Additional learning needs (ALN): parent and carers toolkit | GOV.WALES This toolkit helps parent and carers understand the additional learning needs (ALN) system in Wales and the support available for children and young people.

Welsh Government has created a toolkit that helps parent and carers understand the additional learning needs (ALN) system in Wales and the support available for children and young people.

Easy-read available
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Mae hi'n Ddiwrnod Hawliau Gofalwyr ddydd Iau. Cofiwch gadw llygaid allan ar ein cyfryngau cymdeithasol yr wythnos hon am wybodaeth a chyngor defnyddiol i helpu gofalwyr.
#Diwrnodhawliaugofalwyr
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It's Carers Rights Day on Thursday. Remember to keep an eye out on our social media this week for useful information and advice to help unpaid carers.

#carersrightsday
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Expression of interest to join the Timms Review steering group DWP has launched an expression of interest to join the steering group of the Timms Review. The group will provide strategic direction, shared decision-making, and overall leadership for the Review. Ap...

📢The DWP is seeking Expressions of Interest to join the Steering Group for the Timms Review on PIP.

It's vital that lived experience is at the centre of meaningful change. Any future proposals must support not punish disabled people.

🗓️Apply by 30 Nov.
www.gov.uk/government/p...

New #CostOfCaring report out from @carers-uk.bsky.social

Yep it’s bloody bleak.

We so need a National Carers Strategy ⬇️

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Taking your complaint further & legal information Please find below all information that we are aware of regarding taking your complaint further and legal advice and processes that may interest you as a family carer. If anything is missing or needs t...

You asked and we listened.

We've gathered all the information we're aware of regarding taking your complaints further and legal information.

This page is still in testing phase, if anything needs adding/editing email gwen@allwalesforum.org.uk

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What to expect on the day:
☑️ A relaxed day out with lunch provided
☑️ Explore venues that could become future break destinations
☑️ Meet other families, share ideas, and shape something new
☑️ Connect with local businesses, providers, and partners ready to help build it

Upcoming events:
Explore, Wrexham – Friday 3 Oct, 10:30–2:00
Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire – Wed 8 Oct, 10:30–2:00
Tynyrhyd, Ceredigion – Wed 15 Oct, 10:30–2:00

Let’s keep Reimagining. Breaks. Together. – for families, by families, with professionals making it happen

Professionals, businesses, and community partners do the heavy lifting to make it happen. Together, we can unlock more places to go, more flexible options, and more chances for families to rest and recharge.

Book your free place here (travel support available):
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This Friday! In Wrexham!

☀️ Short Breaks Cooperative Engagement Days ☀️

The Short Breaks Cooperative is a new idea, led by carers but supported by professionals, to make it easier for families of people with learning disabilities to take regular, affordable breaks.

Carers shape the vision.

Taking your complaint further & legal information Please find below all information that we are aware of regarding taking your complaint further and legal advice and processes that may interest you as a family carer. If anything is missing or needs t...

You asked and we listened.

We've gathered all the information we're aware of regarding taking your complaints further and legal information.

This page is still in testing phase, if anything needs adding/editing email gwen@allwalesforum.org.uk

padlet.com/gwen126/taki...

History has shown us what happens when we scapegoat and dehumanise minority groups. We all said ‘never again'; but it seems very much like it is starting to happen again… and it’s terrifying ✍️Rocio Cifuentes, Children’s Commissioner for Wales wp.me/p8Mk4U-15RY

Ymunwch â Phanel Penderfynu'r Gronfa Mynediad i Swyddi Etholedig. Helpwch i wneud y penderfyniadau dyfarnu ar geisiadau gan bobl anabl sy'n ceisio swydd etholedig fel Aelodau'r Senedd yn etholiadau 2026 ac fel cynghorwyr yn etholiadau Llywodraeth Leol 2027. Gwnewch gais. www.disabilitywales.org.

Mae Cronfa Fynediad i Swyddi Etholedig Cymru yn ôl! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Rydym yn chwilio am aelodau panel newydd i helpu i benderfynu ar ddyfarniadau ariannu i bobl anabl sy'n sefyll am swydd etholedig.

Dyddiad cau: Dydd Mawrth, 30 Medi.

Dysgwch fwy: disabilitywales.org/ymunwch-a-ph...

Join the Access to Elected Office Fund Decision Panel. Help make the award decisions on applications from disabled people seeking elected office as Senedd Members in the 2026 elections and as councillors in the 2027 Local Government elections. Apply now. www.disabilitywales.org.

