Ending Institutional Care

Join us for a one-day, solutions-focused conference hosted by the Learning Disability and Autism Commissioners (LDA) Network bringing together commissioners, people with lived experience, providers, and system leaders to address one clear challenge:

How we move away from institutional models towards neighbourhood-based, person-led support.

View the Agenda here.

About the event

This conference creates a practical, values-led space for commissioners and partners to explore what it really takes to reduce, and ultimately end, the use of institutional settings.

The focus is on:

• Real-world solutions
• Lived experience leadership
• Commissioning approaches that work
• Learning you can apply immediately

Every session is designed to contribute to one central question:  How do we end institutional care?

Who should attend:

• Commissioners and system leaders
• Directors and senior leaders in adult social care
• People with lived experience
• User-led organisations and advocates
• Providers and practitioners
• Housing partners and developers

What you'll gain

• Practical models you can apply in your local area
• Insight into commissioning approaches that reduce reliance on institutional care
• Real examples of people moving out of hospital and into community-based support
• A stronger understanding of housing, funding and system challenges
• Connections with peers working towards the same goal

Agenda

• Setting the direction — moving towards ordinary lives in communities
• Commissioning for change — building alternatives to institutional care
• Housing solutions — understanding bespoke housing and costs
• Real stories — insights from people with lived experience
• Individual Service Funds — supporting people to leave hospital
• Wraparound support — enabling safe and sustainable transitions
• Commissioning in practice — real examples of change in action
• Technology and choice — supporting independence and control

Join us, select your tickets and add the date to your calendar — we look forward to connecting!

With huge thanks to our Sponsors:

Abilia | ARC England | Beyond Thrive | Bild (British Institute of Learning Disabilities) | Catalyst Care Group | CareMatch | Learning Disability England (LDE) | PPL: People Places Lives | Red Press | SDS Network | Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) | VODG (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group)