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Blog: the loneliness epidemic
Loneliness affects all of us at some point in our lives. Whether we’re living miles away from family and friends, working alone for extended periods of time or going through a bereavement, prolonged isolation can damage our confidence and self esteem. For most of us, our experiences of loneliness don’t last forever, as we’re […]
Blog: the loneliness epidemic
Loneliness affects all of us at some point in our lives. Whether we’re living miles away from family and friends, working alone for extended periods of time or going through a bereavement, prolonged isolation can damage our confidence and self esteem. For most of us, our experiences of loneliness don’t last forever, as we’re […]
Blog: loneliness beyond lockdown
Loneliness has hit many of us hard during the coronavirus lockdown, possibly in ways we might not have previously experienced. It brings into sharper focus people who have difficulties communicating and expressing themselves – who often feel lonely and isolated on a daily basis. In our work at The Advocacy Project we see a great […]
Blog: from one service user to another
Christmas and loneliness As a charity that supports people with learning disabilities, mental health issues and dementia to speak up about the services they use, The Advocacy Project places service users’ voices and co-production at the heart of its work. Our Christmas co-production initiative Our most recent co-production initiative involved working with service […]
Christmas cards appeal
Introducing our Christmas cards On 16 November 2016 we launched The Advocacy Project Christmas cards for the first time. We asked the people we work with – living with mental health issues, learning disabilities, older people and people with dementia – to create art that would send out our collective Christmas wishes. Seven unique […]
How can we improve outcomes from safeguarding?
How can the health, social care and advocacy sectors improve outcomes from safeguarding? Simple. By focusing more on prevention. Prevention is better than cure, as is early intervention. The six principles of adult safeguarding and the five P’s of child protection include prevention. So why is the current discourse just about things like whistleblowing, […]
Safeguarding: balancing self determination and best interest
Head to head: Judith Davey and Nicola Youens discussing “Does advocacy have maximum possible impact?” Judith: Reflective practice is an important part of everything we do. That way we learn, improve and deepen the outcomes for the people we work with. Nicola (our Head of Service Delivery) and I are talking about impact and outcomes. […]
Safeguarding: locking the door before the horse bolts
We’ve recently carried out a consultation across care groups, community and faith groups to explore what local people understand by safeguarding and how to keep safe. This includes people with dementia, learning disabilities, physical and sensory disability, and mental health problems. We applied the principles of co-production to explore voice, rights, choice and empowerment in […]
Judith Davey
Judith Davey, Chief Executive of The Advocacy Project, tells us a bit about the things that are important to her professionally and personally. What are you most proud of? At The Advocacy Project, I’m particularly proud of the work we’ve done on diversity in governance. People say that genuinely putting service users and patients […]