An adults’ social worker shares their experience of how the funding panel works in their local authority

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Sarah Gordy, become the first woman with Down’s syndrome to be made an MBE.

Gordy, who has appeared in Call the Midwife and Upstairs Downstairs, said it was “just fantastic” to return to the palace, having previously visited as a celebrity ambassador for the charity Mencap.

Congratulations Sarah!

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Lots of updates from a great Advocacy Awareness week over at NDTi here.