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What I Get Out Of Being A Volunteer
by Brenda Boyd Many years ago when I graduated I had no real idea of what I wanted to do beyond “I want to be useful.” I ended up working in marketing, advertising and public relations and, yes, I was useful in helping organisations publicise themselves [...]
It’s What People Deserve
by Jacqui Thompson Striving for the best for people who have a learning disability is what we pride ourselves on here at LD:NorthEast. We recently had a visit from North Tyneside Council Contracts Monitoring Team who inspected us against their Quality Outcomes within our Community Outreach [...]
It’s The Little Things That Count
by Lisa Wild It is estimated that by 2030 there will be a 30% increase in the number of adults with learning disabilities aged 50+ using social care services (NTDi, 2014). And at the same time it is also reported that the number of people with [...]
Meet the Team in Personalised Support
by Lisa Wild In this month’s blog we wanted to give you an insight in to what it’s like to be part of our team, so I had a chat with Support Worker Gavin about his role in our Personalised Support Service. After spending years working [...]