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Autistic Pride: how advocacy helped Alex become 'more authentically me'
Alex shares his experience of advocacy support from VoiceAbility, in his own words.
Queen’s Speech: What’s on the government’s agenda?
The Queen’s Speech marks the opening of a new parliament and offers us insight into the laws that the government plan to pass over the…
VoiceAbility joins call for Covid-19 inquiry into deaths at home
VoiceAbility joins Hospice UK in calling on the pending Covid-19 inquiry to include an investigation into the significant increase in deaths…
'Out of sight – who cares?'
In response to the CQC’s latest ‘Out of Sight’ report, VoiceAbility outlines how nationally commissioned, specialist advocacy would go some…
Liberty Protection Safeguards: Consultation launched
VoiceAbility welcomes the launch of the consultation on Code of Practice for the Mental Capacity Act.
Springboard and safety net: What lies ahead for advocacy in 2022?
January is typically a time for resolutions, setting plans and looking forward to another year of what might lie ahead. VoiceAbility Chief…
VoiceAbility co-produced a film: Participation and Communication in The Court of Protection
VoiceAbility worked with researchers at ICPR, Birkbeck School of Law to make a training film for specialist lawyers who work in the Court of…
Rising to the challenge: reflections on advocacy
In light of Advocacy Awareness Week earlier this month, Jonathan Senker, Chief Executive of VoiceAbility, reflects on the challenges we face…
Safeguarding Adults Week: Shifting the balance of power
This article looks at how imbalances of power can increase the risk to abuse, and how advocacy can work preventatively by helping to redress…
Safeguarding Adults Week: A role for advocacy in challenging unhealthy cultures
7 years after Panorama exposed the abuse at Winterbourne View, an almost exact repeat of the vicious, toxic, bullying culture that had grown…
Safeguarding Adults Week: Non-instructed advocacy and preventing abuse
Not everyone can tell an advocate their views but they have the same right to be heard. Non-instructed advocacy is the work that takes place…
Safeguarding Adults Week: Professional curiosity and the Advocacy role
Professional curiosity is of central importance to safeguarding and to advocacy. When things go wrong, a lack of professional curiosity is…