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The CBF writes topical articles regularly and produces two newsletters a year, providing opinion and resources for families and professionals.
Report Launch – Building a Bridge: How to end the cliff edge of transition between children’s and adult services for young people with learning disabilities in England
Today (2nd July), The CBF are pleased to launch our new report on transition to adulthood
CBF Announces Making it Matter Project
The CBF is pleased to announce Making it Matter, a new flagship UK wide project to increase direct engagement with young people with severe learning disabilities.
CBF Delivers Open Letter to 10 Downing Street
Family carers and young people, supported by the CBF and children’s charity Kids have been to 10 Downing Street, to ask the Prime Minister to improve the experience of young people when they move from child to adult services
What Matters to Me Online Launch Event
Online launch event to share learning from the What Matters to Me project
New report launched: The experiences of family carers of people with learning disabilities during Covid-19 and the ‘new normal’
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.
Changes to benefits
Read our summary of how the Government’s cuts will impact people with a severe learning disability and their families
What Matters to Me Launch at the House of Commons
Westminster launch of innovative project ‘What Matters to Me’ in front of wide range of stakeholders
Latest News: TV Edwards
Law firm TV Edwards have successfully secured an admission that a child with complex disabilities, including a learning disability, had her human rights breached