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Welcome to our project “Being Warm Being Happy”, a partnership research project exploring if adults with learning disabilities are keeping warm at home and their levels of .

We are funded by Eaga Charitable Trust

Royal College of Nursing International Research Conference

Angela Tod (below) presents the findings from the BWBH study at the Royal College of Nursing International Research Conference, taking place in Sheffield, 3rd – 5th September 2019.

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The final report can be found at: BWBH Final Report

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You can also follow us on Twitter @beingwarm

Celebrating Inclusivity Award

Congratulations to Speakup co-researchers on the BWBH project who were presented with a Celebrating Inclusivity Award by National Energy Action (NEA) at their annual conference on 17th September 2018.  The award was in recognition of the work Speakup has conducted to raise awareness of fuel poverty for people with a learning disability, as well as their work on BWBH.  The Speakup researchers have developed a video summarising the BWBH project:

 

 

About the project

Being Warm Being Happy is a collaborative project to find out if people with learning disabilities are able to keep themselves warm at home. It might go without saying that being warm at home is important. If you can keep your house warm then it can help keep you well and happy. We are able… Continue reading About the project

Academic summary

  Introduction The Being Warm Being Happy (BWBH) project is a mixed methods study of fuel poverty (FP) experienced by adults with a learning disability (AWLD) in England. It will: Build on the existing evidence base of the negative effects of fuel poverty and cold homes, on physical and mental health and wellbeing, by focusing… Continue reading Academic summary