An opinion piece by Nicola and Judith from The Advocacy Project on the fine balance Advocates face when maintaining independence and challenging decision makers.
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.
Judith Davey, from The Advocacy Project, comments on the importance of prevention in safeguarding.
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.
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