News (Advocacy)

Judith Davey, from The Advocacy Project, comments on the importance of prevention in safeguarding.

A blog from Judith Davey of The Advocacy Project, giving a clear example of how advocacy and user involvement can make big changes to both advocacy service users and the wider population.

My Life My Choice (MLMC) self-advocate, Ben, writes about the National Self Advocacy Movement in this easy-read Blog.

Katrin McEntee, from The British Institute of Human Rights, discusses why Human Rights needs to be used in Advocacy and how it can be done.

For Advocacy Awareness Week Janet Gurney, from Us in a Bus, discusses the benefits of using Intensive Interaction in Advocacy. Her piece is introduced by Gail Petty, Advocacy & Voice Lead at NDTi, who has first-hand experience of using Intensive Interaction.

Guest Blog from Jonathan Senker, chief executive, VoiceAbility. VoiceAbility have worked with others to help improve the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – but the new form is still flawed, explains Jonathan Senker, chief executive of VoiceAbility. Find out more about next steps and what it might mean for the people you support.

Jacqui Jobson, Director of Advocacy Centre North, talks about the development of DIY Advocate

There are challenges aplenty facing the advocacy sector, and many would argue that there’s a perfect storm due to the conjunction of financial, legislative and societal factors.

Call for action from Advocacy Action Alliance. 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.

Yesterday saw the launch of V4 of the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark (QPM).