News and Opinion

2050 autistic people and people with a learning disability are locked up in long stay hospitals and assessment and treatment units today.

Rachael highlights the significant financial burden imposed by the rise in National Insurance contributions and the National Living Wage increase; Dimensions alone faces an additional £15.1 million in costs in the first year.

Women with autism and learning disabilities in the UK are struggling to access menopause support, often facing more severe symptoms or earlier onset than the general population.

As part of our campaign to encourage more MPs to visit the homes of people we support so they can develop a better understanding of person-centred supported living, Government Minister Seema Malhotra visited Elliott and his Lead Support Worker Paul Baker at one of our homes in Hounslow, West London.

We were delighted to welcome Care Minister, Stephen Kinnock MP, to the Wokingham borough.

As disability hate crime remains critically underreported, Dimensions is rolling out lecture and workshop lesson plans across universities, police forces, and other frontline professions nationwide to be delivered in partnership with local self-advocates.

Dimensions welcomes the Employment Rights Bill as a major step forward in recognising the social care workforce which has been overlooked for so long.

Our Dimensions Cymru colleagues Lisa Morgan and Rachel Folland both walked away from this year’s Welsh Care Awards with gold awards in their respective categories.

Rachel Follard, a locality manager for Dimensions Cymru, has been nominated for a Wales Care Award due to her impactful work in palliative care.

Sam, who we support to live independently in Warrington invited her MP, Charlotte Nichols to visit her at home.

Today Dimensions has signed an unprecedented joint open letter that has been sent to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting.

My Vote My Voice Ambassadors James Walker, Hannah Molloy and Ismail Kaji tell us why we shouldn’t give up our vote in 2024.