Learning Disability Wales
@ldwales.bsky.social
Working to make Wales the best country in the world for people with a learning disability to live, learn, love and work. RTs are not endorsements.
Our new annual review highlights what we did in the past year to help make Wales the best place for people with a learning disability to live, learn, love and work.
Read the digitally accessible PDF or a magazine-style flipbook at www.ldw.org.uk/about-us/ann...
Read the digitally accessible PDF or a magazine-style flipbook at www.ldw.org.uk/about-us/ann...
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our new annual review highlights what we did in the past year to help make Wales the best place for people with a learning disability to live, learn, love and work.
Read the digitally accessible PDF or a magazine-style flipbook at www.ldw.org.uk/about-us/ann...
Read the digitally accessible PDF or a magazine-style flipbook at www.ldw.org.uk/about-us/ann...
Mae ein hadolygiad blynyddol newydd yn tynnu sylw at ein gwaith dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf er mwyn helpu i sicrhau mai Cymru yw’r lle gorau i bobl anabl fyw, dysgu, caru a gweithio ynddo.
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Mae ein hadolygiad blynyddol newydd yn tynnu sylw at ein gwaith dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf er mwyn helpu i sicrhau mai Cymru yw’r lle gorau i bobl anabl fyw, dysgu, caru a gweithio ynddo.
Welcome to our south Wales annual conference, My Home Matters. Our Chair, Richie, is today's host in Swansea as we explore homes, housing and where people with a learning disability live.
We are livestreaming today's conference on YouTube: youtube.com/live/uKnqPkA...
We are livestreaming today's conference on YouTube: youtube.com/live/uKnqPkA...
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Welcome to our south Wales annual conference, My Home Matters. Our Chair, Richie, is today's host in Swansea as we explore homes, housing and where people with a learning disability live.
We are livestreaming today's conference on YouTube: youtube.com/live/uKnqPkA...
We are livestreaming today's conference on YouTube: youtube.com/live/uKnqPkA...
Croeso i’n cynhadledd de Cymru flynyddol, Mae Fy Nghartref yn Bwysig. Ein Cadeirydd, Richie, fydd yn ein cynnal heddiw yng Abertawe wrth i ni archwilio cartrefi, tai ac ymhle mae pobl sydd ag anableddau dysgu yn byw.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Croeso i’n cynhadledd de Cymru flynyddol, Mae Fy Nghartref yn Bwysig. Ein Cadeirydd, Richie, fydd yn ein cynnal heddiw yng Abertawe wrth i ni archwilio cartrefi, tai ac ymhle mae pobl sydd ag anableddau dysgu yn byw.
Lansiodd @sionedplaid.bsky.social arolwg newydd ac mae eisiau adborth gan drigolion yn #Abertawe, #CastellneddPortTalbot a #PhenYBontArOgwr. Mae'n ymwneud â newidiadau y mae DWP eisiau eu gwneud i fudd-daliadau.
Hawdd i'w Deall ac Arolygon Ar-lein yma: www.sionedwilliams.cymru/cy/newyddion...
Hawdd i'w Deall ac Arolygon Ar-lein yma: www.sionedwilliams.cymru/cy/newyddion...
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Lansiodd @sionedplaid.bsky.social arolwg newydd ac mae eisiau adborth gan drigolion yn #Abertawe, #CastellneddPortTalbot a #PhenYBontArOgwr. Mae'n ymwneud â newidiadau y mae DWP eisiau eu gwneud i fudd-daliadau.
Hawdd i'w Deall ac Arolygon Ar-lein yma: www.sionedwilliams.cymru/cy/newyddion...
Hawdd i'w Deall ac Arolygon Ar-lein yma: www.sionedwilliams.cymru/cy/newyddion...
Last week @sionedplaid.bsky.social launched a new survey and wants to hear from residents in #Swansea, #NeathPortTalbot and #Bridgend.
It is about changes the Department for Work and Pensions wants to make to benefits.
The Easy Read survey is here: www.sionedwilliams.cymru/sionedwill/r...
It is about changes the Department for Work and Pensions wants to make to benefits.
