Please get involved and share with your networks ☺️

Great community group with Lucy Offley and Kelly Slade today a packed room of fun and information sharing followed by a silent disco 💃 🕺🏼 #selfadvocacyworks Sarah Offley 💚

A great session today with Liverpool University for the research project in DIGIHEALTH. Looking at how we use technology to keep healthy and well. #coproduction #research #selfadvocacyworks DVC@JoW Lucy Offley Sarah Offley 💚

It’s a girly kind of day today at the office so the music is on, laptops are open and we are all designing some easy read for FoNS #selfadvocacyworks #easyreaddesign

Moved to tears today IASSIDD #iassidd2024. Leon’s profoundly moving presentation. Richard’s incredible podcasting and presenting. All my hard working colleagues. The sheer delight of being part of this joyful team, doing difficult research on dying, death & learning disability

Working with partners across Dudley as drop off points for blackcountryfoodbank this month…. Please pop in and donate what you can Lunch on the Run or maybe one of the Dudley Voices for Choice Self Advocacy community workers can pop into you and pick donations up if that helps. Sarah Offley 💚 Lucy Offley LDNurse Tom

🩷 In a world bustling with noise, it’s easy to forget that some of the most profound connections happen without uttering a single word 🧡#Nonspeaking #Understanding #LoveNeedsNoWords

Just added to the website our interactive agenda for the upcoming event Elephant in the Room. Check it out here dudleyvoicesforchoice.org.uk/category/blogs/

Dudley Council Dudley Disability Service Healthwatch Dudley Black Country CAMHS BCHFT - Black Country Healthcare Foundation Trust

5 years ago, I shared this. I'm not sure we, as a society, were ready to hear this at the time (except those treading the edges with us). Now it's critical. #FlipTheNarrative 💜 Diversity is the key to our survival: The Shoeness of a Shoe go.ted.com/6stj via TED Talks

We love this powerful image from Becky Whinnerah It reminds us of our paper and the importance of understanding that sometimes an image can say so much more than words - even 8,000 words! #FierceLove #DisPoliticalLove sjdr.se/articles/10.16…

Really busy few months ahead keep checking for more info!

Campaigning for Change. Rightful Lives joined up with several other organisations to prepare briefings on Mental Health Act reform and Community Care. Share with your MP! challengingbehaviour.org.uk/what-we-do/str…

A great initiative to be involved in. Thank you for sorting and co-ordinating it all ☺️

We have joined bluesky follow us @DVCDudley #selfadvocacyworks

Great event at DY1 today “Elephant in the room” talking about Dudley’s autism strategy and what needs to be added to make things better. #selfadvocacyworks

Ladies and gentlemen I have double booked tickets for Positive Voices Self Advocacy Conference so we have TEN tickets available if anyone would like to attend #selfadvocacyworks

Katie, 17, on her experience of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system Katie spoke eloquently about her experience and thousands of other children and young people with #SEND who have been failed! Well done Katie 👏👏 Source: BBC search.app/ze1238tup9evxH…