Free Planning for the Future Seminars in May – Mencap – UK and N. Ireland

Mencap's Planning for the Future events are free seminars delivered around England, Wales and Northern Ireland throughout the year. These free two-hour seminars provide information on how families and carers can ensure that someone with a learning disability is taken care of when they are no longer around, by making a suitable will or setting up a trust.

At the seminars a local legal professional, with experience of drafting wills and trusts for the benefit of people with a learning disability, offers vital, specialist legal advice and gives families and carers a much needed opportunity to get answers to those difficult questions that often make the process seem so daunting. Mencap's Wills and Trusts team also provides attendees with free booklets about writing wills and setting up trusts for the benefit of a loved one with a learning disability.

The Planning for the Future events taking place in May are:

Thursday 2nd May, 6.30pm – 8.30pm.

Cardiff City Hall, The Ferrier Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3ND

Thursday 9th May, 12.30pm – 2.30pm.

Colwyn Bay Cricket Club, 77 Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, LL28 4LR

Tuesday 14th May, 6.30pm – 8.30pm.

Grosvenor House, Main Room, 5 Glengall Street, Belfast, BT12 5AD

Wednesday 15th May, 10.30am – 12.30pm.

Dungannon Library, 36 Market Square, Dungannon, BT70 1JD

Bookings can be done by contacting Gina Collins on 020 7696 6925, emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

or filling the online form

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Five free seminars for parents and carers: 'Moving on - From school to adult life for young people with special needs (14- 25)'. London, UK

Ambitious about Autism is running a series of five free parent seminars on topics of interest to all parents and carers of young people with disabilities and/or special needs aged 14 plus. The seminars will be held in central London across the summer term and are free of charge.

The seminars will be delivered by a team of legal and other experts and cover many of the relevant topics parents and carers need to know to negotiate the often complex process of transition to further education and adult life, including:

Transition from school, social care and carers' rights
The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and transition
Further education, the Learning Difficulty Assessment (LDA) and vocational opportunities
Health service and social care funding, health and disability issues
Housing and benefits in transition.

Parents and carers are welcome to participate in some or all of the seminars. Places are limited and early booking is strongly advised. Entry will be by ticket only and will include a light vegetarian buffet lunch.

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