Website: www.learningdisabilitycoalition.org.uk
A national pressure group which represents the sixteen organisations listed below (with website links):
- Association for Real Change (ARC) www.arcuk.org.uk
- BILD (British Institute of Learning Disabilities) www.bild.org.uk
- Downs Syndrome Association www.downs-syndrome.org.uk
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities www.learningdisabilities.org.uk
- The Hesley Group https://www.hesleygroup.co.uk
- Mencap www.mencap.org.uk
- National Autistic Society https://www.autism.org.uk
- People First www.peoplefirstltd.com
- Real Life Options www.reallifeoptions.org
- Sense www.sense.org.uk
- The National Forum for People with Learning Difficulties www.nationalforum.co.uk
- National Family Carer Network www.familycarers.org.uk note closed in 2017 but website remains as a legacy. The site is now administered by Learning Disability England.
- Turning Point www.turning-point.co.uk
- United Response www.unitedresponse.org.uk
- Voyage http://www.voyagecare.com
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group https://www.vodg.org.uk
The Learning Disability Coalition has an advisory group made up of leading academics, MPs and Peers and others with expertise in social care and finance. They aim to make sure there is enough public funding for people with a learning disability so they have the same life chances and choices as everyone else.
The Learning Disability Coalition wants to:
- Provide a unified voice to government and other key stakeholders
- Gather evidence on cuts to services at local level
- Raise awareness of the financial pressures on services for people with learning disabilities, and campaign for better funding
- Achieve an evidence-based assessment of the long-term resource requirements for people with learning disabilities
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