The Society for Children
and Adults with Learning
Disabilities and their Families
Supporting Campaigns
Lobbying MPs, ministers & agencies on legislation and policy changes
Helpline: 0161 474 7323
Here to help with questions relating to learning disability and its impact on family carers
Membership
How to join us…
Membership of Rescare is available to individuals, families, and affiliated groups (charities, schools, etc.). Your membership of Rescare helps us to campaign on your behalf; to represent the interests of people with learning disabilities, their carers, and especially family carers.
Rescare has always tried to present the views and interests of its members in consultations undertaken by government departments (e.g. the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Justice) and by bodies such as the Law Commission – and we continue to do so. We were closely involved in consultations prior to the publication of the Valuing People White Paper and the passing of Mental Capacity Act, and we take a special interest in the operation of the Office of the Public Guardian and the Court of Protection.
Members are entitled to contact our Helpline for advice and information.
Members receive a quarterly newsletter, Resnews, which aims to keep them up to date with issues in the learning disability sector, and with Rescare’s activities.
We have created an area of our website with access reserved for members. Details available here. This is being used initially to make back-issues of Resnews available as PDF documents.
We do not operate a forum, but we do encourage members to send us their views on issues related to learning disability (by post or email); we will consider publishing any submission online on our ‘Editorial and Letters‘ webpage, or in Resnews.
If you are interested in becoming a member:
- phone us on 0161 4747323, or
- email us at office@rescare.org.uk , or
- send us a message via the online contact form (see our Contact page), or
- or download and send in the membership application form, available here as Word or PDF format.
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People with Down syndrome could be left to die of coronavirus to 'save' supplies metro.co.uk One of the most draconian pieces of emergency legislation just passed, allegedly because of the corona virus emergency. One care provider commented, off the record, that if the government were looking for ways to kill off the elderly and those with disabilities to save money this is proof positive. Human Rights Implications of the Coronavirus Bill www.bihr.org.uk
Do join CASCAID and support Belinda Schwehr and her wonderful work. Rescare has done some of her training and contributed. She was ace when it came to an Isabel dilemma. Trustees will be discussing what we can do to unite with others to fight this appalling piece of legislation.
The Society for Children and Adults
with Learning Disabilities and their Families