Ace Anglia

14/10/2026

💙 Have your say at the Suffolk People First Conference!

What makes a good life for people with learning disabilities in Suffolk? Join us for a morning of discussion, sharing ideas and helping shape future priorities.

Everyone is welcome, including people with learning disabilities, autistic people, families, carers, supporters and professionals.

Hear from Gary Boulet, Self-Advocate and Membership & Engagement Lead at Learning Disability England, and share your views on what matters most, including:

💜 Health
🏡 Housing
🤝 Friends and relationships
💼 Jobs and volunteering
🚌 Transport
🗣️ Having a voice and being heard

Together, we'll identify the top three priorities for people with learning disabilities in Suffolk.

📅 Friday 6 November 2026
⏰ 9:30am–1pm
📍 Kesgrave Community and Conference Centre, Ipswich

🎟️ It's free to attend!

🔗 Visit the link in the comments to book your place!

Your voice matters. Help us shape the future of support, services and opportunities in Suffolk 💙

13/10/2026

💜 Have your say on the future of NHS services!

Tomorrow, Essex Carers Network is hosting an online session for family carers supporting someone with a learning disability and/or autism to share their experiences, ideas and hopes for the future of NHS services.

🗓️ Wednesday 14 October
⏰ 10am–12pm
💻 Online session

Anyone living in Essex or elsewhere across the Eastern region is welcome to take part.

👉 Find out more and sign up via the link in the comments!

Our final October session is coming up this Wednesday, and we’d love to welcome more families into the conversation 💜

Essex Carers Network, on behalf of the East of England Regional Co‑production Group, is inviting family carers supporting someone with a learning disability and/or autism to take part in this last online session of the month. Anyone living in Essex or across the Eastern region is welcome.

Throughout October, we’ve been exploring the Three Big Shifts in the NHS 10‑Year Plan:
• Moving from analogue to digital
• Moving from sickness to prevention
• Moving from acute to community

Your lived experience matters. We’ve been talking about what’s working, what isn’t, and what needs to change — so future health services truly reflect what families need.

If you care for a child or young person, there’s still one more opportunity this month to share your thoughts:

🟣 Wednesday 14 October, 10 am–12 pm — Families caring for a child/young person

We hope you can join us and help shape the future of health services across our region 💜

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

05/10/2026

Last week, Mark and Chewy were at the Community Connections Day at the Leading Lives Lowestoft Hub. 👋

A great day meeting local organisations and making new connections!

05/10/2026

We’re looking forward to being at East Suffolk Council Disability Information Day tomorrow! 👋

Come along to meet local organisations, find out about available support and connect with others in your community.

📍 Felixstowe Trades and Labour Club
🕤 9.30am – 12.30pm

Join us tomorrow for East Suffolk Disability Information Day!
Looking for support, advice, information, or local services?

Join us at the East Suffolk Disability Information Day to meet organisations, discover available support, and connect with others in your community.

Date: Tuesday 6 October, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Location: Felixstowe Trades and Labour Club

Whether you're living with a disability, caring for someone, or simply wanting to find out more about local services, everyone is welcome.

Organisations involved in the event include:
Citizens Advice East Suffolk Suffolk Family Carers Suffolk Sight kooth Christies Care Ltd Walton Parish Nursing, Felixstowe Realise Futures Poppy's Pantry Coastal Accessible Transport Services - CATS Anglia Care Trust Ace Anglia

01/10/2026

📢 The UK Easy Read Standards have been published!

We’re delighted that the UK Easy Read Standards were officially published today, 1 October 2026. 🎉

The Standards were developed by the UK Easy Read Standards Working Group, which Disability Equality Scotland helped launch in 2024.

Ace Anglia is proud to be one of more than 30 organisations that contributed to co-producing the Standards. We were also pleased to attend the online launch event and celebrate this important milestone with colleagues and partners from across the UK.

By working together, we’re helping to improve the quality and consistency of Easy Read across the UK, making information more accessible for everyone who needs or chooses it.

👉 Find out more about the UK Easy Read Standards:
https://disabilityequality.scot/services/easy-read-creation/easy-read-standards/

29/09/2026

September at Ace Anglia 💜

It’s been a busy month! Here are just a few things our team, Experts by Experience and Peer Educators have been getting up to across Suffolk and beyond.

Here are some of our September highlights 👇

1. Members of the Swept Under the Carpet project team in Newcastle for the BSA Medical Sociology Annual Conference 2026.

2. Promoting our Annual Health Check workshops, helping people with learning disabilities understand more about their health checks and why they matter - Bury St Edmunds

3. Talk Tech 2026 - bringing people together to explore technology, accessibility and digital inclusion.

4. Talk Tech 2026 - sharing ideas, learning from others and looking at how technology can work better for everyone.


5. Peer Educators Steven and Matt delivering an Annual Health Check workshop in Haverhill.

6. Our Experts with Lived Experience Co-Trainers delivering Oliver McGowan Tier 1 training and sharing their knowledge and experiences.

7. Connecting with organisations and people across Suffolk at our Annual Networking and Health Inequalities Event - Kesgrave.

8. One of our brilliant Experts by Experience, Joel, representing Ace Anglia at the BBC Radio Suffolk Make a Difference Awards.

9. Another Annual Health Check workshop, this time with Genesis Orwell Mencap.

10. Listening to people's experiences and views at our My Voice Focus Group in Lowestoft.

28/09/2026

Help shape Suffolk’s next All Age Carers Strategy 💬

Suffolk County Council is asking carers of all ages and backgrounds to share their experiences and views to help shape the next Suffolk All Age Carers Strategy (2027–2030).

Your feedback will directly inform the priorities for the new strategy.

👉 Have your say:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7GqcEEZQlUqPPIT2O6GK9EhT1vWUg7NLsCy__J6EXbxUNERSOFU1NFY5Q09HUVFPRzVZWENLSjI3VCQlQCN0PWcu

📣 If you’re a carer, or support someone who is, please consider taking part - and share this with others who may want to contribute.

Have your say!

23/09/2026

✨ Behind the scenes: David, our Accessible Information Design Lead, and Mark one of our Experts By Experience, putting an Easy Read document through its paces today.

📝✅ Every check is about one thing - Ensuring information is clear, accessible, and genuinely works for the people reading it.

22/09/2026

🎥 Be part of a breast screening film

Are you a woman aged 50 or over with a learning disability, and do you live in Suffolk?

We’re looking for someone to take part in a short film about breast screening.

You would need to:

🚶‍♀️‍➡️ Visit a breast screening clinic
💬 Talk to a nurse about what happens during an appointment
📹 Be filmed during your visit

✅ You will NOT need to have a breast screening.

✨ You’ll be paid for your time, and by taking part you could help other women with learning disabilities feel more confident about going for breast screening.

Interested?
📧 Contact: [email protected] to find out more

22/09/2026

🗣️ People with learning disabilities have the right to be heard, listened to and included in conversations about the support and services that affect their lives.

It’s so important that people are given the opportunity to share their experiences and views directly - and that those views are genuinely listened to and valued.

We fully support the importance of having these conversations and making sure the voices of people with learning disabilities are at the heart of them. ❤️

Have your say and be part of the Big Conversation. See the link in the comments. 👇