Annual report 2015-16

Some of our 2015-16 highlights, we:

• adopted governance changes with a new advisory group and national committee structure to ensure expert advice supported by oversight from people with Down syndrome and representative organisations; 
• began a major initiative preparing international guidance documents to be used in outreach programmes and to advocate for change;  
• supported research through funding LuMind Research Down Syndrome Foundation;
• played a key role supporting the hosts of WDSC 2015 and WDSC 2018;
• undertook a successful outreach programme at WDSC 2015 involving organisations and people with Down syndrome from 9 countries;
• consolidated key relationships with the UN, IDA and other relevant organisations to speak on behalf of people with Down syndrome and the global community and
• ran a successful WDSD campaign with a globally adopted theme, widely seen awareness initiatives and a successful conference. 

You can download our full report at the Charity Commission for England and Wales website, simply click on the link below and then click "Accounts and annual returns", reporting year 31 March 2016:

See annual report