A film has been launched in Sussex as part of a project to enable people with a learning disability to have more choice in how they want their homes to look and feel.
A film has been launched in Sussex as part of a project to enable people with a learning disability to have more choice in how they want their homes to look and feel.
Creating Inclusive Residential Care for LGBTQ+ Elders (CIRCLE), a new project led by Dr Jolie Keemink from University of Kent which aims to support residential care providers to be more inclusive towards older LGBTQ+ people, is seeking people to contribute to a resource for care homes on LGBTQ+ inclusion in care.
Carers Week (June 5-11) celebrates the UK’s unpaid carers who support family members and friends who have a disability, mental or physical illness, or need extra help in their daily lives.
This latest rating, combined with ratings from previous CQC visits carried out over an 18-month period, has lowered the overall rating for the Trust to “requires improvement”, which means CQC does not consider the Trust to be performing as well as it should and that it must improve.
Local hospice charity Martlets and the NHS Sussex Community Foundation Trust celebrated at national awards
Leaving Care with Pride is new research, which aims to address the “dearth in knowledge exploring the experiences of LGBTQ+ people leaving care in the UK”. This project has been co-produced by Teesside University, LGBTQ+ Youth in Care and LGBTQ+ adults with experience of leaving care.
Authored by Annabelle Avis, a foster carer from Five Rivers Child Care
Martlets, the much-loved hospice care charity for Brighton & Hove, is spreading its wings with a major £10m rebuild of its hospice site at Wayfield Avenue in Hove.
A new study led by the University of Birmingham will evaluate the effectiveness of an online training programme for improving social workers’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs when working with LGBTQ+ young people.
Pride in Care is managed and awarded by Opening Doors – the organisation for older LGBTQ+ people in the UK – and is championed by Care England, with accompanying training endorsed by Skills for Care.
