The Learning Disability Coalition is a group of fourteen organisations which campaigns to secure better funding for social care for people with learning disabilities in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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The Coalition was formed in May 2007. It believes that better funding from the UK Government is required to help people with learning disabilities to secure a full range of rights and opportunities. The LDC aims to provide a unified voice for people with learning disabilities to government and other key decision makers; to raise awareness of financial pressures on services, and achieve an evidence-based assessment of the long-term resource requirements for people with learning disabilities

Its members are:

• The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
• Mencap
  Mencap
  The Royal Mencap Society is a charity based in the UK that works with people with a learning disability.-Profile:Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers...
  
  
• People First
• National Forum for People with Learning Difficulties
• Sense
  Sense-National Deafblind and Rubella Association
  Sense is a national charity in the United Kingdom that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind.-History:Sense was founded in 1955 as a self-help and support group for the parents of children whose disabilities were neither recognised nor provided for, children born...
  
  
• Turning Point
  Turning Point (charity)
  Turning Point is a social care organisation and registered charity in the United Kingdom. It provides services for people with complex needs, including those affected by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems and those with a learning disability. Turning Point runs projects in 244...
  
  
• Down’s Syndrome Association
• United Response
  United Response
  United Response is a top 50 charity operating in England and Wales, providing a range of support and services for more than 1,500 people with learning disabilities, mental health needs or physical disabilities...
  
  
• BILD (British Institute of Learning Disabilities)
• ARC Association for Real Change
  ARC Association for Real Change
  ARC Association for Real Change is a UK membership organisation, which supports providers of services to people with a learning disability to promote real change.]-History:...
  
  
• National Autistic Society
  National Autistic Society
  The National Autistic Society is a British charity for people with autistic spectrum disorders , including autism and Asperger's Syndrome. The purpose of the organisation is primarily to improve of the lives of people with Autism in the United Kingdom.Founded in 1962 as the Autistic Children's Aid...
  
  
• Real Life Options
• National Family Carer Network
• Voyage
• The Hesley Group

Protect the Frontline

In 2010 the LDC launched its ‘Protect the Frontline’ campaign which is calling on politicians to keep to their promises and protect frontline services for people with a learning disability. As part of the campaign, the LDC produced ‘Stories from the Frontline’ , which included a series of diaries by people with a learning disability. These diaries helped to show the importance of frontline social care and the difference that it makes to their lives and the lives of their families.
The LDC has been monitoring cuts to social care through its cutswatch feature , and since the announcement of the Comprehensive Spending Review , has been calling on local councillors to ensure that social care spending is protected at a local level.

Management

The Coalition’s Director is Anthea Sully and its Co-Chairs are Andrew Lee, Director of People First and Mark Goldring, Chief Executive of Mencap.

External links

• The Case for Real Change - a report setting out the Coalition's views on the future of social care.
• Estimating Future Need for Adult Social Care Services for People with Learning Disabilities in England - a report published by Mencap and the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University which presents the latest estimates for future prevalence of learning disability.
• Learning Disability Coalition website
• Learning Disability Coalition Facebook page
• LGA response to Learning Disability Coalition figures
• People with Learning Disabilities in England - a report published by Mencap, the Learning Disability Coalition and the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University
• Tell It Like It Is A report published by the Learning Disability Coalition showing the extent of cuts to services for people with a learning disability