ARC has representatives on a range of bodies at both a local, regional and national level.
These include:
- The Care Providers Alliance
- EASPD (European Association of Service Providers for Disabilities)
- Board of European Care Certificate
- Care Quality Commission Providers Group and the Learning Disability Advisory Group
- Mencap (People with Multiple Learning Disabilities) Core Group
- National Network for Learning Disability Nurses
- Learning Disability Coalition
- Valuing People Now Provider Forum
- Skills for Care
- National Transitions Network
- NAGLDE (National Advisory Group on Learning Disability and Ethnicity)
- Learning Disability Voluntary Organisation CEO Group
- LD Vision: Special Interest Group
- Board of Diploma in Deafblind Studies
- Board of Here to Stay
- Department of Health Workforce Commissioning Group Learning Disability Nursing
ARC representatives on these groups are charged with the task of seeking member views on relevant issues, and providing feedback where appropriate. We also regularly seek to represent the needs of learning disability service providers to central and local government and other bodies such as the Care Quality Commission and Skills Funding Agency.
ARC is a member of the Care Providers Alliance, a group of 11 care provider organisations working together since 2009 to ensure that providers are made aware of key policy initiatives and their potential impact. Find out more about the Care Providers Alliance.
ARC is also a member of The Learning Disability Coalition, a group of ten learning disability organisations that have come together since 2007 to form one group and one voice. They want to make sure the government provides enough public money so that people with a learning disability have the same choices and chances as everyone else. Find out more about the Learning Disability Coalition.