The Easy Read survey is here: www.sionedwilliams.cymru/sionedwill/r...
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Last week @sionedplaid.bsky.social launched a new survey and wants to hear from residents in #Swansea, #NeathPortTalbot and #Bridgend.
It is about changes the Department for Work and Pensions wants to make to benefits.
The Easy Read survey is here: www.sionedwilliams.cymru/sionedwill/r...
It is about changes the Department for Work and Pensions wants to make to benefits.
The Easy Read survey is here: www.sionedwilliams.cymru/sionedwill/r...
If you're a third sector organisation in Wales and haven't
completed the first #BaromedrCymru survey from @wcvacymru.bsky.social you've got until tomorrow (Weds 12 Nov).
Complete the survey here: nbsntu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#ThirdSectorWales #Wales
completed the first #BaromedrCymru survey from @wcvacymru.bsky.social you've got until tomorrow (Weds 12 Nov).
Complete the survey here: nbsntu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#ThirdSectorWales #Wales
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
If you're a third sector organisation in Wales and haven't
completed the first #BaromedrCymru survey from @wcvacymru.bsky.social you've got until tomorrow (Weds 12 Nov).
Complete the survey here: nbsntu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#ThirdSectorWales #Wales
completed the first #BaromedrCymru survey from @wcvacymru.bsky.social you've got until tomorrow (Weds 12 Nov).
Complete the survey here: nbsntu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#ThirdSectorWales #Wales
Mae gennym ni rai tocynnau pris gostyngedig ar gyfer ein cynhadledd flynyddol yng ngogledd Cymru.
Ar gyfer unigolion neu grwpiau.
Anfonwch neges at:
TheEventsTeam@ldw.org.uk
Tocynnau safonol £32. Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/my-...
Ar gyfer unigolion neu grwpiau.
Anfonwch neges at:
TheEventsTeam@ldw.org.uk
Tocynnau safonol £32. Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/my-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Mae gennym ni rai tocynnau pris gostyngedig ar gyfer ein cynhadledd flynyddol yng ngogledd Cymru.
Ar gyfer unigolion neu grwpiau.
Anfonwch neges at:
TheEventsTeam@ldw.org.uk
Tocynnau safonol £32. Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/my-...
Ar gyfer unigolion neu grwpiau.
Anfonwch neges at:
TheEventsTeam@ldw.org.uk
Tocynnau safonol £32. Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/my-...
We have some reduced price tickets for our annual conference in north Wales. For individuals or groups.
Please message: TheEventsTeam@ldw.org.uk
Thursday 6 November - Llandudno Junction
Standard tickets from £32. Book your place now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/my-hom...
Please message: TheEventsTeam@ldw.org.uk
Thursday 6 November - Llandudno Junction
Standard tickets from £32. Book your place now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/my-hom...
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We have some reduced price tickets for our annual conference in north Wales. For individuals or groups.
Please message: TheEventsTeam@ldw.org.uk
Thursday 6 November - Llandudno Junction
Standard tickets from £32. Book your place now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/my-hom...
Please message: TheEventsTeam@ldw.org.uk
Thursday 6 November - Llandudno Junction
Standard tickets from £32. Book your place now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/my-hom...
Richie has a message for you… 2 weeks until the Learning Disability Wales My Home Matters Annual Conference! Watch, share, and book your ticket today - ldw.org.uk/event/my-home-matters
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Richie has a message for you… 2 weeks until the Learning Disability Wales My Home Matters Annual Conference! Watch, share, and book your ticket today - ldw.org.uk/event/my-home-matters
We're at the National Social Care Conference in Llandudno for the next 2 days. If you're here too come say hi and find out more about what we do and how we can work together to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities in Wales #NSCC2025
October 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We're at the National Social Care Conference in Llandudno for the next 2 days. If you're here too come say hi and find out more about what we do and how we can work together to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities in Wales #NSCC2025
This session will introduce you to Easy Read, a way of making information easy to read and understand for people with a learning disability.
Tuesday 25 November. 10am - 12.30pm. Online on Zoom
Book your place now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/making...
