The Community’s Steering group is keen to recruit new members from Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

We welcome all that feel they have a contribution to make to supporting people with learning disabilities to live healthy, safe and fulfilled lives, this includes people with lived experience and that gained from work roles. 

The steering group has experience of making reasonable adjustments to support contribution, please let us know how we might do so.

There is easy read information about being part of the steering group by clicking here 

To express your interest in joining the steering group please complete the below form. 

This deadline for submitting the form will be 5pm 8th December 2023.

Thanks for all the interest in the Community event on 1st December and particularly the request for contributions.

We have had more offers than can be housed in the agenda, so we will be closing this form on 6th November, so two members of the steering group can blind review the submissions. 

If you’d still like to submit, you can do so by clicking here.

If you’d like to take one of the last few places at the event, please click here.

Finally, NHS England have kindly offered support to enable us to offer participants refreshments and lunch. 

Download the flyer from: https://ldcop.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SE-MH-and-LD-Flyer-cohort-4-2024-.pdf 

If you have any questions, please direct them to Yvonne Izzard (Yvonne.Izzard1@nhs.net) and Dr Karen Harrison-White (Programme Lead – Nursing (NHSE SE)) (Karen.HarrisonWhite@nhs.net).

The Community of Practice Steering group are pleased to be able to share the first face to face, in person event since the Covid lockdown. 

Kingston University have kindly agreed to host, and we are pleased to share that Baroness Sheila Hollins will be delivering a keynote on Social Prescribing and Beyond Word Book Clubs.

We also have contributions from user lead organisations, practitioners and researchers, presenting their work associated with enabling people with learning disabilities to live healthy, safe and fulfilled lives.

Details about booking your free place can be found by clicking here. 

If you would like to share your work demonstrating people with learning disabilities living healthy safe and fulfilled lives, please complete the short form available by clicking here.