Advocacy: How can we improve outcomes from safeguarding?
Judith Davey, from The Advocacy Project, comments on the importance of prevention in safeguarding.
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Why doesn’t advocacy lead to transformational systemic change as often as it should?
Following a recent presentation at the Centre for Public Scrutiny’s recent annual conference on Scrutiny of Health and Social Care Judith Davey, of The Advocacy Project, reflects on why advocacy is not utilised effectively to ensure that user voices are heard during changes in policies and procedures directly effecting the users themselves.
The relationship between the advocate and the professional: adversaries, collaborators or partners?
An opinion piece by Nicola and Judith from The Advocacy Project on the fine balance Advocates face when maintaining independence and challenging decision makers.
Does Advocacy have Maximum Possible Impact?
A head-to-head discussion between Judith and Nicola from The Advocacy Project discussing “Does advocacy have maximum possible impact?”
The BIG ‘A’ versus the small ‘a’
A Blog written by Lindsey Martin from Advent Advocacy concerning the importance of being an independent advocate
Advocacy : The problem with not having any national data
Advocacy does not have a national database - why is this a problem? Kate Mercer explains...
Gail Petty
Gail leads the Advocacy Programme at NDTi, overseeing our work supporting the independent advocacy community. She has worked in the public sector since the late 1980s.
Self-Assessment Framework
How local learning disability communities rate themselves: The Joint Health and Social Care Learning Disability Self-Assessment Framework
Making reasonable adjustments to end of life care for people with learning disabilities.
This report is about making reasonable adjustments in end of life care for people with learning disabilities. ...
Evaluation
We have a track record in providing different types of evaluation support at a national, regional and local level. We help a range of organisations understand not just whether something works, but what works, for whom, in what circumstances and how.