Tuesday 25 November. 10am - 12.30pm. Online on Zoom
Book your place now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/making...
October 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This session will introduce you to Easy Read, a way of making information easy to read and understand for people with a learning disability.
Tuesday 25 November. 10am - 12.30pm. Online on Zoom
Book your place now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/making...
Tuesday 25 November. 10am - 12.30pm. Online on Zoom
Book your place now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/making...
Fe fydd y sesiwn hon yn eich cyflwyno i Hawdd ei Ddeall, ffordd o wneud gwybodaeth yn hawdd i’w ddarllen a’i ddeall i bobl ag anabledd dysgu.
Dydd Mawrth 25 Tachwedd. 10yb - 12.30yp. Ar-lein ar Zoom
Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/gwn...
Dydd Mawrth 25 Tachwedd. 10yb - 12.30yp. Ar-lein ar Zoom
Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/gwn...
October 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Fe fydd y sesiwn hon yn eich cyflwyno i Hawdd ei Ddeall, ffordd o wneud gwybodaeth yn hawdd i’w ddarllen a’i ddeall i bobl ag anabledd dysgu.
Dydd Mawrth 25 Tachwedd. 10yb - 12.30yp. Ar-lein ar Zoom
Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/gwn...
Dydd Mawrth 25 Tachwedd. 10yb - 12.30yp. Ar-lein ar Zoom
Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/gwn...
Yn ein cynhadledd flynyddol byddwn yn clywed gan yr ymgyrch Bywydau wedi’u Dwyn. Dysgwch am yr hyn maen nhw’n ei wneud i gael pobl ag anabledd dysgu allan o ysbytai diogel amhriodol ac yn ôl i’w cartref personol.
Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/my-...
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Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/my-...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yn ein cynhadledd flynyddol byddwn yn clywed gan yr ymgyrch Bywydau wedi’u Dwyn. Dysgwch am yr hyn maen nhw’n ei wneud i gael pobl ag anabledd dysgu allan o ysbytai diogel amhriodol ac yn ôl i’w cartref personol.
Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/my-...
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Archebwch eich lle nawr: www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/my-...
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At our annual conference we will hear from the Stolen Lives campaign. Find out what they are doing to get people with a learning disability out of inappropriate secure hospitals and back to a home of their own.
Book your ticket now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/my-hom...
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Book your ticket now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/my-hom...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
At our annual conference we will hear from the Stolen Lives campaign. Find out what they are doing to get people with a learning disability out of inappropriate secure hospitals and back to a home of their own.
Book your ticket now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/my-hom...
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Book your ticket now: www.ldw.org.uk/event/my-hom...
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Mae #LlywodraethCymru yn gofyn am adborth ar sut y gellid cynnig a rheoli taliadau uniongyrchol ym maes iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol.
Os hoffech ymateb, gwnewch hynny erbyn dydd Mercher 8 Hydref.
www.llyw.cymru/rheoliadau-a...
Os hoffech ymateb, gwnewch hynny erbyn dydd Mercher 8 Hydref.
www.llyw.cymru/rheoliadau-a...
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Mae #LlywodraethCymru yn gofyn am adborth ar sut y gellid cynnig a rheoli taliadau uniongyrchol ym maes iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol.
Os hoffech ymateb, gwnewch hynny erbyn dydd Mercher 8 Hydref.
www.llyw.cymru/rheoliadau-a...
Os hoffech ymateb, gwnewch hynny erbyn dydd Mercher 8 Hydref.
www.llyw.cymru/rheoliadau-a...
The #WelshGovernment is asking for feedback on how direct payments in health and social care could be offered and managed in Wales in future.
If you have any experience in this area, please respond to the consultation by Weds 8 October.
www.gov.wales/proposed-reg...
If you have any experience in this area, please respond to the consultation by Weds 8 October.
www.gov.wales/proposed-reg...
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The #WelshGovernment is asking for feedback on how direct payments in health and social care could be offered and managed in Wales in future.
If you have any experience in this area, please respond to the consultation by Weds 8 October.
www.gov.wales/proposed-reg...
