Learning Disability Wales

22/10/2026

Gig Buddies ambassador Richie is putting on another fundraising gig for Gig Buddies Cymru 🤩

Gig-going legend Richie is putting on another epic gig to fundraise for Gig Buddies Cymru!

Saturday 5 December at The Canopi Cardiff. 6pm-11pm.

The wonderful Connor at Under Construction has worked with Richie to put together a STACKED line-up, which we'll be announcing SOON.

(Last year's inaugural Richie Fest featured Lemfreck, Morn, Joyce, Why Horses? and Bryony Sier, to give you an idea of what to expect...)

Tickets are £15 (plus booking fee) via See Tickets and we expect them to disappear fast! (Link in bio)
https://www.seetickets.com/event/richie-fest-2026-/the-canopi/3744043

Tickets for gig buddies are £10 via an exclusive code which we are sending out to gig buddies.

If you wish to further support the excellent work of Gig Buddies Cymru, there are additional donation options available.

Diolch yn fawr iawn once again to The Canopi for hosting Richie Fest.

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21/10/2026

With just 2 weeks to go until our North Wales Annual Conference and 3 weeks until our South Wales Conference, have you got your tickets yet?

We're looking forward to talking about technology and what it means for people with a learning disability.

We'd also like to say a huge thank you to our conference sponsors Achieve together, Drive Wales, and RNIB Cymru for helping us to make this happen🙏

Buy your tickets from the 'Digital Lives' page on our website here: https://www.ldw.org.uk/event/digital-lives/

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Gyda dim ond 2 wythnos i fynd tan ein Cynhadledd Flynyddol yng Ngogledd Cymru a 3 wythnos tan ein Cynhadledd yn Ne Cymru, ydych chi wedi cael eich tocynnau eto?

Rydym yn edrych ymlaen at drafod technoleg a’r hyn mae’n ei olygu i bobl ag anabledd dysgu.

Hoffem hefyd ddiolch yn fawr iawn i noddwyr ein cynadleddau – Achieve together, Drive Cymru, ac RNIB Cymru – am ein helpu i wireddu hyn🙏

Prynwch eich tocynnau o’r dudalen 'Digital Lives' ar ein gwefan yma: https://www.ldw.org.uk/cy/event/bywydau-digidol/

20/10/2026

Penblwydd hapus Gig Buddies Cymru Abertawe Castell-nedd Porth Talbot!! 🤩

20/10/2026

We're delighted to share with you our latest annual review.

Discover what we’ve accomplished over the past year to improve the lives of children, young people, and adults with a learning disability in Wales.

Read our annual review on our website: https://www.ldw.org.uk/about-us/annual-reports/

Rydyn ni’n falch iawn o gael rhannu ein hadolygiad blynyddol diweddaraf gyda chi.

Gallwch chi ddarganfod mwy am yr hyn rydyn ni wedi ei gyflawni dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf i wella bywydau plant, pobl ifanc ac oedolion ag anabledd dysgu yng Nghymru.

Gallwch chi ddarllen ein hadolygiad blynyddol ar ein gwefan: https://www.ldw.org.uk/cy/about-us/adroddiaadau-blynyddol/

18/10/2026

Heddiw, 18 Hydref, yw Diwrnod Menopos y Byd. Ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl, cynhyrchodd ein tîm Hawdd ei Ddeall Cymru gyfres o daflenni hawdd eu deall o'r enw "Cadw’n iach yn ystod y perimenopos a’r menopos", mewn partneriaeth â The Menopause Charity ac FTWW Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales.

Mae’r 4 llyfryn am ddim, sydd ar gael yn Gymraeg a Saesneg, yn cynnwys:

1. Beth ydy’r menopos a’r perimenopos?
2. Symptomau perimenopos a menopos
3. Beth rydych chi’n gallu ei wneud i deimlo’n well yn ystod y perimenopause a’r menopos
4. Siaradwch â’ch meddyg am y perimenopos a’r menopos.

Darganfyddwch ragor a lawrlwythwch y llyfrynnau am ddim ar ein gwefan.

Easy Read Wales. Mae Hawdd ei Ddeall Cymru yn lansio canllawiau hawdd eu darllen newydd am gadw’n iach yn ystod perimenopaws a’r menopos.

18/10/2026

Today 18 October is World Menopause Day. A few years ago, our Easy Read Wales team produced a series of Easy Read leaflets called "Keeping health in perimenopause and menopause" in partnership with The Menopause Charity and FTWW Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales.

The 4 free Easy Read booklets, available in English and Welsh, cover:

1. What is menopause and perimenopause
2. Symptoms of perimenopause and menopause
3. What you can do to feel better during perimenopause and menopause
4. Talking to your doctor about perimenopause and menopause.

Find out more and download the booklets for free from our website.

Easy Read Wales launches new easy read guides about keeping healthy in perimenopause and menopause. Learning Disability Wales.

14/10/2026

.University of South Wales researchers are looking for parents with a learning disability who have had experience of health visitors to take part in a new research project.

The research will help to produce guidance for health visitors on how best to support parents with a learning disability in Wales.

See post below for more information on how to take part.

13/10/2026

An advocacy initiative for black children with Down’s Syndrome has won this year’s National Diversity Award for Multi-Strand Community Organisation.

The organisation, called ‘The Black Child Down Syndrome Project’, or BCDS Project, was founded by four mothers of children with Down’s Syndrome.

The founders, including Danise Bartlett-Grant, Tonye Faloughi-Ekezie and Oneness Sankara, started the photography project due to a “lack of representation” they encountered when it came to their children and their families.

The Black Child Down Syndrome Project is nominated for a BBC Make a Difference Award.