Join us

Join as Individual member

  • Individual membership costs £12 per year for individuals including people with learning disabilities, family members, friends, supporters and professionals.
  • Register interest online –  we are updating our membership system, in the meantime please register your interest in joining by clicking on this link. We will get in touch with you as soon as our new system is in place. All current members will be automatically moved onto the new system.
  • If you don't want to join online contact LDE Membership.

Individual members get:

  • A vote. There will be democratic processes for making sure each of our members has a say about what we do and what we say. No big decisions will be made unless one third of the vote is from members with learning disabilities.
  • Up to date news and information you’ll get a regular newsletter sent to your email address to keep you up to date on everything to do with people with learning disabilities. Members with learning disabilities will get at least two newspapers every year sent to their home address.
  • Advice call us and we will give you some independent advice or put you in touch with others that can help (from January 2017)
  • A chance to get involved we will regularly train self advocate and family spokespeople to talk to the media and politicians and will build a list of spokespeople.

Join as a Self advocacy or carer organisation

  • Membership is £25 per year.

Join as a Care provider, housing provider, commissioner or advocacy organisation

  • Membership from £595 per year for basic membership and £1500 for Full Membership.

We want thousands of people with learning disabilities and families to join us!

We also want academics, nurses, social workers, health professionals, teachers, friends and supporters, housing, care and support providers, commissioners and advice organisations to join us! Please email us for more information about joining.