What’s the problem with personalisation and mental health?
If we reflect on the main challenges that less than ten years ago prompted personalisation as a policy concept, they were about: people needing more control over their lives and services,
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Dementia and Isolation
Why is it that, despite what people tell us they want, most services continue to insist on separating people’s lives into groups that are defined by the diagnostic, disability or age label we have given them?
Revolutionary not evolutionary – Derby’s approach to Community Led Support
As one of the newest members to NDTi’s Community Led Support programme, Derby City Council has achieved a lot in a relatively short space of time - Brian Frisby, Service Director at Derby City Council’s People Services Directorate, talks about how their ‘overnight success’ has actually been some years in the making.
General Election: 5 important issues to consider before you cast your vote.
So it is General Election time. NDTi is a non-party political organisation. We exist to promote a society where all people, regardless of age or disability, are valued and able to live the life they choose. We believe that all people should have choice and control over their own lives, that their human rights be respected and that they are valued as equals.
Home is where the person is.
NDTi Chief Executive, Paul Marshall, reflects on the similarities between his social housing experience and the challenges currently facing the housing and support market....
What are you going to do differently?
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.
Me, myself and Advocacy
In this open and honest blog specially written for Advocacy Awareness Week Emerald discusses her personal experience of being supported by an advocate and discusses what advocacy means to her and what she feels needs to change in the sector moving forwards.
Two Men and a Dog
How meeting through Shared Lives led Andy and James to form 'Local Social', a community interest company, that has changed both their lives. Author: Andy Cooke
Supporting a better path to adult life for young people with additional needs
Alice recently emailed us about her son who has Asperger’s. At our request she has written a blog to highlight some of the challenges her son and her family have faced over the years.
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