Making Money Easier launches!

United Response has made a new guide to help people with learning disabilities live independently.

It's called Your Money, Your Home and tells people some of the things they need to know about living in their own house or flat. And how to manage the things they need to pay for.

To find out more you can visit the Your Money, Your Home website

We would like to say a big thank you to HSBC and the Now Let's Talk Money Campaign for funding Your Money, Your Home.

The website is part of a bigger resource called Making Money Easier.

The Making Money Easier resource was produced by ARC and United Response. There is a set of printed booklets and a website produced by ARC. The website is at www.making-money-easier.info

You can find out more background about the resources on our website.

Channel 4 News report about people with learning disabilities excluded online

Today, we were pleased when Channel 4 news ran a story on its 12 o'clock programme about how people with learning disabilities are often excluded from accessing goods, services and even jobs online. We’d been involved in preparing the report so it was good to see some strong messages incorporated.

The report showed some of the assistive technology some people with learning disabilities used with The Rix Centre. Ultimately, the report made it clear that many people are literally excluded. Some people with learning disabilities were interviewed in order to back this up.

The report went on to say that some things that are really easy such as easy read options or simple technical changes are "often not even considered by government or businesses." The website provides a link to our website too which is good.

Go to the television news piece and online article.