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New for Spring 2020 - DoLS Awareness and NHS Complaints Training

by Ruth Stanforth -

New for Spring 2020, we have carefully crafted some courses to help learners understand topics relevant to the Health and Social Care sector. 

Our compact DoLS Awareness course is designed to outline the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) framework and explain the various professional roles attached to DoLS. For those familiar with the Mental Capacity Act, it is a useful refresher around the obligations imposed by DoLS. Independent Advocates will also benefit from this course if they intend to work as a paid Relevant Person’s Representative or IMCA.

For those wanting to raise an NHS Complaint or develop a new independent advocacy skill, we have created an NHS Complaints training course. This course is based on the collective expertise of several NHS Complaints advocates and our advocacy trainers. It explains how to raise an NHS Complaint, and navigate the NHS Complaints procedure. It also outlines the role of the Independent NHS Complaints Advocate and how you might use this information to self-advocate during the complaints process.


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Site Maintenance

by Ruth Stanforth -

PLEASE NOTE: Level 3 and 4 courses are undergoing some maintenance. There may be some disruption to video content over the month of September. We hope to conclude these activities by Friday 10th September. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Action for Young Carers Team: Food Delivering Extraordinaires!

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With lockdown restrictions ongoing, many in our communities are struggling to get basic supplies. That’s why our Action for Young Carers team spent a busy afternoon yesterday delivering 45 hot, freshly prepared meals to some of the Young Carers and Nottingham Works Families we are supporting.

But we couldn’t have done it without our excellent community partners. Big shout out to Sewa Day (twitter: @sewaday) for providing the ingredients and thanks to Larwood and Voce (twitter: @LarwoodVocePK) for cooking it all up for us. We would also like to thank Hetvi (twitter: @hetvi_sw) for coordinating our efforts.

Social distancing measures were strictly adhered to and we think they all look rather fetching in their masks, don’t you?

AYC deliver food to Young Carers

[Photo from hetvi_sw]

Fashion statements aside, AYC want to let you know that they are still offering support to Young Carers and their families. For more information, please see our Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram and  website

The AYC team and community partners will be delivering more food again next week.

If you are a young person living in Nottingham City wondering if you are a young carer, take our short questionnaire here:

Are you a Young Carer?

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