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A blog from Judith Davey of The Advocacy Project, giving a clear example of how advocacy and user involvement can make big changes to both advocacy service users and the wider population.

My Life My Choice (MLMC) self-advocate, Ben, writes about the National Self Advocacy Movement in this easy-read Blog.

Katrin McEntee, from The British Institute of Human Rights, discusses why Human Rights needs to be used in Advocacy and how it can be done.

For Advocacy Awareness Week Janet Gurney, from Us in a Bus, discusses the benefits of using Intensive Interaction in Advocacy. Her piece is introduced by Gail Petty, Advocacy & Voice Lead at NDTi, who has first-hand experience of using Intensive Interaction.

National Organisations work together to help more people with a learning disability have an Annual Health Check.

Interview with Christine Denovan talking about how the Community Led Support programme is helping Somerset to meet the changing needs of people who need support in our communities.

An interview, following last night's Panorama Part 2 Crisis in Care, with Adult Social Care Commissioner Pip Cannons on the changes that are liberating the care and support now being offered in Somerset communities.

Sanchita Hosali, Director of the British Institute of Human Rights talks about the importance of looking at hospital abuse through the lens of the Human Rights Act.

At the early stages of projects, I sometimes hear a reluctance from people to include the voices of people with lived experience in work, like it’s a distraction – the idea of coproducing with somebody who hasn’t had their training or education panics some people. But surely the purpose of education or training is to give you the knowledge that people with lived experience are living every day?

Our recent Housing Round Table in Newcastle discussing people’s equal rights to live independently in communities brought together a great range of voices of those living in supported housing as well as those providing and regulating it.