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| Seán
is Chief Executive of the Elfrida Society. Seán
has worked with people with learning difficulties
for 30 years in many different roles. His early
experience, in the mid-1970s, of working for a year
in a large residential hospital fuelled a commitment
to moving services for people with learning difficulties
away from institutionalisation. |
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| Elinor
launched Community Living in 1987 with the
late David Brandon as editor. Over the last
18 years she has developed the magazine to
reflect the many changes that have taken place
in the lives of people with learning difficulties.
Elinor's career has included editorial roles
on Community Care, World Medicine, the Remedial
Therapist and The Professional Nurse. |
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| Sally is
the managing director at Paradigm and consults extensively
across the UK, and in Europe and the USA in developing
better community services for people with learning
difficulties. |
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| Richard
is the Chief Executive at Respond and has
worked as a counsellor, psychotherapist and
manager in the sexual abuse field for the
last 9 years and Richard is particularly interested
in the issues of abuse and violence and what
can be done to make people safer. |
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| Gill
qualified as a social worker, and has worked with
children and adults with learning difficulties for
over 20 years. At RNIB she has developed an information
service for people with learning difficulties and
their supporters. She writes leaflets and articles
about eye care, and also about blind and partially
sighted people with learning difficulties. |
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| Karen
is the Chief Executive of Keyring. |
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| Jane
is the Chief Executive of Generate. She
had developed services for people with learning
difficulties in Richmond for ten years prior to
joining Generate in August 2007. She was ready to
take up a new challeng and happy to be back in the
voluntary sector where her enthusiasm for working
with people with learning difficulties took root
16 years ago. |
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| Simone
is the Parliamentary Correspondent for Community
Living magazine. |
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| Jo Clare
has been Chief Executive of Three Cs since July
2008. Three Cs stands for ‘Control and Choice
in the Community for people with learning disabilities
and/or mental health problems’. The charity
supports people to have control over and choice
about their lives and to contribute to the community
as equal citizens. It provides supported living,
outreach, transitions and social inclusion services
in London and the South East. |
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Kay Holden
is Director of Learning Disability Services at
Southdown Housing Association. The Association
provides a range of housing, support, volunteering
and employment services to 1800 people in Sussex,
the majority of whom have learning difficulties
or mental health needs. Southdown supports the
band Heavy Load – all the members of the
band are Southdown tenants or employees. The band
is active in the ‘Stay Up Late’ campaign
to enable people to choose what time they go home
or go to bed. |
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