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A young white man with dark hair, beard and glasses wears a light blue t-shirt as he sits on his sofa under a blanket coughing into his hand and holding his chest with the other. A purple logo on the image says, "Easy read by Grapevine Experts By Experience."

20 March 2025

Grapevine experts by experience help produce new pneumonia guidance for people with learning disabilities
A young blonde woman wears a red bow in her hair and holds a microphone as she addresses doctors and nurses on a training course.

18 December 2024

Learning disabled experts by experience train more than 2,000 NHS staff on better care for them and their peers
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6 November 2024

How do we shift the dial on health inequalities?
A black woman wearing a red tracksuit, bumbag and a big smile makes two peace signs with her hands on top of a hill in the Peak District on a sunny day with other walkers behind her. She is Dorothy from Waka Waka Fitness.

17 October 2024

Putting people in the lead of improving their lives and their communities – Dorothy’s Waka Waka story
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25 July 2024

How do we build on existing community spirit in Willenhall to achieve better health for all who live there?
A stock photo shows three black adult hands each holding a red and white megaphone in the air against a blue sky.

11 June 2024

Willenhall residents take the lead to power up community park campaign
Black man in a checked shirt next to words that say Time To Talk about mental health.

1 February 2024

A blog and a poem from Willenhall Men’s Group for Time To Talk Day
A two photo image of Herbie and Emma, both white, posing for individual photos. Herbie has short black curly hair and wears a warm jumper. Emma is outdoors wearing a yellow bobble hat over long blonde hair and a dry robe, post-swim.

24 January 2024

Meet our new health project workers Emma and Herbie
The Learning Disability Friendly Practice logo shows three people's profiles held in a pair of hands. The three figures presents a patient in orange, an NHS worker in blue and a doctor with stethoscope in white.

9 October 2023

Experts By Experience help design Learning Disability Friendly award for GP practices leading the way in patient care

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