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Programme
It’s your life – develop the life you want
This year’s Learning Disability Today is about extending choice and control, to enable people with learning disabilities to live the life they want.
Visited by over 3,000 people, Learning Disability Today is the largest event for the learning disability community in the UK.
Download the quick guide to the seminars and zones
Seminars
Room A
10.15am – 11.15am
Valuing Employment Now
Real jobs for people with learning disabilities
11.45am – 12.45pm
Technology in support of personalisation
2.15pm – 3.15pm
Employment...the story so far!
Room D
10.00am – 11.00am
Transition – Meeting the challenges and delivering the support
11.15am – 12.45pm
Turning Point masterclass (invite only)
Delivering independence and choice through effective change management
2.15pm – 3.15pm
Are you included?
Room E
10.15am – 11.15am
Relationships
11.45am – 12.45pm
Housing options – finding a place to live
2.45pm – 3.45pm
Workforce development
Auditorium
10.00am – 11.00am
Rising to the Challenge
– how to get real personalisation into existing service provision, (A work in Progress)
11.30am – 12.30pm
Mental Health– access to services
1.15pm – 2.15pm
Keynote address
– Good Learning Disability Partnership Boards: ‘Making it happen for everyone’
2.45pm – 3.45pm
Growing older together
Zones
Voting Zone
You can find out everything you need to know about voting at Mencap’s Voting Zone.
Come and tell us what you would like people in the government to change.
Technology Zone
Whether you know it as assistive technology or electronic wizardry,
we call it personalised technology.
It really makes a difference.
Music Gym
Decoda will be demonstrating some of the technology and methodology of the Music Gym/Decodamaze.
It sounds serious but the result is a lot of fun.
Art Zone
Action Space, London’s leading visual arts organisation for people with learning disabilities.
Meet Lester Magoogan and experience his world.
Film Zone
Films from the recent Oska Bright Film Festival will be showing from 10.00am throughout the day, as well as episodes of The Specials and a documentary about Lester Magoogan.
Coast to Coast Learning Zone
Meet and work with professional actors from Subject2Change performances taking place throughout the day.
Transition Zone
Let us take the stress out of transition. Take just a few minutes out of your day and indulge in a facial or manicure, or even try out an Indian head massage.
Sports Zone
Sport is a great way to stay healthy and meet people in your community. Learn more about the organisations that can help you on your way to taking part in lots of fun activities here.
Media Zone
Interviews will be taking place throughout the day.
Meet Oska Bright, have a go at camera work and learn about film-making.
Education & Employment Zone
Visit the Education and Employment Zone to learn about inclusion in employment for people with learning disabilities.
Exhibition
- Advance
- BILD
- Bollington Care
- Brandon Trust
- Brookdale Care
- Cambian Healthcare
- Care Aspirations
- Care Quality Commission
- CARE UK
- CareTech
- Castlebeck
- CDSM
- Choice Ltd
- Choice Support
- City and Guilds
- Coldharbour Systems
- Colourways Ltd
- Consensus Healthcare
- dosh
- Downing Care
- DS Callards
- DWP
- Elizabeth Fitzroy Support
- Follow Your Dreams
- Glen Care Group
- HFT
- ILG Ltd
- Independent Living Fund
- Inspired Services
- Integrated Support Systems Ltd
- Kinetics Group
- London Care Partnership
- MacIntyre Training
- Mark Allen Group
- MCCH
- MySafeHome
- National Forum
- Norwood
- Outlook Care
- Paradigm
- Precious Homes
- Prime Performance Solution
- Priory Group
- RCHL
- Ridgeway Partnership
- RNID
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- SCIE
- SeeAbility
- Simpla Ltd
- Skillnet Group CIC
- Speaking Up
- Speakup
- Speakup
- St Elizabeths College
- Support for Living
- The Disabilities Trust
- The Makaton Charity
- The Quality Company
- The Regard Partnership
- Thera Trust
- Tizard Centre
- Tough Furniture
- United Response
- Valuing People Support Team (Dept of Health)
- Voyage
- Widgit Software
- Witherslack Group
Programme subject to change.
Attending can count towards your CPD programme
Professionals working within the social care sector are required to undertake Continuous Professional Development (CPD) by the General Social Care Council (GSCC). The seminar programme is CPD certified so visitors can gain points from attending.
Accessibility
We aim to make Learning Disability Today an accessible event. If you have any access needs do let us know when you book.
The Business Design Centre is fully accessible to wheelchair users. There are lifts to the exhibition hall, seminar rooms and zones. You can find a lift outside each end of the exhibition hall. Space is available for wheelchair users in all seminar rooms.
Sign language interpreters/loop system are available – if you need a sign language interpreter during the day, please request one at the information point located in the exhibition hall. All the seminar rooms are fitted with an induction loop.
