2 July: Ending Institutional Care
11th May 2026
Join us in Bristol for an event hosted by the Learning Disability and Autism Commissioners' Network.
We're delighted to invite you to a one-day, solutions-focused conference 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.
Date: 2 July 2026
Time: 9:30am - 4pm
Venue: St Michael's Centre, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8PD
Join us, to select your tickets click the link below.
About the event
Hosted by the Learning Disability and Autism (LDA) Commissioners' Network, Self-Directed Support (SDS) Network and Citizen Network, 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
Select your tickets here or click the pink button below — we look forward to connecting!
