Events

Thursday 16th November 17:00-17:45 Since 2020 NDTi has been delivering a Lottery funded programme called Time to Talk Next Steps. This is a support programme for young people with additional support needs who have felt isolated following the COVID-19 pandemic and are unsure about their future plans.

Part of our Small Supports – Autumn 2023 Lunchtime Sessions, Helen Bown, NDTi discusses learning from recent work to better understand how small supports recruit and retain their support staff at a time of ongoing challenges for social care services.

Part of our Small Supports – Autumn 2023 Lunchtime Sessions, Mike Richardson, NDTi, shares learning from work to investigate the local economic impact of commissioners investing in small bespoke support organisations in their locale.

Part of our Small Supports – Autumn 2023 Lunchtime Sessions, Sam Smith, CEO, C-Change (Small Supports partner) shares experiences, stories and testimony from people now being supported by Small Supports organisation.

We want to talk to advocates and advocacy organisations about these updates. We are holding a series of discussions where we will explore the updates and seek the views of those working in independent advocacy.

Join Madeline and guests in this lunchtime session, sharing some new research the Valuing People Alliance did into social prescribing for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.

Tues 07 Nov, Tues 28 Nov & Thur 14 Dec, 12:30-13:30 | An hour, online session to explore the new Supported Internship Quality Assurance Framework (SIQAF) for those interested in becoming a Peer Reviewer - what is it and how can it help your local programme?

A Small Supports Programme for Scotland. A meeting for those interested in developing a programme of work in Scotland centred on the development of new bespoke small supports organisations.