If you have any experience in this area, please respond to the consultation by Weds 8 October.
www.gov.wales/proposed-reg...
Mark Isherwood MS shares his support for the Stolen Lives Homes Not Hospitals campaign and the need for better support in the community to prevent the hospitalisation of people with a learning disability and move people back into the community #GoodLifeAlliance #HomesNotHospitals
September 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Mark Isherwood MS shares his support for the Stolen Lives Homes Not Hospitals campaign and the need for better support in the community to prevent the hospitalisation of people with a learning disability and move people back into the community #GoodLifeAlliance #HomesNotHospitals
Dawn Cavanagh shares her son Jack's story from the trauma of being locked away in an inappropriate hospital setting where he experienced restraint & seclusion to moving into his own home in the community where he's now living a full happy life #GoodLifeAlliance #HomesNotHospitals
September 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Dawn Cavanagh shares her son Jack's story from the trauma of being locked away in an inappropriate hospital setting where he experienced restraint & seclusion to moving into his own home in the community where he's now living a full happy life #GoodLifeAlliance #HomesNotHospitals
Cross Party Group on Learning Disability Chair Sioned Williams MS talks passionately about the impact of the Stolen Lives Homes Not Hospitals protest and why it's important to keep fighting to get people with learning disabilities out of long stay hospitals #GoodLifeAlliance
September 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Cross Party Group on Learning Disability Chair Sioned Williams MS talks passionately about the impact of the Stolen Lives Homes Not Hospitals protest and why it's important to keep fighting to get people with learning disabilities out of long stay hospitals #GoodLifeAlliance
Sophie Hinksman and Dawn Cavanagh opening the Good Life Alliance event in the Senedd with a tribute to the late Hefin David MS who supported the Stolen Lives campaign to get people with a learning disability out of long stay hospitals #GoodLifeAlliance #HomesNotHospitals
September 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Sophie Hinksman and Dawn Cavanagh opening the Good Life Alliance event in the Senedd with a tribute to the late Hefin David MS who supported the Stolen Lives campaign to get people with a learning disability out of long stay hospitals #GoodLifeAlliance #HomesNotHospitals
Celebrating inclusivity in research in Wales event at the Senedd organised by Health and Care Research Wales. Chief Medical Officer for Wales Isabel Oliver opens the event talking about the importance of research equity and inclusion.
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Celebrating inclusivity in research in Wales event at the Senedd organised by Health and Care Research Wales. Chief Medical Officer for Wales Isabel Oliver opens the event talking about the importance of research equity and inclusion.
Final presentation of the day by Rhian Jones (CEO of Drive and a valued member of our board of trustees) is about the new Good Life Alliance group campaigning to bring people with a learning disability out of long stay hospitals and back into the community goodlife.wales
September 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Final presentation of the day by Rhian Jones (CEO of Drive and a valued member of our board of trustees) is about the new Good Life Alliance group campaigning to bring people with a learning disability out of long stay hospitals and back into the community goodlife.wales
Today we're at the @improvementcymru.bsky.social Community of Practice on Behaviours of Concern. Mandy Hartland from Swansea Bay UHB is talking about new elearning on Positive Behaviour Support that we helped them to coproduce with people with learning disabilities #PBS
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Today we're at the @improvementcymru.bsky.social Community of Practice on Behaviours of Concern. Mandy Hartland from Swansea Bay UHB is talking about new elearning on Positive Behaviour Support that we helped them to coproduce with people with learning disabilities #PBS
A new tool, careLeD, has been designed to help a person with a learning disability understand which service they may need in an emergency.
This is done using pictures, videos, stories and quizzes.
Find out more about this important tool here: careled.info
This is done using pictures, videos, stories and quizzes.
Find out more about this important tool here: careled.info
July 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A new tool, careLeD, has been designed to help a person with a learning disability understand which service they may need in an emergency.
This is done using pictures, videos, stories and quizzes.
Find out more about this important tool here: careled.info
This is done using pictures, videos, stories and quizzes.
Find out more about this important tool here: careled.info