This new report warns that disabled people and people that live in care homes have seen their human rights breached, and access to independent advocacy and health and social care cut, during the coronavirus pandemic. The report also explains the…
Advocacy Principles developed by the advocacy sector for the advocacy sector. Similar to other health, social care, and voluntary services, in March 2020, almost overnight, the way independent advocacy support was delivered had to shift dramatically. The coronavirus pandemic required…
Read More Upholding Rights and Valuing Voices: Advocacy Principles for Coronavirus and beyond
A quick update from us at NDTI! You’ll have noticed that our regular updates have slowed down since the summer. Our initial Lottery funding which enabled us to get lots of COVID updates out to you all and to hold…
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge are undertaking a piece of research looking at the experiences of people who support people with learning disabilities to make decisions about contraception. For further information and to participate click here
Nuffield Family Observatory and King's College London are undertaking a piece of research with Kings College London on child protection conferences to look at the impact COVID 19 has had, if any. Building on the work of Dr Mary Baginsky, looking at the…
Read More Research into Child Protection Conferences in England and Wales.
