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Celebrating 10 years of reducing health inequalities and making a difference

As NDTi Celebrates 25 Years of making change happen, we talk to associate Dorothy Runnicles about what she thinks still needs to change in our society.

Public Health England and VODG (the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group), have launched the updated Health Charter for social care providers who support people with a learning disability.

The Green Light Toolkit helps mental health services respond effectively to people who have autism or learning disabilities in addition to mental health difficulties

At NDTi we’re proud to have been working with older people and local communities for the last 25 years - to understand and act on their priorities for a good later life, and to encourage the development of services and supports that can help make these things happen.

Building on the work NDTi have previously done around exploring what works in supporting carers through the Care Act, this newly funded work will look to co-produce alongside carers, a quality framework.

I have recently had the pleasure of working with the Misfits Theatre Company to make a film for NHS England about what social care providers can do to improve the health of people with learning disabilities by making sure they are on the health check register and get their annual health check.

Case Study: As part of NDTi’s Time to Connect programme, Chris Moore from Fair shares talks about how Eileen has reconnected with her community.

NDTi’s Head of Development, Bill Love, reflects on what we can learn from smaller organisations that provide great support.

Our Community Led Support work in Scotland continues to gather pace as members of the NDTi team attended the launch of the What Matters–Scottish Borders community hub initiative last week.