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Together5Change! Together4Change 5th Birthday Event

Thu 15 Oct 2026 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Moot Hall, MK8 9HP

Together5Change! Together4Change 5th Birthday Event

Thu 15 Oct 2026 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Moot Hall, MK8 9HP

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Celebrating 5 years of Together4Change: In-person Meeting and Celebration

Join us for a day of celebrations marking five fantastic years of ARC England's Together4Change group.  Together4Change is a place where people who draw on the support of our members can come together and talk about things that matter.

📆 Thursday 15th October 2026

🕑 Time: 10am - 3.30pm (all welcome from 9am for tea and coffee)

🏫 Venue: Moot Hall, Great Holm, Milton Keynes, MK8 9HP (MacIntyre)

🎟️ Tickets are FREE - open to ARC England members and anyone supported by an ARC England member. 

Tickets are limited to five per organisation to start with. We may be able to increase this nearer the time.

Sponsors: Huge thanks to our sponsors; your support is helping to keep tickets free and to offer travel bursaries to help with the cost of getting to the event.

We need more sponsors! If your organisation can help, please email liz.collins@arcuk.org.uk 

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Your teams support people to achieve outcomes that are meaningful to them every day: a first bus journey alone, a hard week worked through, a new friendship.

Motion helps make more of them happen. We help care providers deliver activities built around each person's own goals, then capture what changed and turn it into personalised updates for everyone in their circle of support. Support workers spend less time on paperwork. A Circle of Support see real progress. Providers grow because the support they give is finally seen.

Built with providers, for the people they support.

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Marr Procurement specialise in sourcing and procurement for public and private sectors across a wide range of goods and services.

They recently launched Marrgo a curated buying website dedicated to the care sector. As a curated website, clients enjoy goods and services from a carefully selected set of companies, enabling their organisation to easily choose products and services from approved suppliers.

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Home From Home Care provides specialist care services to adults with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs. We create bespoke environments, care and support to meet an individual’s needs with a focus on meaningful outcomes and wider life fulfilment, enabling each person to live ‘The World on My Terms’.

Our family values and data informed care combine empathy, kindness and compassion with innovative, smart systems. Our high-tech, data-driven approach empowers colleagues to deliver therapeutic services and embrace new ways to deliver outstanding care.

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Say Hello is a charity that helps adults (18+) with learning disabilities overcome loneliness and social isolation. Many people with learning disabilities do not have enough funds, support or transport to access recreational and leisure activities with their peers in the community.

We help to fund events and activities – to bring people together, make friends, learn new skills and have fun! These are vital funds that help people with learning disabilities to lead an ordinary life.

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Just Checking uses smart sensing technology to help care professionals deliver greater independence and safer person-led support 

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The event venue has been kindly provided by ARC England member MacIntyre.

  What's happening on the day

The Planning Group have planned the following programme of activities.

There will also be lots of opportunities for networking, catching up with old friends, making new friends, great music and, of course, birthday cake. 🎂  

9am
Arrival

Tea and Coffee

10am

Welcome
Together4Change Co-chairs Matt Lester and Sui-Ling Tang
Welcome
Samantha Leonard, ARC England Director


10.15 am
Looking Back - Groups

Rod Landman
• What good things have we done in the last 5 years? (on our own and as a group)
• How can we do more of those things?

10.55am
Break


11.20 am
Right Now - Groups

Rod Landman
• What good things are we doing at the moment?
• What do we want to tell other people about?
• What do we need help with?

12pm
Lunch

• Videos we have made
• Mix and chat

1pm
Looking Forwards - Groups

Rod Landman
• What do we want to do in the future?
• How can we make change happen?

1.40pm
Feedback from Groups

Changes we want to see happen


1.55pm
Break

• Voting for campaign issues

2.15 pm
Making Change Happen: How to Campaign

David Symes, Community Activism Coach – South of England
Campaigns Team, Mencap

3.30 pm
What We Did Today

T4C Co-Chairs
• Summary of what we did
• What did you think of today’s event?

3.45pm End

Round Tables

We will have 4 tables for each ‘round table’ session.

There will be a theme for each table.
For example:

Leisure; Access (including transport); Employment; Health

Each table will have a facilitator (or Chair)

People can choose which table they want to go to.

Location

Moot Hall, MK8 9HP