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What Do We Like About Living in the Community?

August 10, 2017
My Life My Choice runs user-led campaigns about issues that our members care about. After watching the Channel 4 Documentary Under Lock and Key, the campaigning group has been looking…
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How can we help people with learning disabilities to improve their health?

July 27, 2017
We know that people with a learning disability have worse health than other people, and die sooner than they should. They are 58 times more likely to die before the…
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The Power of Raising Money to Help Yourself and Others Like You

July 11, 2017
  In July 2015, the My Life My Choice trustees decided to start a 100 Club lottery to raise money for the charity. A small sub-committee was formed to make…
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What did we learn from the Better Health Better Lives Conference?

June 22, 2017
On 20 June we went to the Better Health Better Lives conference, which was organised by NHS England and the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) to talk about how…
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The Sun Has Got His Hat On

June 21, 2017
It’s been a welcome sight these last few days, the bluest sky and the warm spring sunshine making people feel the urge to get outside. The air is full of…
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Paul’s trip to Buckingham Palace

June 9, 2017
My Life My Choice recently won The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. To celebrate, we were given an invitation for two representatives from the charity to attend a garden party…
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Telling Our Stories to Policymakers

May 18, 2017
A member of My Life My Choice, Kathy Moran, recently made headlines when she confronted Theresa May over cuts to her benefits. She said: “Do you know what I want?…
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Why we should think more about the words that we use

April 12, 2017
This week we saw these open letters written by the Darlington Learning Impairment Network addressed to health and social care professionals. We think they make some really good points about…
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