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Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
Action for Advocacy (A4A) is a central point of information on independent advocacy
Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
OPAAL is a registered charity with 175 member groups, which seeks to give the strategic lead in the development of independent advocacy for older people OPAAL’s immediate aims are:
to promote independent advocacy with older people as a right
to contribute to the development of standards, including greatly improved access, and
to develop better practice in the field.
National Coalition of Citizen Advocacy Schemes
Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
The Coalition is the national voice for groups that match and support informal volunteer citizen advocacy partnerships
The Williams Syndrome Foundation
Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
Foundation finds many ways to help Williams syndrome children and their families.
Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
Tourettes Action is the UK’s leading support and research charity for people with Tourette Syndrome (TS) and their families.
Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
The Norah Fry Research Centre carries out research on issues affecting the lives of disabled children and adults with learning difficulties and their families. Through our research findings, we aim to influence policy, improve services and support, empower and inform service users, families and professionals.
Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
The Tizard Centre is one of the leading UK academic groups working in learning disability and community care. The primary aims of the Tizard Centre are:
•to advance knowledge about the relationship between the organisation of community care services and their outcomes, and
•to help service agencies (both purchasers and providers) develop their own competence to provide and sustain high quality, comprehensive community care services
Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
Social Care Online is the UK's most extensive free database of social care information. With everything from research briefings, to reports, government documents, journal articles, and websites and you find it all with the click of a button. Updated daily by SCIE's experienced information managers, Social Care Online offers unrivalled free access and ease of use.
Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
SIGNALONG is
* a sign-supporting system based on British Sign Language
* designed to help children and adults with communication difficulties, mostly associated with learning disabilities
Last updated on Monday 23rd March by Wendy Banks
The SSA is an independent Scottish charity working for the rights and quality of life of people with autism.
