Your caring story matters — help shape the future of carer support in Wales! 💬 Sign up for the All-Wales Carers Assembly 2026 and join carers from across Wales to influence change 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976708495...

4 days left to apply to be our Network Officer! The role sits at the heart of organisation, supporting our membership, communicating our message and supporting our e-learning offer. Apply now More information here: buff.ly/e2vY9a0

New Year, New Opportunity! Join us as our new Network Officer. Supporting our membership community, communicating our message and coordinating our e-learning offer so we can promote co-production across Wales. Apply now More information here: buff.ly/e2vY9a0 #Recruitment #CoProduction

Office Closure Notice for Holiday period The office will be closed from the Dec 19 and will re-open Jan 5 Please remember that there are helplines open over the Holidays - we have gathered all the ones we are aware of on our padlet - padlet.com/josh582/righ... Take care and happy holidays

Patients are humans, not just bodies. Hear how our 'Spaces to Talk' in hospitals also remind clinical staff that we may be living with illness; first & foremost we are a human being @johnchown.bsky.social @jennyrees.bsky.social @barbarachidgey.bsky.social daringtodream.wales/2025/11/17/p...

Welsh Government has created a toolkit that helps parent and carers understand the additional learning needs (ALN) system in Wales and the support available for children and young people. Easy-read available www.gov.wales/additional-l...

Mae hi'n Ddiwrnod Hawliau Gofalwyr ddydd Iau. Cofiwch gadw llygaid allan ar ein cyfryngau cymdeithasol yr wythnos hon am wybodaeth a chyngor defnyddiol i helpu gofalwyr. #Diwrnodhawliaugofalwyr https://orlo.uk/IyBlI

It's Carers Rights Day on Thursday. Remember to keep an eye out on our social media this week for useful information and advice to help unpaid carers. #carersrightsday https://orlo.uk/kgpFv#carersrightsday

📢The DWP is seeking Expressions of Interest to join the Steering Group for the Timms Review on PIP. It's vital that lived experience is at the centre of meaningful change. Any future proposals must support not punish disabled people. 🗓️Apply by 30 Nov. www.gov.uk/government/p...

New #CostOfCaring report out from @carers-uk.bsky.social Yep it’s bloody bleak. We so need a National Carers Strategy ⬇️ www.carersuk.org/media/mtvkqu...

You asked and we listened. We've gathered all the information we're aware of regarding taking your complaints further and legal information. This page is still in testing phase, if anything needs adding/editing email [email protected] padlet.com/gwen126/taki...

This Friday! In Wrexham! ☀️ Short Breaks Cooperative Engagement Days ☀️ The Short Breaks Cooperative is a new idea, led by carers but supported by professionals, to make it easier for families of people with learning disabilities to take regular, affordable breaks. Carers shape the vision.

You asked and we listened. We've gathered all the information we're aware of regarding taking your complaints further and legal information. This page is still in testing phase, if anything needs adding/editing email [email protected] padlet.com/gwen126/taki...

History has shown us what happens when we scapegoat and dehumanise minority groups. We all said ‘never again'; but it seems very much like it is starting to happen again… and it’s terrifying ✍️Rocio Cifuentes, Children’s Commissioner for Wales wp.me/p8Mk4U-15RY

Mae Cronfa Fynediad i Swyddi Etholedig Cymru yn ôl! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rydym yn chwilio am aelodau panel newydd i helpu i benderfynu ar ddyfarniadau ariannu i bobl anabl sy'n sefyll am swydd etholedig. Dyddiad cau: Dydd Mawrth, 30 Medi. Dysgwch fwy: disabilitywales.org/ymunwch-a-ph...

The Access to Elected Office Fund Wales is back! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We're looking for new panel members to help decide funding awards for disabled people standing for elected office. Closing date: Tuesday, 30th September. Find out more: disabilitywales.org/join-the-acc...

We are currently working with the University of South Wales and Marie Curie on the Ready Study, looking at gathering evidence through experience to improve end of life care for people with learning disabilities To find out more about the study and apply - www.readystudy.uk

Your experience can help change healthcare for people with learning disabilities, so that we never have to read headlines like the one below again. Full article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Carers Wales upcoming calendar of free online training, wellbeing, and information sessions, all designed specifically for unpaid carers. For full details and to book a place, please visit our website: www.carersuk.org/wales/help-a...

Me Time session by @CarersWales for August and September Sign up on their website! www.carersuk.org/help-and-adv...

Barriers for people with Learning Disabilities in Wales are huge. Services & support are being cut. People & families are struggling. We need investment & funding. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...

Have you say on the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board’s 2023-2035 strategy plan: Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together This plan will act as a roadmap for how the health board will deliver all services for the next 10 years. #Cardiff #TheVale shapingourfuturewellbeing.com/our-work/sha...

This petition may be of interest to families who get support from supported living and other non profit social care agencies. *Secure Fair Funding for Charitable Social Care Providers - Petitions* petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

As the All Wales Forum we will be responding to the consultation, if there were any point you wanted us to make/emphasis within our own response please get in touch! Please email [email protected] with your thoughts There are also easy read versions on the website buff.ly/CDCs2O7

August and September Me Time sessions with Carers Wales Sign up for the sessions on the website at the link below! www.carersuk.org/wales/help-a...

