Learning disabled adults showcase their creativity at pottery exhibition

Learning disabled adults have had their creative talents recognised after selling all their pottery items at the Open Art and Ceramics exhibition held on 10 and 11 June in Essex.

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Hft and FitBees – Making digital fitness work for learning disabled people

Ben Williams speaks out about physical fitness for learning disabled people, in an effort to bust myths for Learning Disability Week.

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Allan gets the tattoo of his dreams

Hft is sharing the empowering story of Allan, a learning disabled man who recently achieved his goal of getting a tattoo, as part of this year’s Learning Disability Week (19-25 June) as it addresses socially-disabled attitudes towards adults with learning disabilities.

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Eco-inspired float raises over £1000 for adults with learning disabilities at Market Harborough Carnival

An eco-inspired float, designed, built and manned by people supported by Hft, stole the show at the recent green-themed Market Harborough Carnival, raising over £1000 for adults with learning disabilities.

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Breaking down barriers and busting myths: my journey as a supported employment advocate

Supported Employment Advocate, Erin O’Donnell, talks about her employment journey as she tries to bust some myths about working with a learning disability.

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Hft launches skydiving campaign to combat loneliness in learning disabled adults

Hft is inviting its supporters to take a ‘Leap of Kindness’ to combat the loneliness and isolation experienced by learning disabled adults. This follows illuminating research that found more than one third (36%) of learning disabled people felt lonely nearly always or all the time.

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Local MP visits Flint services to meet learning disabled adults

Mark Tami MP visited two supported employment initiatives and a day centre, run by Hft, last Friday to learn about the varied work the charity carries out to support people with a learning disability within his constituency in Flintshire.

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Hft welcomes social care roadmap and calls for ring-fenced funding from Government

Kirsty Matthews, CEO of Hft, has responded to the Fabian Society’s report to the Labour party, supporting calls for a national approach to social care.

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