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A leading West London-based health and social care organisation for the whole community. Investors in People Gold. Follow us on Instagram, please: www.instagram.com/community_connex And on YouTube: youtube.com/@community-connex?si=wd…

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Harrow Cycle Hub @harrowcyclehub.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Want to know more about Harrow Cycle Hub? 5th anniversary Annual General Meeting 29 March, all welcome. Talks by partners @communityconnex.bsky.social Evolve Women’s Cycling Network, Ignite Youth, Voluntary Action Harrow, Harrow Carers. Food and drink! Meet our people! Book bit.ly/HarrowCycleH...
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Patients Association @patients-association.org.uk · 09/02/2026
We’re working with LBC Radio to understand whether patients are experiencing delays or difficulties receiving their test results and we want to hear from you. If you’ve had trouble accessing your NHS test results since Jan 2023, your experience could help support an investigation:
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Survey on patient experiences of receiving test results
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
If you live in Harrow and you are autistic or have a learning disability, have your say on Harrow Council's strategy. The event is on 25 February. If it's about you, it should be BY you. @harrowcyclehub.bsky.social @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social tinyurl.com/LDAEvent
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Learning Disability & Autism Engagement Event
We’re shaping our new strategy and want to hear directly from you. Come along, share your views, and help shape positive change.
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Let's talk about money! Our Learning Disability and Autism forum is on Thursday 22 January at at Harrow Baptist Church from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm. Click this link to book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learning-d... @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social @harrowonline.org @inclusionlondon.bsky.social
Top left: Community ConneX logo
Below: Learning Disability and Autism Forum 
Let's talk about money
Image on right: Money in notes and coins
Bullet points: 
Think before you spend: do you really need it?
Make a spending plan that works for you
Use banking apps safely and responsibly
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Free lunch provided
Thursday 22 January 2026
9.30 am to 2.30 pm
At Harrow Baptist Church, College Road, Harrow HA1 1BA
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Contact Zaynah Azad zaynah.azad@communityconnex.co.uk
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Community ConneX logo: top left

Text below: 
Learning Disability and Autism Forum
Let’s talk about money
Save the date! 
Thursday 22 January 2026
9.30 am to 2.30 pm

Think before you spend: do you really need it?
Make a spending plan that works for you
Use banking apps safely and confidently

Harrow Baptist Church
College Road, Harrow HA1 1BA
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
If you've never noticed it, you've never had to live with it. (Disability) Hate Crime Awareness Week #DontHateMeForIt @harrowcyclehub.bsky.social @harrowonline.org @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
If you've never noticed it, you've never had to live with it. Disability Hate Crime Awareness Week #DontHateMeForIt @harrowcyclehub.bsky.social @harrowonline.org @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
If you've never noticed it, you've never had to live with it. Disability Hate Crime Awareness Week #DontHateMeForIt @harrowcyclehub.bsky.social @harrowonline.org @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
If you've never noticed it, you've never had to live with it. Disability Hate Crime Awareness Week #DontHateMeForIt @harrowcyclehub.bsky.social @harrowonline.org @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
If you've never noticed it, you've never had to live with it. Disability Hate Crime Awareness Week #DontHateMeForIt @harrowcyclehub.bsky.social @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
You’d like to give back, but … Find a volunteer role that suits you. Read more in the latest issue of Connect. communityconnex.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Front cover of Issue 21 of Connect magazine; 2 hands are holding the magazine
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Has your organisation made reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability? We don't mean accessibility ramps; we mean access to employment. Learn how to remove barriers to employment and inclusion with our disability awareness training course. communityconnex.co.uk/learning-dis...
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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
On the Our Right to Thrive blog, Ivan Riches interviews disabled artists attending a recent demonstration about disability cuts disabilityarts.online/blog/our-rig...
Man in a wheelchair with a microphone
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
We’re so proud of Brenda, Sheila and Hannah. They helped us to make a video about #BreastCancerScreening and #BreastAwareness. They spoke about barriers and what professionals should do to improve services. @learningdiseng.bsky.social @mencap.org.uk #HealthInequalities youtu.be/b6oFA54ZmEw?...
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Breast Cancer Screening
YouTube video by Community ConneX
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
If you live in Luton and feel lonely or isolated, join Advocacy 1st Luton's ReConneX group on 17 July for a relaxing afternoon at Stockwood Park. Shyrus is our Engagement Coordinator; pop along and see her from 1.30 to 3.30 pm. Email: Shyrus.Naaz@advocacy1st.co.uk #PicnicInThePark
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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
We’re looking for new Trustees! Current co-chair @mxdennisqueen.bsky.social didn’t think they were the sort of person who would join a board but that all changed with DAO. Play their video to find out why. Find out more about the role and how to apply ↓ disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This is from an email sent to #Hillingdon residents. A local authority starting a message by blaming asylum costs and only mentioning a heavy reliance on 'drawing down' after pearls have been clutched.
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Voices for All is a Community ConneX group of self-advocates. We champion key concerns affecting our daily lives We were frustrated with the time it was taking to renew our Freedom Passes. Voices for All contacted Harrow council to get things moving. @disrightsuk.bsky.social @harrowonline.org
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
How do you see yourself? Melisa sees flowers. #LearningDisabilityWeek2025 #Inclusion @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Many thanks to @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social for hosting our #LearningDisabilityWeek event in a space where community matters. We explored @mencap.org.uk's theme of "Do you see me?" by expressing "How I see myself".
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Thank you for sharing. We're looking forward to expressing how we see ourselves at North Harrow Library!
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North Harrow Community Library @northharrowlibrary.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
To celebrate Learning Disability Week we are hosting a workshop run by @communityconnex.bsky.social On Tuesday 17th June 11am to 2pm. All welcome no booking required.
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
#OneInThree @dementiacommunity.bsky.social
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1 in 3 people living with dementia do not have a diagnosis.
A diagnosis is vital to give people access to the care, treatment and support they desperately need.

