A Long way from home report
This report is a summary of what the research and evidence tell us about why young people with learning disabilities and/or autistic young people are in residential placements and what can be done to address this.
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Human Rights
12 Days of Human Rights
Starting on World Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023, our festive campaign features the 12 days of human rights.
Blog: Better lives for disabled people - it starts with the person, not a plan!
As part of our seasonal 12 days of human rights campaign, Nic Crosby, Lyn Griffiths and Amanda Nally share their thoughts around person centred planning.
Blog: Driving change through human rights
Upholding and protecting human rights is central to almost everything we work on. It plays a key role in our organisational strategy. In this blog Annie Smith explains why.
New lunchtime sessions about Small Supports
Our Small Supports programme is hosting a series of lunchtime webinars in the Autumn.
Blog: Better Together
Different languages, different histories, different cultures but all with the same challenges! Nic Crosby, Small Supports Programme Lead, reflects and compares some of the challenges across different countries.
Film: The importance of human rights in advocacy
Paul Marshall, CEO at NDTi, explains the importance of human rights in advocacy as part of Advocacy Awareness Week 2022 #AAW22 and what it means to him.
How can advocates use human rights to help get your voice heard?
In this short film Katrin McEntee, Senior Human Rights Officer at the British Institute of Human Rights and former advocate, tells us how her advocacy work involved the Human Rights Act.
Blog: The importance of human rights in independent advocacy
Welcome to Advocacy Awareness Week 2022. This is our 5th year of spending a week celebrating and raising awareness about independent advocacy and this year our focus is on advocacy and human rights.
Advocacy Awareness Week 2022
This year's 5th annual Advocacy Awareness Week (#AAW22) takes place from 7th -11th November 2022.