The NDTi ( National Development Team for inclusion) has been granted funding from the National Institute for Health Research’s School of Social Care Research (SSCR) to gather and review the evidence available on the impact of different types of advocacy for people who need support.
The review is being carried out to achieve 3 main objectives:
- Help to understand the impact of advocacy, and the benefits of investing in it against a range of different factors and outcomes
- Describe this in relation to different forms and types of advocacy to help inform decisions about what type of advocacy to invest in for which purpose
- Focus on gathering evidence of economic and financial impact (if such evidence exists), in order to help inform investment decisions in the current financial context.
If you wish to contribute evidence, please visit the NDTi website for full details.
Please note that this is a wide-ranging review: ‘This review will cover evidence from the UK and Ireland, from 1990 onwards. It will include advocacy for different ‘groups’ of people who need support, including: adults (of all ages) and children; disabled people; people with mental health problems or learning disabilities; and self funders.‘