Please spare 7 minutes of your time... After four years , Action Advocacy Alliance (AAA) are now at a crossroads and are needing to make decisions that could have a significant impact on the future of advocacy. It's now make or break…
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Guest Blog: The Mental Capacity Maze
Jane Kingston, Senior Advocacy Coordinator at Advocacy Centre North asks the question "Can future planning be a Best Interest Serious Medical Treatment if it’s not time and decision specific?" As advocates we welcome approaches from professionals to involve our services.…
Latest Sector Updates
The Right to Freedom and Safety: Reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – 29th June 2018 National Mental Capacity Forum – Chair’s annual report, May 2018 Mental Health Act Independent Review Interim Report, May 2018
Event: Upholding the rights of people detained in ATUs
Tue 24 July 2018, 14:00 – 16:00 A meeting to discuss how the law can be used to help people with learning disabilities or autism detained in assessment and treatment units (“ATUs”) or other facilities. The meeting will be an…
National Advocacy Conference and Awards
This year's National Advocacy Conference takes place on October 25th 2018 at Birmingham NEC. Keynote speakers include: Supported Decision Making as a Legal Right - Dr Lucy Series Advocates and the role of the Ombudsman - Michael King Local Government Ombudsman Advocates helping people to…