Small Supports, big changes: Transforming lives in Leeds
What happens when you reimagine adult social support from the ground up? Dr Vicky Mason-Angelow shares what happened in Leeds following a two year pilot.
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Social Inclusion
The IncludeAge Project
This guest blog explores the importance of inclusion in building strong, diverse communities. The IncludeAge project, led by Professor Judith Sixsmith at the University of Dundee and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, works across the UK (Scotland, England and Wales).
Why inclusion matters
In this guest blog, Professor Judith Sixsmith, from IncludeAge at the University of Dundee, explores the value of older LGBT+ people and older people with learning disabilities in everyday communities.
Seeing a person in all their wonderfulness
Nic Crosby and Amanda Nally explore the need for services to challenge themselves. Are they truly person-centred, or, is it just nice words that hide reality?
Neighbours: How small acts can make a big difference to individuals and communities
A member of our Older People's NHS Sounding Board shares some thoughts around small acts, neighbourhoods and dementia.
Evaluation of the Small Supports Pilot in Leeds 2022-2024
This report by Dr Victoria Mason-Angelow documents the work and the outcomes undertaken in Leeds by the City Council and ICB partners to develop new small support organisations for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic...
Living on the Edge
Have you received support from a community organisation when other services couldn't help?
Blog: Bringing small supports to life in Slovenia
Colleagues from our Small Supports programme recently hosted some visitors from Slovenia who are doing similar work.
Blog: Research on homelessness and neurodiversity
In this blog, research and evaluation officer Lauren Blood, talks about our recent research on homelessness and neurodiversity.
An Inclusion Toolkit
This inclusion toolkit was created for Dudley by NDTi in September 2022, following publication of the Public Health Annual Report on Inclusion in 2020.