We enable commissioners, providers and frontline practitioners to implement best practice and promote inclusion and equality. Services include specialist research and evaluation, policy advice, development consultancy and training.
Our priorities for our work with people with Learning Disabilities includes the following programmes:
"People with learning disabilities have poorer health than their non-disabled peers, yet differences inhealth status are, to an extent, avoidable. The health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities in the UK start early in...
Making sure people who work in NHS trusts have the training they need to support people with learning disabilities
Coronovirus (Covid-19) is causing huge upheaval to everyone, especially to the lives of older and disabled people. NDTi is working on a range of issues, all of which are focused on ensuring that the implementation...
Alice McColl, children and young people development lead, explores how her work with young disabled adults has become a beacon of hope towards change.
Free series of online webinars, Thursday 22-Friday 23 May. Hear about a range of tools, approaches and research on strengths-based practice.
What happens when you reimagine adult social support from the ground up? Dr Vicky Mason-Angelow shares what happened in Leeds following a two year pilot.
The IncludeAge project, led by Professor Judith Sixsmith at the University of Dundee and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, works across the UK (Scotland, England and Wales). The project seeks to understand...
In this guest blog, Professor Judith Sixsmith, from IncludeAge at the University of Dundee, explores the value of older LGBT+ people and older people with learning disabilities in everyday communities.
See the person …not a problem needing fixing. Nic Crosby, Small Supports, and Amanda Nally, Community Led Support, explore the need for services to challenge themselves. Are they truly person-centred, or, is it just nice...
The unique and invaluable role that members of the NHS England’s Older People’s Sounding Board play involves not only sharing their life experiences, opinions and knowledge, writes Tony Watts OBE. It’s also demonstrating that maintaining...
Anonymous guest blog: How small acts can make a big difference to neighbours, individuals and communities Winston and Marva live opposite me in one of the Victorian spec. built terraced houses that you see in...
As we start the new year our team is reflecting on the introduction of new mental health legislation. We share some thoughts below.
This guest blog is by Penny Phillips, a member of NHS England's Older People's Sounding Board and National Patient Safety Partner. Penny highlights practical steps to engage people and families in their own care and...
Part of a series of work supporting young people with lived experience to lead change as a result of the Time to Talk Next Steps programme.
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The NDTi Wellbeing Questions Framework is a tool designed to measure key aspects of wellbeing relevant to social care and quality of life.
This report by Dr Victoria Mason-Angelow documents the work and the outcomes undertaken in Leeds by the City Council and ICB partners to develop new small support organisations for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic...
This report is a summary of what the research and evidence tell us about why young people with learning disabilities and/or autistic young people are in residential placements and what can be done to address...
A Deep Dive into the Plymouth Small Supports Story This report by Mike Richardson and Dr. Victoria Mason-Angelow from NDTi is about The Life and Economic Impact of Small Support Provision. Beyond Limits, a Small...
This report presents the interim and early findings from the first two stages of the National Development Team for Inclusion’s role as the Learning and Evaluation Partner for Phase 2 of the Sport Unites Programme...
Young people (aged 16 plus) with additional support needs come together to support each other and share common issues and concerns.
Madeline Cooper
Email: Madeline.Cooper@ndti.org.uk
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