yesterday our #PersonalisedTechnology team attended the 'Supporting People with a Learning Disability & Autistic People conference' in London to talk about our CPD accredited e-learning and face to face training.. 👇 Read more about our Personalised Technology training here:
💬 “It was just an amazing day and it’s still all anyone is talking about!” 🥂 Residents in Hft Bedfordshire came together last month to honour a year’s collective achievements, celebrating with heart-felt speeches and glasses of fizz! 👇 Read the full story here:
💬 “This landmark redevelopment enables Hft to transition from a residential to a supported living environment, which will enable us to deliver even better person-centred care and support,” 🙌 Yesterday Hft and Lioncourt Homes Limited broke ground on a new development to build brighter, broader future for learning disabled adults! 👉 Read the full story here:
✍️ "When I am doing my art, I picture what I want it to look like in my mind before I put pen to paper." 🎨 Louis hopes to motivate other learning disabled adults to tap into their creativity 👇 Read more about Louis story here:
🏆 Learning disabled adults in Ugley have been awarded for their creative pursuits as their homegrown succulent and pottery creation won big at the recent Countess of Warwick Country Show! 👇 Read the full story here:
✍️ In August, we signed a joint letter calling for the Oliver McGowan mandatory training code of practice to made accessible for everyone, including learning disabled people. 📣 We're pleased that the Government listened to our calls and has since published an easy-read version. 👇 You can now have your say on whether the guidance for learning disability and autism training is good enough using the link below. The easy-read consultation closes on 16 October! #OliversCampaign
"We were delighted to welcome HRH The Princess Royal to Hwb Cyfle as a dedicated and long-standing Hft Royal Patron and were honoured to have the opportunity to share how our services are evolving in Wales." 💜 This week Her Royal Highness visited one of our day services run by Hft Flintshire ( 📸Photography credit: Maciej Wontorowski )
A green-fingered Hft support worker from Bradford is raising funds to transform the garden at the specialist autism service where she works. Kate has been providing frontline support at national learning disability charity Hft over the course of the pandemic, and was inspired to take on the project by the people she supports, who have been unable to attend their day opportunities service over the last year.
We're pleased to have published our fourth annual Sector Pulse Check report today, which provides a snapshot of the financial health of the learning disability social care sector and the impact of key challenges it has faced over the past year. The report shines a light on the impact of the pandemic on the social care workforce and calls on the government to publicly recognise the efforts that support workers have made over the past year.
