Category: Other news
Our reaction to the BBC Panarama uncovering of abuse at the Edenfield Centre
By: Pashtana Zormati, Louisa Rhodes and Charlotte Haith The Making Positive Moves team were extremely angry and sad to see about the abuse that BBC Panarama uncovered recently in one of the UK’s largest mental health hospitals. We wanted to discuss the abuse at the Edenfield Centre in our steering group meeting and share our […]
Making Positive Moves website 1 year on
By: Charlotte Haith It is our birthday! It has been one year since we launched the Making Positive Moves website. Over the year we have been getting lots of feedback about the website. We wanted to share some of this feedback with you and share some of the changes we have made. It has been […]
COVID-19 and Making Positive Moves
By: Georgie Dixon and Charlotte Haith COVID-19 has had a huge impact on all of us in some way. It has meant we have had to change how we do everyday things and a lot of what we do looks different now to a few years ago. COVID-19 has affected the Making Positive Moves research […]
Digital inequalities and people with learning disabilities
By: Georgie Dixon and Charlotte Haith Despite moves towards a more inclusive society, people with learning disabilities still face inequalities such as having less access to the internet than the general population. Given that technology is becoming increasingly important for accessing education, seeking information, searching for jobs, and forming friendships, it is vital that we […]
Small Supports – a response to the need for change
By: Small Supports Our first guest blog! Small Supports are part of the Building Right Support national plan in making real changes to move people from inpatient settings back to the community. , listening to those with lived experience and taking action to develop wider choice for people with a learning disability and/or autism to […]
Winterbourne View 10 years on – press statement
By: Louisa Rhodes, Annabel Head and Charlotte Haith It has been 10 years since the Winterbourne View scandal that was revealed by BBC Panorama. Despite what was learnt from this, abuse has continued and people with learning disabilities are still living in hospitals. The University of Hertfordshire have been doing research with people with learning […]
Austerity and people with learning disabilities
By: Georgie Dixon, Sam Prowse, Charlotte Haith The government are giving less money to people with a learning disability than they used to. This means that people with a learning disability have less support, and fewer activities to go to. Click below for an easy read version, or click ‘continue reading’ to see a non […]