If you’re worried about yourself, or someone close to you, then check your symptoms today using our
symptoms checklist.

Visit alzheimers.org.uk

Bottom right Alzheimer’s Society name and logo
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Learning Disability England @learningdiseng.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The inclusive Social History of Learning Disability conference is taking place at the Open University in Milton Keynes on 9th and 10th July. It’s a conference about the importance of the stories, memories and histories of people with learning disabilities. More details here: tinyurl.com/yt89tkxr
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The Open University
The 30th Anniversary of the Social History of Learning Disability (SHLD) Conference9-10th July 2025
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Mental health awareness should be by all for all. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2025 @voiceability.bsky.social @rethinkcharity.bsky.social @mindcharity.bsky.social @assocmhp.bsky.social
Green background with Community ConneX logo and Mental Health Foundation logos

Text reads: Let’s support each other
Check in on friends and family
Advocate for accessible mental health support
Be kind to yourself and others
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Everyone has mental health issues, right? But what if you have a learning disability? What if you're autistic? How does #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek represent or celebrate you? #InclusionMatters @disrightsuk.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social @autisticsociety.bsky.social
Text reads: Did you know that people with a learning disability and autistic people are more likely to experience mental health challenges?
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A green background with the Community ConneX logo and the purple Mental Health Foundation logo. Another logo in purple reads: Mental Health Awareness Week 12-18 May
The same announcement is in larger white font. To the right is a photo of a Community ConneX client who is making a healthy wrap.
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Woah... The DR UK logo up on Tower 42, one of London's skyscrapers! This was to celebrate our 50th year of the Disability Rights Handbook, which you can get from our shop here 👇 shop.disabilityrightsuk.org/products/dis... We're not going anywhere, the fight for disability rights continues!
Image of Tower 42 with the DR UK logo projected at the top
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Our video for #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth raises awareness of how people with a learning disability experience bowel cancer screening. Kelvin speaks candidly and reflects on the barriers people with a learning disability face. #EarlyDetection youtu.be/C2xDOh3Q_lo
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Community ConneX clients talk about bowel cancer screening.
YouTube video by Community ConneX
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Spring has officially sprung in #Luton with the Advocacy 1st social isolation group getting into gardening. advocacy1st.co.uk/news/growing...
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Growing plants and friendships - Advocacy 1st
The social isolation group run by Advocacy 1st enjoyed a gardening session with Luton in Bloom. They enjoyed planting seeds.
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
It's #WorldOralHealthDay Who's celebrating? #HealthInequalities @disrightsuk.bsky.social
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We campaign against disability hate crime. Please watch our video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZQ3...
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Our Advocacy 1st Oxfordshire team will be attending. Come say hello! advocacy1st.co.uk/our-services...
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Click here to find out more about Together ConneX communityconnex.co.uk/our-services... @sensecharity.bsky.social @autisticsociety.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social
Magenta background with white Together ConneX logo on the top left.  Right: a young woman is smiling.
Text on left reads: Support and activities for people with a learning disability, autistic people, and people with other additional needs
Bullet point: Swimming, sailing, bowling
Bullet point: Respite weekends
Bullet point: Socialise and holidays
Bullet point: Work skills
Bullet point: Improve you confidence
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Click here to find out more about Youth ConneX communityconnex.co.uk/our-services... #LearningDisability #Autism #SEND #Inclusion @sensecharity.bsky.social @autisticsociety.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social
Orange background with white Youth ConneX logo on the top left.  Right: a child is wearing a red coat and is sitting on a black tyre swing.
Text on left reads: Join us if you’re aged 5 to 18, with or without additional needs, and if you live in Harrow, Hillingdon or Brent
Bullet point: Saturday clubs
Bullet point: Holiday clubs
Bullet point: Fun and games
Bullet point: Supporting your needs
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Community ConneX @communityconnex.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hello everybody! First post here, and first award of 2025! youtube.com/shorts/qpfJX...
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Charity Social Enterprise of the Year
YouTube video by Community ConneX
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