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Working with the Office for Disability Issues on a regional initiative focused on independent living with and for older people who have high support needs.

As part of Yorkshire and Humberside’s programme to deliver best practice and outcomes on employment for people with mental health problems and learning disabilities, the NDTi has been commissioned to offer planning support to Local Authorities.

NDTi has worked with the Department of Health on the development and design of the Achieving Age Equality Toolkit – a web based resource which is intended at assist people working within the health and social care communities to audit and assess their readiness for the implementation of the Equality Act 2010, with regard to age discrimination and age equality.

The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) and Community Catalysts share a concern that older people (including those with high support needs) are too often seen as a burden and a drain on resources, rather than as individuals with gifts, skills and assets.

Many local authorities have changed services from residential care to supported housing for people with learning disabilities. Much of this change has focussed on achieving wider access to welfare benefits and having a tenancy.

NDTi has completed the most comprehensive research ever into the cost effectiveness of local authority and NHS commissioned employment supports for people with learning disabilities and people with mental health conditions. Funded by the National...

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) places the individual at the heart of the decision making process and has the potential to improve the lives of many people, but the implementation of the act has...

A lot of effort has gone into Transforming Care in the last few years, but in our view there are still some fundamental problems to be addressed in many areas.

NDTi are working with the National Skills Academy for Social Care to deliver the Commissioning Now training programme which provides practical assistance on how excellence can be achieved.

Having listened to the experiences of people who use services and their families, we believe it is essential that, if Transforming Care is going to deliver real change, there has to be a very significant shift in the style and availability of support for people with learning disabilities.