The Access to Elected Office Fund Wales is back! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We're looking for new panel members to help decide funding awards for disabled people standing for elected office.

Closing date: Tuesday, 30th September.

Find out more: disabilitywales.org/join-the-acc...

We are currently working with the University of South Wales and Marie Curie on the Ready Study, looking at gathering evidence through experience to improve end of life care for people with learning disabilities

To find out more about the study and apply - www.readystudy.uk

We have partnered with Marie Curies and the University of South Wales on a project to improve end-of-life healthcare for people with learning disabilities.

If you have a bereaved family member & want to share your experience, please get in touch with us at the link below
www.readystudy.uk

Early deaths of people with learning disabilities 'shocking' People with learning disabilities die 20 years earlier than others.

Your experience can help change healthcare for people with learning disabilities, so that we never have to read headlines like the one below again.

Full article:
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Carers Wales upcoming calendar of free online training, wellbeing, and information sessions, all designed specifically for unpaid carers.

For full details and to book a place, please visit our website: www.carersuk.org/wales/help-a...

Me Time session by @CarersWales for August and September

Sign up on their website! www.carersuk.org/help-and-adv...

Barriers for people with learning disabilities; Are we still in 1974 ? | Andrea Meek posted on the topic | LinkedIn Barriers for people with learning disabilities; Are we still in 1974 ? Recently I went to see Housemates. It's a play by Hijinx Theatre about how the first supported living house for people with lea...

Barriers for people with Learning Disabilities in Wales are huge.
Services & support are being cut. People & families are struggling.
We need investment & funding.
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Shaping Services for the Future, Together - Shaping our Future Wellbeing This plan will act as a roadmap for how the health board will deliver all services for the next ten years. The plan will be co-produced with our local

Have you say on the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board’s 2023-2035 strategy plan: Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together
This plan will act as a roadmap for how the health board will deliver all services for the next 10 years.

#Cardiff #TheVale

shapingourfuturewellbeing.com/our-work/sha...

This petition may be of interest to families who get support from supported living and other non profit social care agencies.

*Secure Fair Funding for Charitable Social Care Providers - Petitions*

petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

Draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan | GOV.WALES We want your views on the draft Disabled People’s Rights Plan.

As the All Wales Forum we will be responding to the consultation, if there were any point you wanted us to make/emphasis within our own response please get in touch!

Please email grace@allwalesforum.org.uk with your thoughts

There are also easy read versions on the website buff.ly/CDCs2O7

August and September Me Time sessions with Carers Wales
Sign up for the sessions on the website at the link below!

www.carersuk.org/wales/help-a...

Home Recognising Approaching Dying in Adults with a Learning Disability

This is a sensitive topic, but we want to bring untold stories and unheard voices to improve end-of-life outcomes for people with learning disabilities and their families in Wales.

To help support this important project please visit - www.readystudy.uk

Support and improve end of life care for people with learning disabilities – share your story.

With the help of Marie Curie and partners at the University of South Wales, we want to talk to parents and carers who have experienced bereavement.

www.readystudy.uk

Cynnig Gofal Plant Cymru: Help gyda chost gofal plant i rieni gymwys sydd â phlant 3 i 4 oed

Mae ceisiadau Cynnig Gofal Plant cymru yn wedi agor ar 18fed Mehefin. Gwnewch gais nawr am ofal plant a ariennir o fis Medi 2025.

www.llyw.cymru/cynnig-gofal...

The Childcare Offer for Wales: help with childcare costs for eligible parents of 3 to 4 year olds

The Childcare offer applications opened on June 18th. Make sure to apply now for funded childcare from September 2025.

www.gov.wales/childcare-of...

Great day at @wcvacymru.bsky.social #Gofod3
Lots of conversations about how the Third Sector can work together to support each to improve and continue how we support citizens as a network.

Disability Wales and All Wales Forum demand crucial extension to Pathways to Work consultation - Disability Wales Disability Wales and All Wales Forum have jointly called for an extension to the current Pathways to Work consultation period. We believe that this extension is essential due to several pressing issue...

📢Disability Wales and @allwalesforum.bsky.social call for a crucial extension to the Pathways to Work consultation.

Access barriers, cancelled events and poor communication have failed disabled people across Wales.

Our voices deserve to be heard.

Read more:
www.disabilitywales.org/disability-w...