📣 Event Update!

We are excited to share the agenda for the upcoming healthier together nursing careers event🤩 With only 5 days to go, register now! ow.ly/rohB50Raz2I UHBW Careers Sirona care & health Oxleas NHS Brandon Trust

Along with other #socialcare providers, we’ve been working with @nuffieldtrust to investigate health inequalities experienced by people with a #learningdisability and #autism . Find out more in our article.
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It's World #AutismAcceptanceWeek (2 - 8 April). We asked Karen, Brandon's Lead Autism Practitioner, to share her thoughts about #autism acceptance and what we can do to help autistic people feel comfortable to be themselves.
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Having won the regional GB Care Awards for #coproduction , on 22 March, the Brandon Adventurers headed to Birmingham for the grand final. Sadly, they didn’t win the overall award, but they did have an amazing night! We're so proud of our incredible team 💙
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We’ve signed the Mencap petition calling on Department of Health and Social Care to stop autistic people and people with a learning disability being detained in mental health hospitals when they could be living in the community with the right support. Will you sign too?
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What are our expectations for later life if we have reason to draw on care or support? Will they be met? Sian Lockwood & Angela Catley have started a new movement calling for a re-imagination of social care as we age. Find out more: socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/wh… #WhenIGetOld

At Brandon we work alongside the people we support and our partners to #endthestereotypes for all people with learning disabilities and/or autism, every day.
We are proud to support #WorldDownSyndromeDay2024 #livefree #brandontrust

So much support for Bella the rare-breed #eriskaypony at our #socialenterprise Elm Tree Farm, in Bristol.

Click on the link to read about Bella's progress and generosity from our friends Plimsoll 😍

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Join us for a fun day of golf, raising funds for this year’s Brandon Forest School. We'll be teeing off at The Bristol Golf Club in Almondsbury, on 17 May. Entry costs £340 for a team of 4 people. Register by 7 May. Follow the link for full details.
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📻This morning BBC News (UK) Social Affairs Editor Alison Holt discussed our #UnfairToCare campaign on BBC Radio 4 Today.

'Who Cares Wins' - Unfair To Care 2024 highlights that in this pivotal election year there is growing public, sector, and political support for change. Using

We have an exciting update about our new football team ⚽ Since their first training session in January, Brandon Trust FC have competed in their debut football festival and the captain, Kieran, scored the team's first ever goal! 👏 Find out more ⬇️
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In the run up to #InternationalWomensDay (8 March), the Brandon Adventurers got together to discuss the day and share their thoughts on #inclusion and #genderequality . It was an interesting conversation! Find out more ⬇️
#InspireInclusion #IWD
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The #SpringBudget was disappointing for #SocialCare . Together with our #MoreThanAProvider partners, we believe Government is sacrificing social care to focus on short-term tax cuts in the run up to an election. Social care needs to be an election issue buff.ly/3T8Gzp9

Ahead of the #SpringBudget we are calling on Jeremy Hunt to prioritise disabled people. This must include funding for #localgov to cover the full cost of services and National Living Wage increases.

Without this, essential services will cease to exist.
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It's #AccessibleVotingDay ! Voting should be accessible to everyone who has the legal right to vote. 🗳

Sign our open letter to your local council and help us make elections more inclusive for people with learning disabilities and autism: act.unitedresponse.org.uk/tell-your-loca…

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Bristol Hate Crime and Discrimination Service, a partnership of 6 organisations, are hosting an event for people with lived experience to have their voices heard and discuss how to improve the city's response.

Thurs 25th April
9.30 - 3.30
The Future Inn

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We want the next election to be the most accessible yet for people with learning disabilities, but the Electoral Commission forgot to include them in their TV ad. 🤯

See what we had to say about it on Channel 4 News: channel4.com/news/learning-…

To round off #EmployeeAppreciationDay , here are two final quotes in recognition of our fantastic colleagues. Thank you everyone. You are all incredible 👏 #EmployeeAppreciationDay

We regularly celebrate and recognise our fantastic colleagues. Here are some more of the lovely things our colleagues have said about each other. Thank you all. We appreciate each and every one of you 💙 #EmployeeAppreciationDay

We regularly celebrate and recognise our fantastic colleagues by sharing shout-outs and thank yous in our internal updates. So, on #EmployeeAppreciationDay , here are some of the lovely things our colleagues have said about each other. Thank you all. We appreciate you too! 🧡