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State of independence
- Author:
- HAMPFORD Ray
- Journal article citation:
- Values into Action, 99, 2000, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Values into Action
Looks at the uncertain funding of advocacy schemes.
Dependent, frustrated and devalued
- Author:
- BOOTH Wendy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.12.90, 1990, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the experiences of Huddersfield Citizen Advocacy with statutory services in the context of the NHS and Community Care Act.
Speaking for themselves
- Author:
- PERRY Joanna
- Journal article citation:
- Care Plan, 8(1), September 2001, pp.10-14.
- Publisher:
- Positive Publications/ Anglia Polytechnic University, Faculty of Health and Social Work
The VIA Advocacy Project is funded by the Department of Health to distribute money set aside for the development of self-advocacy groups in the Valuing People White Paper. The author explains the aims of the new project, the history of self-advocacy, and the need for further development.
Learning disability and advocacy: obstacles to client empowerment
- Author:
- JACKSON R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(1), March 1999, pp.50-55.
Citizen Advocacy, with its aim to empower, has the potential to transform the lives of people with learning disabilities, but an inevitable consequence of client empowerment is professional disempowerment. Professional workers are unlikely to relinquish power, control and influence without some resistance. This article seeks to show there are a number of ways for statutory agencies to neutralise the effect of citizen advocacy.