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Scope - Voices Through Advocacy (VTA) Project 

A FREE one day training that:-

Examines the issues that arise when your advocacy partner does not use spoken language. Examines practical ways of supporting your partner and understanding the richness of alternative methods of communication Explores a practical route to supporting your partner when you are unable to take direct instruction Presents a holistic approach to non instructed advocacy that incorporates the four major techniques currently used by advocates

The training will be useful for:-

Advocates and advocacy managers who would like to offer advocacy to people who use alternative methods of communication, people who experience significant barriers to communication and people who are unable to directly instruct their advocate. People involved with advocacy provision that are interested in examining the issues that arise when communication between the advocate and their partner become more difficult.

Dates in 2008 are:

9th June - Brighton;

24th June - Leeds;

7th July - London (fully booked);

14th July - Bristol;

15th September - Cardiff;

29th September - Manchester;

13th October - London;

10th November - Birmingham.

For further information and/or to book a place, please contact John Macarthy at john.macarthy@scope.org.uk.

The VTA will also provide sessions outside of the national timetable if a group of projects or advocates are prepared to organise the venue in their area ? minimum number of participants will be 15. The training will still be free.

BILD - Supporting People to Make Choices

Date: 20th May 2008

Venue: Kidderminster

Cost: £47-£99.83 (sliding scale)

We all make choices every day, some good, some not so good - but this is all part of the way in which we develop the skills to take more control of our own lives.

For people with a learning disability, making even everyday choices can be difficult if others do not support them to build their experience, skills and confidence. Valuing People, Individual Budgets, Direct Payments and the Mental Capacity Act all throw up differnt challenges around really involving people in the process of choice, but how do we do this and how do we maintain the balance between choice and risk?

This event will cover different ways of involving people in making choices at all levels and encouring participants to think about practical ways of using what they learn with the people they support.

This is aimed at anyone who supports people with a learning disability. For more information, please contact learning@bild.org.uk.