Support and improve end of life care for people with learning disabilities – share your story. With the help of Marie Curie and partners at the University of South Wales, we want to talk to parents and carers who have experienced bereavement. www.readystudy.uk

Cynnig Gofal Plant Cymru: Help gyda chost gofal plant i rieni gymwys sydd â phlant 3 i 4 oed Mae ceisiadau Cynnig Gofal Plant cymru yn wedi agor ar 18fed Mehefin. Gwnewch gais nawr am ofal plant a ariennir o fis Medi 2025. www.llyw.cymru/cynnig-gofal...

The Childcare Offer for Wales: help with childcare costs for eligible parents of 3 to 4 year olds The Childcare offer applications opened on June 18th. Make sure to apply now for funded childcare from September 2025. www.gov.wales/childcare-of...

Great day at @wcvacymru.bsky.social #Gofod3 Lots of conversations about how the Third Sector can work together to support each to improve and continue how we support citizens as a network.

📢Disability Wales and @allwalesforum.bsky.social call for a crucial extension to the Pathways to Work consultation. Access barriers, cancelled events and poor communication have failed disabled people across Wales. Our voices deserve to be heard. Read more: www.disabilitywales.org/disability-w...

The Access Broadband Cymru grant scheme has reopened 🛜 Is your internet slow? If you have slow broadband speeds of 30mpbs or less you may be eligible for support. For further information please visit their website ➡️ www.gov.wales/access-broad...

Call for Extension to UK Government on the ' Pathways to Work: Green Paper’ The AWF & @disabilitywales.bsky.social have jointly called for an extension of the consultation on the proposed changes to welfare reform. Read the whole statement buff.ly/UR1MfmR

Today is our last drop-in session to discuss your concerns regarding the Green Paper, 1pm -2pm Please sign up at the link below 17th June 1-2pm - buff.ly/wpBCgSB

People with a learning disability want what everyone wants, to be heard, seen and included 📣 No more prejudice. No more being left out. Just equal opportunities and the right to live a full, brilliant life. 👉 Find out more: mencap.org.uk/LDweek #LearningDisabilityWeek2025 #WeAreHuman

During #LearningDisabilityWeek why not check out our free image library? The images show people with learning disabilities as they want to be seen. Living ordinary lives. #DoYouSeeMe? The images are free to use allwalespf.free.resourcespace.com/pages/collec...

The Welsh Government’s Disabled People’s Rights Plan is out for consultation. Have your say and make your opinion matter before 7th August 2025 by clicking the link below. www.gov.wales/draft-disabl...

Today we are at the Pierhead in Cardiff Bay for the Carers Week Reception 2025 organised by Carers Wales

#CarersWeek2025 #merthyrtydfil We will be at the Town Centre Hub Merthyr Tydfil tomorrow for a session on Carers Rights from 10:30 onwards Join us to hear about your rights and what Carers Wales resources are available to you

TODAY Concerned regarding the proposed benefit cuts? Join us and have your say in the consultation! We are inviting parents and family member of people with learning disabilities to join us for an online conversation 10th June 11-12pm - buff.ly/Kf4u9An

Wales' voice needs to be heard. Join us tomorrow for the first Drop-in session to ensure the voices of families with additional learning needs using PIP in Wales are heard as part of the Green Paper 11-12pm us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Ydych chi’n Fyddar, yn anabl, neu’n niwroamrywiol? Wedi blino ar y diffyg cynrychiolaeth yng ngwleidyddiaeth Cymru? Ymunwch â Rhwydwaith Llawr Gwlad Mynediad at Wleidyddiaeth! Cwrdd â phobl o'r un anian, rhannwch brofiadau, dysgwch gan eraill. 📩 [email protected]

Access to Politics Are you Deaf, disabled, or neurodivergent? Frustrated by the lack of representation in Welsh politics? Join the Access to Politics Grassroots Network! Meet likeminded people, share your experiences, and learn from others. 📩 Email [email protected]

🏳️‍🌈In many ways ‘Pride’ was not created to celebrate any one sexuality, bit for the right for all sexualities to exist without persecution. ‘Pride’ is still very much needed in this country and around the world. #HappyPrideMonth @basw-uk.bsky.social @socialcarewales.bsky.social @swu-uk.bsky.social

As the Forum we will be responding to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper - if you are a family carer of a loved one with LD and want to contribute, you can email us at [email protected] Thank you for your time

Over the last few years we have collected useful and important information for Carers on the below page: You can find support with energy bills, debt, health and local, national & peer support and information on how to maximise your income. Find out more on our padlet padlet.com/josh582/righ...

Hello Bluesky! We are the All Wales Forum of Parents and Carers of People with Learning Disabilities. We are a Welsh Government funded organisations created by parent carers over 30 years ago and led by family carers. Delighted to be here :)