We also work in partnership with number of self advocacy organisations:
Our work includes the following:
NDTi is responsible for the delivery of the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark (QPM), the only Quality Mark for organisations offering independent advocacy. The QPM is only awarded to organisations who can demonstrate that they provide...
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) places the individual at the heart of the decision making process and has the potential to improve the lives of many people, but the implementation of the act has...
We’re looking for participants to take part in a piece of research. You should be aged 40+ and have a learning disability and/or be LGBT+.
NDTi’s 2023 advocacy review spurs work to create a new set of tools and resources. Join our focus groups to input.
What is advocacy? Gail Petty, our advocacy and rights lead, introduces this year’s Advocacy Awareness Week.
Advocacy lead, Gail Petty, writes about the findings from a major new research report which reviews advocacy for people with learning disabilities and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health settings.
Harry Georgiou, youth advisory and coproduction assistant at DFN Project SEARCH, recently teamed up with NDTi's Thomas Henley to create a film which captures young people's experiences of work.
Colleagues from our Small Supports programme recently hosted some visitors from Slovenia who are doing similar work.
We’d love to hear more about the fantastic work you’re doing to enable people with learning disabilities to find and stay in paid employment.
Different languages, different histories, different cultures but all with the same challenges! Nic Crosby, Small Supports Programme Lead, reflects and compares some of the challenges across different countries in setting up small supports that enable...
To mark the 75th birthday of the NHS, we're sharing a short film from expert by experience and NDTi Associate, Rachel Turner. Rachel describes how she got involved in a piece of research on training...
As we enter the second year of the Internships Work programme, Learning Disability Week is a momentous occasion to celebrate the progress made so far and recognise the incredible efforts of local authorities commissioners in...
People with learning disabilities have the right to choose where they live, and who they live with. We asked people with learning disabilities what it was like moving into their home. We spoke to...
In 2019 the NHS formed a Quality Improvement Taskforce with the aim of improving Children and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) in-patient services. One key outcome was the Family Ambassador programme. The primary purpose of the...
Advocacy is about your rights. Download the themed social media resources from the Related Downloads. FB and Linked In AAW23 rights post 01FB and Linked In AAW23 rights post WELSH 01Instagram FB reel stories AAW2...
NHS England and Improvement (NHSEI) Learning Disability Team funded NDTi to do two pieces of work to explore the role of learning disability nursing in England. The purpose of this work was to give a...
This report covers in depth research about advocacy for people with a learning disability and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health, learning disability or autism specialist hospitals.
Mencap commissioned NDTi to conduct some research about work and learning disability in 2022. We worked with a group of people with lived experience of a learning disability to plan, design and advise on different...
We have learned a lot from hosting NHS England's Older People's Sounding Board and holding themed conversations for one year. Members of the Sounding Board together created some top tips for: People coming to the...
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) was commissioned in 2019 by the South Regional Health Education England Intellectual Disabilities programme to find and share best practice in training people who work in NHS Trusts...
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) was commissioned in 2019 by the South Regional Health Education England Intellectual Disabilities programme to find and share best practice in training people who work in NHS Trusts...
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) was commissioned in 2019 by the South Regional Health Education England Intellectual Disabilities programme to find and share best practice in training people who work in NHS Trusts...
Gail Petty
Email: gail.petty@ndti.org.uk
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