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Putting advocacy on the map
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, March 2005, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Reports on 'The Map Squad', a member-led advocacy project in Tower Hamlets which is helping people set up new projects. The group is represented on the local Learning Disability Partnership Board, has written a plan on modernising day services and is currently setting up a resources library.
In the driving seat
- Author:
- MURRAY Nicholas
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 10.10.91, 1991, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Talks to members of Clwyd People First, a self-advocacy group for people with learning difficulties, who are finding their own way in the community.
Reflections on the status of citizen advocacy
- Author:
- WOLFENSBERGER Wolf
- Publisher:
- National Institute on Mental Retardation
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 23p., illus.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Towards a better future for the self advocacy movement
- Author:
- BRIGHT Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Community Living, 13(4), April 2000, pp.13-14.
- Publisher:
- Hexagon Publishing
The author traces the growth of the People First movement, which grew from the wishes of people with learning difficulties to change their lives, and looks forward to its future.
Speaking for ourselves
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 57, September 1995, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Twenty five self advocates describe what self advocacy means to them.
Rules of engagement
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.9.95, 1995, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Investigates whether user-led groups are in danger of being taken over by professionals, and even politicians, who claim to speak for service users.
Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients
- Authors:
- WOLFENSBERGER Wolf, THOMAS Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.53-56.
Looks at the obstacles to the application of Social Role Valorization (SRV) by human services professionals.
A commentary on 'Obstacles in the professional human service culture to implementation of social role valorization and community integration of clients'
- Author:
- NEWNES Craig
- Journal article citation:
- Care in Place the International Journal of Networks and Community, 1(1), March 1994, pp.57-64.
Response to Wolfsenberger and Thomas on the obstacles which prevent human service professionals applying Social Role Valorization (SRV).
Real power? An examination of the involvement of people with learning difficulties in strategic development in Cambridgeshire
- Authors:
- DEARDEN-PHILLIPS Craig, FOUNTAIN Rob
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33(4), December 2005, pp.200-204.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Securing meaningful involvement in service development and provision can be seen as a particular challenge for people with learning difficulties. This paper is written from the perspective of Speaking Up – a voluntary organisation that has developed the 'Parliament' model to give people with learning difficulties a strong collective voice. Through self-advocacy taking the leading role in shaping the way people with learning difficulties and statutory providers communicate, it is argued that the Parliament model enables people with learning difficulties to genuinely influence services. After considering the link between self-advocacy and user-involvement, this paper describes the Parliament as it has developed in Cambridgeshire and discusses whether what has been achieved represents a real increase in power for people with learning difficulties. It concludes with a short assessment of the potential for replicability of the Parliament as a model for other areas of the UK.
Personnel services
- Authors:
- TOWNSLEY Ruth, MACADAM Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.10.96, 1996, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains how fully involving service users in the selection of new staff can have positive results for employment practice, with benefits to staff and their clients.