Equal Lives

The Equal Lives Team works across numerous programmes of work underpinned by our key objectives: Equal lives, People’s voices, Rethinking organisations, A great NDTi. Our work promotes equal life opportunities for everybody in our communities, across all ages. Our projects include health equalities, access to housing and independence at home, paid work opportunities and community inclusion.

Advocacy programme

Our advocacy programme seeks to support best practice in the commissioning and delivery of independent advocacy.

Ageing and Autism: A BIG conversation

We have created this space for older autistic people to share their worries and their hopes about their lives in the hope of building a conversation around what it means to be growing old as an autistic person.

Autism

Our work is led and shaped by Autistic Experts and Associates lived and professional experience of neurodiversity which is still very much misunderstood in health, social care and education settings.

Community Inclusion

For the last ten years the NDTi has been working alongside and learning with statutory, voluntary and private agencies who are seeking to achieve community inclusion

Health Equalities

Having as good a health as possible is an important starting point for people living good lives in their communities.

Housing and Support

The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) has a vision of a society where all people, regardless of age or disability, are valued and able to live the life they choose

Learning Disabilities

NDTi has been at the forefront of the progressive learning disabilities agenda for 35 years.

Older People's Sounding Board

NHS England and NHS Improvement’s (NHSEI) Sounding Board, hosted by NDTi, is a group of 25 people over the age of 50 who provide valuable ‘critical friend’ input into NHSEI’s work.

Reimagining Day Time Supports

In our work with people who commission, provide, fund and use day time services it is clear that they face common and growing core pressures.

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Small Supports

We believe that there is a need to encourage and grow community based, high quality, person centered and value for money small providers to add to the choices available.

‘STOMP’ and ‘STAMP’ - The Essential Role of the Health and Care Workforce in Reducing the Reliance on Psychotropic Medication - Summary Report

This project is a collaboration between the National Development Team for Inclusion, VODG, Learning Disability England (LDE) and Skills for Care and is funded by Health Education England.