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Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews

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Independent, person-centred reviews helping people get the right support, reduce hospital stays, and improve care and outcomes.

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Bespoke, local, and person-centred

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Whether you are looking at the ICB area programme of work or one focused on your local authority area, we can support you in taking up the challenge of market shaping and setting out to develop support that can and will ensure people are moved home, and the numbers being sent out of the area are continually reduced.

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A local and person-centred future: Small Supports

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A series of online events sharing learning, discussion, and hope. These international events were held online in Autumn 2025.
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Small Supports: Podcast series

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Our Autumn 2025 podcast series featured many great conversations, covering all aspects of Small Supports, including the roots and foundations of Small Supports, people with lived experience of institutionalisation, human rights, coproduction, and what makes for good support.
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Small Supports 2022-2025

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Discover how NHS England funding helped seed nine new Small Support organisations, with more to come, plus reports, resources, and peer network insights.
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Small Supports: The need for a bespoke solution

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A range of research, webinar recordings and articles on person-centred support solutions for people in secure, forensic, and mental health in-patient units.
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A review of advocacy

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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.
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Sport for good

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Evaluations from the global Sport for Good Cities programme and connected Model City London.
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Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism

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Independent evaluation of the trial for the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training across health and care.
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NHS Older People's Sounding Board

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We host NHS England's Older People's Sounding Board.

Talking Inclusion podcasts

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Talking about what matters, inclusion, community, change and rights.

It's not rocket science

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A report informed by autistic experience and by what autism ‘feels like from the inside’ from children and young people in a CAMHS inpatient environment.

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Launching our new strategy at a defining moment for social care

August 6, 2026
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As social care reform takes centre stage, discover how our new strategy is driving inclusion, voice and system change.
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Applications: Home Family Community

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Welcome to the application information for Home Family Community
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Improving healthcare for older LGBTQ+ people

February 25, 2026
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To mark LGBTQ+ History Month, Penny Phillips, from the Older People’s Sounding Board, reflects on experiences of older LGBTQ+ people and why inclusive, coproduced healthcare must drive future change.

Different lives, shared NHS: Top tips for NHS staff

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Read what happened when the NHS Older People's Sounding Board met the Youth Forum. They share tips on caring, mental wellbeing and accessing services for all NHS staff.

Minority Interest Evaluation

January 7, 2026
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Would you like to join our Minority Interest evaluation team?
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Celebrating impact

December 16, 2025
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Discover a few of our highlights from 2025, which demonstrate impact on inclusion, rights, and positive change.
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What makes for good support?

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In this fourth episode in our Autumn podcast series, Nic Crosby talks with Alexis Quinn and Tricia Nicoll, about what makes for good support? A conversation heavily shaped by personal and family experience.
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Human rights and Coproduction

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In this third episode of the Autumn podcast Foundations series, from the Small Supports programme, Nic Crosby, is in conversation with Charli Clement, Kirsten Peebles, and Sam Smith, Human Rights experts.
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Institutions are No Solution

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In this second podcast in our Autumn Foundations series from the Small Supports programme, Nic Crosby is in conversation with Simone Aspis, Lucy Bowerman, Ava McAuley and Pam Bebbington, members of the Free Our People campaign.
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Back to the Future: The history and future of the Small Supports programme

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In this special Foundations series from the Small Supports programme, Nic Crosby talks about the history and the future of Small Supports, with Simon Duffy, Citizen Network.

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