Learning Disability Wales

02/09/2026

Congratulations to all the new CC4LD Health Check Champions .

Special shoutout to our Welsh Youth Parliament member, Tammi, who's one of the new champions 🙂

01/09/2026

Bild offers a wide range of open workforce development programmes.

Our open programmes allow you to book individual places on one of our courses, alongside colleagues from other organisations.

Find out more about our upcoming open programmes and book your place here: https://www.bild.org.uk/events/

01/09/2026

Join All Wales Forum of Parents and Carers. - AWF on Wednesday 16th September at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff to celebrate all things Caring Communities of Change.

01/09/2026

The interactive map for finding local digital support across Wales has just been updated for 2026! 🗺️📍

Use it to find local digital inclusion support.

Search by postcode: https://buff.ly/RQLXIOH

28/08/2026

Our Easy Read Wales team has been working with Genomics Partnership Wales and Public Health Wales to develop an Easy Read version of their draft pathogen genomics delivery plan. Pathogen genomics means doing a study on germs to learn how they work and how to stop them.

They want to know what people think about the Easy Read document before they finalise it. You can read the draft plan and give your feedback on their website here (scroll down to the bottom of the webpage).

Pathogen Genomics Delivery Plan Pathogen genomics is the study of the genetic material of viruses, bacteria, and other microbes to understand how they spread, evolve, and cause disease. In NHS Wal…

27/08/2026

Children in Wales - Plant yng Nghymru is looking for young people to join their new advisory panel in partnership with Transport for Wales Trafnidiaeth Cymru. The aim of the the Young Persons Advisory Panel is to ensure that young people's voices are heard in decisions about the future of transport.

Panel members will have the opportunity to work directly with transport decision-makers, helping to shape services that are safe, accessible, sustainable and responsive to the needs of young people across Wales.

If you're a young person aged 16-21 and would like to get involved, or if you know someone who may be interested, you can fill in the expression of interest form here:

Visit our Children and Young People pages to learn more about Children's Rights, Young Wales, and other projects Children and Young People can get involved with.

25/08/2026

Mae 3 mis wedi mynd heibio ers etholiad y Senedd ym mis Mai ac efallai eich bod chi'n pendroni, beth sydd wedi digwydd ers hynny? Mae ein Swyddog Polisi a Chyfathrebu Beth Rees wedi ysgrifennu postiad blog newydd i esbonio rhai o'r newidiadau diweddar a'r hyn y gallent ei olygu i bobl ag anabledd dysgu a'u teuluoedd yng Nghymru.

Darllenwch ein herthygl am Etholiad y Senedd dri mis yn ddiweddarach, a beth mae'n ei olygu i bobl ag anabledd dysgu ledled Cymru.

25/08/2026

It's been 3 months since the Senedd election in May and you might be wondering, what's happened since then? Our Policy and Communications Officer Beth Rees has written a new blog post to explain some of the recent changes and what they might mean for people with learning disability and their families in Wales.

Read our article about the Senedd Election 2026 3 months on and what it means for people with a learning disability across Wales.

24/08/2026

Voluntary organisations in Wales are being encouraged to take part in this year's Adult Learners' Week, which takes place from 21 to 27 September 2026.

Adult Learners’ Week is a festival of tasters, short courses, outreach, advice, guidance and inspirational stories. Voluntary organisations are being invited to signpost the people they work with to learning opportunities and support them to seek advice, by sharing your free activities and resources on the Adult Learners’ Week platform as part of the national campaign.

For more information visit the link below:

Adult Learners’ Week plays a major role in promoting opportunities for individuals, families, and communities to learn new skills, to support health and wellbeing, begin new hobbies or to seek new opportunities to retrain and make a fresh start. This is achieved by collaborating with our campaig...

24/08/2026

The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales/Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru have published a consultation on their draft Equality Plan 2026-29.

The Ombudsman is seeking your views on the draft Equality Plan, which sets out how they will promote and support equality, diversity and inclusion in our complaints service, systemic improvement work and workplace between 2026 and 2029.

Deadline for comments is 24 September 2026. An Easy Read version, produced by the Easy Read Wales team at Learning Disability Wales, is also available.

You can access the consultation here:
https://www.ombudsman.wales/ombudsman-consultations/consultation-on-our-draft-equality-plan-2026-29/