Making Care Fair
Our Mission
Making Care Fair aims to challenge the inequalities suffered by the adult learning-disabled community through the social care system.
By working with the community of adults with Learning Disabilities, we intend to identify where the problems lie, and who caused them, and campaign to ensure every adult with Learning Disabilities receives the care package they need to be able to function comfortably in their everyday lives.
Upcoming Advocates Meetings
Learning Disability and SEND Hustings
Southend East and Rochford
Badgers Den, Brock's Corner, 32 West Street
Rochford, SS4 1AJ
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10:30am on Friday 21st June
The Learning Disability and SEND communities have been underrepresented by politicians for too long. To combat this, Making Care Fair held hustings in Southend West, Southend East, and Castlepoint, inviting all parliamentary candidates to attend in order to discuss the issues directly affecting the Learning Disability and SEND communities. We hope this will lead to action being taken by the newly elected Labour administration, as well as by the local authorities themselves. A massive thank you to both Badger's Den and Highlands Methodist Church for allowing us to host these events in these spaces, as well as to those who attended. Without your questions and input the conversations may not have been nearly as useful.
Below this is a summary of our campaign and the reasons for it. If you wish to learn more about our campaign or the any one of the individual hustings, go to the Our Campaign page
Our Campaign
Over the last few years, PIP has replaced the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged between 16 and 64 living in England and Wales. This has been disastrous for some families/carers of those adults with Learning Disabilities.
This media campaign aims to highlight what needs to be changed to make sure that families/carers and adults with Learning Disabilities are being given the best support possible.
“We are penalising our families/carers who are already saving the government huge amounts of money in care costs. If they were to place their loved ones in a care setting/supported living scheme this would be costing the government so much more in the long run. Why are we so blinkered not to see this?"
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- Alison Halton, Mencap Learning Disabilities Advisor
To Learn More
Royal Mencap
"There are multiple barriers preventing people with learning disabilities from accessing good quality healthcare."
Big Issue, 2023
"DWP accused of 'denying people their rights' after rejecting 90% of disability benefits appeals."
LeDeR, 2023
"42% of deaths of people with a learning disability were avoidable."