How can we allow this in 2026? People are locked away just because they have a learning disability or are# autistic? @mencap.org.uk thank you for putting on this amazing exhibition highlighting the over 2000 people who are locked away.
#HomesNotHospitals
#TheFightForFreedom
#Mencap
Meet Dom.
Now living in his own home in Wigan and out of hospital, Dom is living his life in a way that works for him, supported by MacIntyre.
https://ow.ly/88tB50Ysepp
#HomesNotHospitals #Wigan #MacIntyre
When Stanley first came to MacIntyre, life felt unsettled. He’d been through a lot, and needed somewhere steady, with people who could take time to get to know him.
Find out how Stanley now has a place of his own and routines that work for him:
https://ow.ly/gawX50Y49Gy
#HomesNotHospitals
Liam* recently moved out from a long stay hospital and into his new home in Wigan, supported by MacIntyre.
Find out more about how Liam is now living his life in the way he wants.
https://ow.ly/VKmF50XTqPP
#HomesNotHospitals #GreaterManchester #AdultSocialCare #Wigan
*Name changed
Before moving into his bungalow supported by MacIntyre, Terry lived in homes across Cheshire which didn’t suit him.
Find out how Terry is now thriving in his own home and living his life, his way.
https://ow.ly/OatL50XGW33
#HomesNotHospitals #AdultSocialCare #ASC #GreaterManchester
In the latest MacIntyre Podcast, we chat with Cath Kelly about our successes supporting people to move from long-stay hospitals into their own homes. https://ow.ly/oC3150XG8pW #Podcast #HomesNotHospitals
Meet James, one of the first people MacIntyre supported in Wigan to move into his own home and out from a long stay hospital.
Find out how James is now living his life in a way that makes sense to him.
https://ow.ly/YZr550Xxstf
#HomesNotHospitals #AdultSocialCare #GreaterManchester #Wigan
Mark Isherwood MS speaking at the Good Life Alliance event at the Senedd
Mark Isherwood MS shares his support for the Stolen Lives Homes Not Hospitals campaign and the need for better support in the community to prevent the hospitalisation of people with a learning disability and move people back into the community #GoodLifeAlliance #HomesNotHospitals
Dawn Cavanagh shares her son's story at the Good Life Alliance event at the Senedd
Dawn Cavanagh shares her son Jack's story from the trauma of being locked away in an inappropriate hospital setting where he experienced restraint & seclusion to moving into his own home in the community where he's now living a full happy life #GoodLifeAlliance #HomesNotHospitals
Sophie Hinksman and Dawn Cavanagh speaking at the Senedd
Sophie Hinksman and Dawn Cavanagh opening the Good Life Alliance event in the Senedd with a tribute to the late Hefin David MS who supported the Stolen Lives campaign to get people with a learning disability out of long stay hospitals #GoodLifeAlliance #HomesNotHospitals
Chris’s story is a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when people are given the chance to live in homes not hospitals 🏡💙
Read Chris's full story ➡️ fitzroy.org/stories/how-the-right-pl...
#TransformingLives #HomesNotHospitals
📣 ITV News re-visits Josh and his family’s story. A very powerful piece about why the inappropriate detention of people with a learning disability and autistic people must end.
Read more here: brnw.ch/21wU8JV
#ITVNews #HomesNotHospitals
Book early bird tickets to listen to Andrew and Lucy at the @at-autism.bsky.social conference in October, where AT-Autism Director Linda Woodcock will also be talking on the theme of #HomesNotHospitals
In-person, livestream and on-demand tickets available!
www.atautism.org/at-autism-co...
#Autism
8/ Become a campaigner with Mencap and help us campaign for change: brnw.ch/21wS3Qv
#HomesNotHospitals #InappropriateDetention
Today is the one-year anniversary of the protest outside the Senedd about the inappropriate placement of people with learning disabilities and autism in hospital settings.
allwalespeople1st.co.uk/homes-not-ho...
#HomesNotHospitals #LDVoiceWales #LDLivedExperiences
(pic: N Hirst)
A purple background with a cream lock icon. The white text reads "The latest NHS data shows there are at least 2,055 people with a learning disability and/or autism locked away in mental health hospitals."
A purple background with a cream text box. The white and purple text reads "Within January 2025, 8,300 reported uses of restrictive interventions in one month e.g. physical, chemical, mechanical restraint and being kept in isolation. Of these, 2,680 were against children (under 18s).
A purple background with a cream text box. The white and purple text reads "Children in units. The number of children with a learning disability and/or autism in mental health hospitals is 225."
A purple background with a cream text box. The white and purple text reads "Shut away for too long. The average length of stay for people with a learning disability and/or autism who are currently in mental health hospitals is 4.6 years."
1/4 🚨 As Baroness Hollins said in the Parliament debate on the Mental Health Act Bill, there are still over 2,000 people with a learning disability and/or autism in mental health hospitals.
#HomesNotHospitals #MentalHealthActReform
Baroness Monckton raises the 2000 people with a learning disability and/or autism being detained in mental health hospitals at great cost to their lives and the public purse - a home and a care package would mean they get their lives back and save money for the public purse.
#HomesNotHospitals
Hundreds of people with a learning disability and/or autism continue to be detained in mental health hospitals who DON'T have a mental health condition. I have seen lives transformed by @mencap.org.uk support when they just have a home to live in and the right social care package.
#HomesNotHospitals
A purple graphic with a cream icon of a padlock. The white text reads "The latest NHS data shows there are at least 2,065 people with a learning disability and/or autism locked away mental health hospitals."
A purple graphic with a cream icon of a padlock. The white text reads "Within December 2024 8,040 reported uses of restraint in one month e.g. physical, chemical, mechanical restraint and being kept in isolation. Of these, 2,455 were against children (under 18s)."
A purple graphic with a cream icon of a padlock. The white and purple text reads "Children in units. The number of children with a learning disability and/or autism in inpatient units is 200."
A purple graphic with a cream icon of a padlock. The white and purple text reads "Shut away for too long. The average length of stay for people with a learning disability and/or autism who are currently in impatient units is 4.6 years"
1/3 🚨 The latest NHS data shows there are 2,065 people with a learning disability and/or autism in mental health hospitals.
👉 It’s time for change. Join us in campaigning for a better future. Sign up to become a Mencap campaigner, brnw.ch/21wRhxA
#HomesNotHospitals #MentalHealthActReform
"Autism is not something to be cured, so why are over 2,000 autistic people incarcerated in hospitals - or oversensory warehouses under the guise of hospitals - as we speak?' Important challenges from Alexis at today's conference. @lizzyh20 @BASW_UK #BASWENG21 #Homesnothospitals
