learning disabilities

D'Arts Exeter, a charity dedicated to providing creative workshops for adults with learning disabilities, has received a generous donation of £1,500 from local homebuilder Barratt David Wilson Homes Exeter. This funding will support the charity’s mission of fostering inclusivity and offering enriching artistic experiences.

D'Arts Exeter was founded fourteen years ago by volunteers who identified a pressing need locally: accessible arts opportunities for individuals with learning disabilities.

The charity organises monthly workshops led by professional artists,...

The NHS in Devon is supporting people with learning disabilities to take up the potentially life-saving coronavirus vaccination.

GP surgeries are contacting people about booking the vaccine.

Recent engagement work, including focus groups with members of our community with learning disabilities, led by NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) suggests that the reasons for vaccine hesitancy locally mirror concerns identified nationally.

Those with learning disabilities who took part in the focus groups felt:

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Dozens have celebrated this year’s World Cup by taking part in a special football tournament hosted by a charity which is encouraging people with learning disabilities to get more active.

To celebrate the World Cup taking place, ROC Active Exeter – a service run by the disability charity United Response – hosted a ‘World Cup Day’ football tournament for people with learning disabilities and local schoolchildren over 15.

Seven teams-of-five turned out for the special one-off event to have fun and take part in some friendly competition.

The competition took place on...

The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities are calling for a change to the language used about people with learning disabilities and the way they are represented in the media, in order to tackle the increase in bullying, harassment and hate crime.

Social media and the internet are places where high levels of bullying and hate crime are experienced by people with learning disabilities, as well as when they are at home, at work or out in their communities.

As well as campaigning for more positive representation in society and the media, the Foundation, working with...

The Puzzletree in Okehampton is hosting a fun day of sport on Monday 24 June from 10am-4pm.

This year’s event is the third in succession that the Puzzletree has organised for people with learning disabilities.

The fun day is free to attend, and includes a variety of sports to encourage people to try new activities, as well as those they already enjoy.

Sports include boccia, badminton, volleyball, short tennis, seated exercise, velcro targets, dance, fencing, TaiChi, croquet, table tennis, exercise machines, basketball, parachute games, football and frisbee throwing...

Redrow’s new West Country division, which will open on 1st July 2014 from premises on Pynes Hill in Exeter, has selected Okehampton-based ‘Get Changed’ as its local charity to support throughout 2014/2015.

Get Changed Theatre Company provides a unique service for adults with learning disabilities in mid and west Devon. Drama, dance and art are used as a medium for its members to develop confidence, make choices, develop life-skills and improve mental health. The charity was formed in 1995 and runs a programme of weekly workshops throughout the year, culminating in annual...