We provide social opportunities for adults with Learning Disabilities who are lonely; including friendship, social events, hobby clubs & training. 01453 568155
Gloucestershire | Charity No. 1178538
Joined May 2011
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Blending photographic practice into my thesis, I look at the #selfie process as a method for identity creation & maintenance, providing new ways to think about selfies in terms of understanding self-representation in online spaces
#tweetyourthesis @ExeterDoctoral @UofEHumanities
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Do you want to know what leadership looks like?
The President of North Macedonia walked an 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome to school after he heard she was being bullied
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💃🕺 Why would you want to miss out on this?
Join us for our ‘Once Upon a Time’ themed #charity dinner on Fri 26th Nov 2021 @hatherleymanor. Always the highlight of our year. 💜#GlosBiz
Tickets are going fast & we cannot wait to see you there! ✨
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We are starting a new pilot #MembershipScheme and need your input, we want to help create positive changes across the county for #DisabledPeople and people with #MentalHealthChallenges. What could our membership scheme be called? Ideas on the photo, do you like any of them?
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A busy week for the Training Team! We are working on some new training. We have so many ideas but need your help to prioritise them. If you support or love someone with a learning disability let us know in the poll below which training you would like to see first:
Thank you!
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33%Work Skills
67%Healthy Living
0%Other (please comment)
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Crying with joy at today’s news. For all those with a LD who’ve lost their lives & for those who thought they’d been forgotten. We DO care and we WILL protect you 💜
Well Done & thank you to @mencap_charity 💪😊❤️
‘This is a great day’ - @jowhiley reacts to news that ALL those with a learning disability who are on the GP Learning Disability Register will get the covid jab as a priority (until now it was only those with severe learning disabilities). Jo’s sister will now get her jab
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Charity @buildingcircles have had their new offices flooded and its devastating. They are a small charity dedicated to preventing social isolation and abuse for people with learning disabilities. Please share their Go Fund Me Page...gofundme.com/f/building-circ… #learningdisabilities
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"The Friendly Bench helped me with my loneliness and social isolation, it has helped me reconnect with my neighbourhood and has given me an opportunity to positively contribute something to my community and also the wider world."
#BeMoreUs #EndLoneliness
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Nominate your favourite charity to win a share of £120,000 from @Ecclesiastical. Terms and conditions apply, find out more and nominate: ow.ly/lpHs50x7vru #12days #movementforgood #charitytuesday
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.@sensecharity , one of the lead DCP organisations, have launched an inquiry into home to school transport for disabled children.
We’ve just launched an inquiry! 🚌 We want to hear from anyone who has struggled to access home to school transport for their disabled child. Take part in our survey below 👇 bit.ly/2mbsJXk
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"If you know someone with a chronic illness/disability, reach out to them, send them a message or pop round to say hello... Some of these small gestures can go a long way when someone is feeling lonely and isolated." #BeMoreUs #EndLoneliness
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"If someone goes shopping for example, that could be the only time they see other people all day. Now they can sit on the bench, and potentially strike up conversations with others who are happy to chat." #BeMoreUs #EndLoneliness
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This can't fail to start your week with a smile! 😀
Congratulations Kieran and Emmie. 💒
#Nobody told me how magical son Kieran’s wedding 2 Emmie wd be!Congratulations from everyone @PositiveaboutDS we’re all so happy 4u! 👰🏻 👰🏻
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This shop, run by people with #learningdisabilities, is a hit with the locals. They recently celebrated their 25 year anniversary 😲 #Easingwold
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On bbc midlands news this morning. Well done @newentschool and @BuildingCircles
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Today’s workshops, delivered by @BuildingCircles, on the impact of hate crime on adults with disability was filmed by @bbcpointswest and will be shown tomorrow between 6.30pm and 7.00pm. Please watch this informative report. #newentschool
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Thank you to @BuildingCircles for visiting today to work with our Y7 & 8 students. They delivered workshops showing the impact of hate crime on adults with disability which had a huge impact on everyone. The students found the adults stories very moving. #newntschool
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This week is #LonelinessAwarenessWeek. Did you know people with learning disabilities are more likely to be lonely than those without? Here's how you can change that.
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“I may have a disability but I am still human" - 'Am I your problem?' campaign to challenge attitudes from @unitedresponse in response to the discrimination & hostility people face unitedresponse.org.uk/am-i-y…
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Let's put #LearningDisability front and centre this year and transform attitudes. ❤️
We are the official charity of the 2020 @LondonMarathon!
Help us spread the word and learn the Makaton like #JodieWhittaker! 💬
Visit: bit.ly/2GyBQbc 👈 #HereIAm #TeamMencap #DrWho