The CBF writes topical articles regularly and produces three newsletters a year, providing opinion and resources for families and professionals.
The CBF welcomes the Law Commission’s recommendations, informed by families, including the call for the law to change so transition planning starts at age 14 .
The latest 2023 LeDeR report, published yesterday (02/09/25) finds, as in previous years, that people with learning disabilities die early because of poor care, a lack of co-ordination and failures to provide proactive treatment. These deaths could be avoided.
The CBF joins more than 40 organisations and campaigners calling on the Government to take action to ensure people with learning disabilities do not die early, preventable deaths
An investigation by ITV shows that people with a learning disability and autistic people who are detained under the Mental Health Act are subject to restraint and overmedication
Read the Summer 2025 edition of our newsletter Challenge
During the Mental Health Bill’s second reading in the House of Commons, MPs highlighted the importance of strong community support
BBC News at Ten reports on a child being held in a prone restraint within a seclusion room at Springwell Leeds Academy North
Online launch event to share learning from the What Matters to Me project
Over five years have passed since the first national lockdown in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic but the impact is still being felt. It is important to learn from the experiences of family carers of people with learning disabilities during this time.
