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The Paul Ridd Foundation has been created to raise awareness of the issues faced by people with a le

11/05/2026

It was a pleasure today to present Paul’s story to first year nursing students at the University of south Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 . A very engaged group , Paul’s story doesn’t seem age even 17 years after his death , the key messages don’t are the same . First one since Dad has died , so a few feelings of sadness. Thank you Stacey for always making us feel welcome ### love Jayne x

08/04/2026

Jonathan and I said good bye to our’s and Paul’s Dad on Sunday, he died at 2.45 am , John Ridd has sung his last song . It is an end of an era for us , and we are both still processing this . We were so luck to have had them , they were all loved so much , and we send love to you all , Jayne and Jonathan ###x

25/03/2026

Jonathan and I had the honour in presenting the second Paul Ridd Foundation award at the University of South Wales . The winner was Bryony Ellis a wonderful young lady with a genuine commitment to deliver safe person centre care . Bryony embodies everything the Foundation represents, compassion advocacy , clinical excellence and heart felt commitment to improve healthcare for people with a learning disability. Such a honour for us in Paul’s name .

22/03/2026

We attended the Launch of the new Learning disability annual health check Pathway . This is a step in the right direction , so many passionate people in one room, improvement of the quality of these health checks , ensuring everyone who is entitled one gets one , and making sure there are action plans in place is key to ensure these health checks make a difference. Thank you to Beth , Matt, Mark and Bethan from Improvement and implementation Cymru for their hard work producing this initiative, the first step in the right direction. But there is still a lot to do .
I learnt so much from Sion from Mencaps presentation. It was good to catch up with him . It was Mencaps helpline who supported us after Paul died .
I had tea and cake with Dawn from Cardiff people first which is always a pleasure x

11/03/2026

Lets take the taboo out of poo. Weve developed new bowel health resources to support people with a learning disability. The resources cover information on key topics, including healthy eating, drinking fluids, being active,…

03/03/2026

This is the reason we do what we do when we fight for change , our precious brother shouldn’t have died , I haven’t let myself read this for a while, it is tough to see. It took four years to get a death certificate for Paul . That one word neglect opened so many doors . Individuals with a learning disability deserve good health care, we still need to do better ###

16/02/2026

Jonathan I got to present Paul’s story to 85 nursing students in Bangor university last week , Thank you MR Bernard Okeah for organising this, and I would like to thank Paul Harris for producing this training ,it is very powerful.
Jonathan deserves a medal for trying to make me computer literate, he talked me through sending a We Transfer today , it was very tense . Love Jayne xx

12/02/2026

Thank you Jennifer Davies for organising the Paul Ridd awareness training with this year’s cohort of physician associates . So far this year we have spoken to 245 students, we ask them to continue Paul’s legacy .Jonathan and Jayne ###

04/02/2026

Yesterday we got to present learning disability awareness training along side your Voice Advocacy to over 120 Swansea University second year Medical students . It was so good to see Neil and Anne again, who we have worked with before for the Welsh Ambulance service. Thank you Louise Peck and Professor Ruth Dare for organising this session , and to ward manager Melanie Davies our dear friend for supporting us .
But the biggest thank you goes to the students for engaging with us, and taking on Paul’s legacy for equal health care for individuals with a learning disability. Lots of love Jayne xx

30/01/2026

It was my pleasure to join the meeting of Your Voice Advocacy group in Swansea yesterday, thank you Louise and everyone for your warm welcome. We are presenting awareness training together on Tuesday to second year medical students in Swansea . I am looking forward to spending the day with them xx

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