ARC Events

Well this week has been absolute madness!

We have events, events and more events coming up in the ARC schedule. I have (so far) advertised 19 new events on the ARC website and there are ten more LDQ Update days in East Midlands still to add.

The ARC Training Programme
We have organised a series of one-day training events on Dementia, Epilepsy, Handling Medication in Social Care Settings both regular and Train the Trainer, Talking About Money Train the Trainer and Mental Capacity Act DOLS regulations in various places throughout England. These events are running in May, June and July with limited places on each, they're basically essential training for people working with people with learning disabilities.

Moving in Planning Ahead
…. managing money can be challenging for everybody and especially for youngsters managing their money and planning living independently the first time can be difficult. We are all confronted with money issues and even understanding the meanings of some banking words seems to be difficult.

Our Training Manager Shirley Potter is at the moment busy in preparing a MOVING ON PLANNING AHEAD training course. This is part of a FSA funded project and the training takes people with learning disabilities and their supporters through information about living independently and what that really means including how they can and will pay for things, the support they can get and any benefits they can get. The first pilot sessions will be in May and I hope that with this training we can help people with learning disability planning for their future.

Lester Aldridge NEW LAW SERIES
The really exciting events that are happening in May but we'll get more dates later on are the Lester Aldridge Legal Seminars. These half-day events are for ARC members to pick the brains of the Employment Legal team from Lester Aldridge. The first of three of these series is on dealing with employment issues in a recession and they'll be held in Sheffield and Reading.

Find out about all these new events on the Events Section on the ARC website http://www.arcuk.org.uk