An independent charity for people with learning disabilities

Read our People’s Parliament report on Transport

Read the latest Lewisham People’s Parliament report on Transport Read our new people’s parliament report on Transport! We held the People’s Parliament in September 2025, to find out what people think about public transport, including accessibility, hate crime, sexual harassment and using Freedom Passes and Taxicards. You can read the report here Or click on […]

Read Lloyd’s blog on the Positive Voices conference

Read Lloyd’s blog on the Positive Voices conference Lloyd, a self advocate and volunteer at Lewisham Speaking Up, came with us to the Positive Voices conference in September. The conference is hosted by Dudley Voices for Choice and brings together about 150 self advocates from around the country!   Here is what he said:   […]

Read our Article for PMLD Link

Read our Article for PMLD Link on our work with Entelechy Arts   Earlier this year, our reps team wrote an article about the work we have been doing with Entelechy Arts. We talked about their workshop at our Self Advocacy People’s Parliament last year, and our visits to Ambient Jam with local decision makers. […]

Read our People’s Parliament report on Mental Health

Read the latest Lewisham People’s Parliament report on Mental Health Read our new people’s parliament report on Mental Health! In June 2025, we held a People’s Parliament about mental health. We talked about mental health services, medication, suicidal thoughts and long-stay hospitals. You can read the report here Or click on the picture of the […]

Our 20th Anniversary Fashion Show!

Thank you for joining us at our 20th Anniversary Fashion Show!   We had our fashion show on Wednesday 9th July at The Fellowship Inn. It was hosted by Brian, Lloyd and Ellie!     Here’s what they had to say about the event:   It was so much fun. It was extra special because […]

People’s Parliament report on Money and Benefits

Read the latest Lewisham People’s Parliament report on Money and Benefits Read our new people’s parliament report on Money and Benefits! In March 2025, we held a People’s Parliament about money and benefits. We talked about benefits, the cost of living and scams.   You can read the report here or click on the picture […]

People’s parliament report on Safer Streets

Read the latest Lewisham People’s Parliament report on Safer Streets Read our new people’s parliament report on Safer Streets! In December 2024, we held a People’s Parliament about safer streets. We talked about hate crime, street disorder, safer places schemes and riots. You can read the report here Or click on the picture of the […]

Question Time with Lewisham MPs 2025

Lewisham MPs Listen to People with learning disabilities On Friday 31st January, we hosted a Question Time at the Catford Civic Suite for people with learning disabilities. One of our People’s Parliament reps suggested that we hold this event as part of our self advocacy work. They said it would be a great chance for […]

Read our People’s Parliament report on the Elections

  Read the latest Lewisham People’s Parliament report on our Elections In September 2024, we held a People’s Parliament where we elected a new set of People’s Parliament reps. You can read the report here Or click on the picture of the report     36 people with a learning disability came to vote for […]

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