'Involvement at Brandon – how we work and what you can expect' is a new plan to ensure that the people we support and their families know how we work and what they can expect from us.

Earlier this year I had a really interesting opportunity to work alongside one of Brandon’s graduate trainees in co-producing some guidance that we hope will prove useful to people we support, their families, friends, and Brandon frontline staff.

In 2015, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) introduced a new way of inspecting all care services to ensure they focussed on the things that matter to people.

Research shows that people with learning disabilities don't vote as much. I vote sometimes and so do my friends with a learning disability but we find it hard to understand.

Research has shown that only 3% of people with a learning disability live as a couple, compared to 70% of the general adult population*. In this honest and open blog, our Involvement Assistant, Beth, tells of her search for love and the challenges she faces.

Many of the people with learning disabilities who we support here at Marshfields cannot read or write. They measure the passing of time by the changing seasons and celebrations and festivals - birthdays, Easter, Bonfire Night, Halloween and, of course, Christmas.