Change and Development

Our Approach to Change and Development

Featured Work

Small Supports

We believe that there is a need to encourage and grow community based, high quality, person centered and value for money small providers to add to the choices available.
Community Led Support

We've helped over 35 local areas across England, Wales and Scotland transform how they deliver adult social care. It's a different way of working which maximises the strengths and community connections of people locally.
Change for Inclusion

A programme to refocus the system for children and young people with SEND.
Leadership programmes

An exciting range of leadership programmes and workshops for people working across health, social care and education.
What is Internships Work?

Internships Work is a partnership between NDTi, BASE and DFN Project SEARCH to build capacity and improve quality and consistency in supported internships across England.

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Project Highlights

Days to Communities

An online professional development programme to transform your Day and Community Services, starting Autumn 2025

Learning Together: Inclusive Research and Evaluation Training

Training for people with lived experience to build a solid foundation in research and evaluation skills.

Advocacy programme

Our advocacy programme seeks to support best practice in the commissioning and delivery of independent advocacy.

Time to Talk Next Steps

Rights based support for young people with additional support needs. no labels or diagnosis needed.

Preparing for Adulthood

Focusing on four pathways: employment, independent living, good health, and friends, family and community.

Green Light Toolkit

Mental Health Services and Support for Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities

It's Not Rocket Science

This report is informed by the autistic experiences of children and young people who have experienced Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) inpatient environments.

Older People's Sounding Board

NHS England and NHS Improvement’s (NHSEI) Sounding Board, hosted by NDTi, is a group of 25 people over the age of 50 who provide valuable ‘critical friend’ input into NHSEI’s work.

Community Inclusion

For the last ten years the NDTi has been working alongside and learning with statutory, voluntary and private agencies who are seeking to achieve community inclusion

Art of Commissioning

Conversations have reflected a common view that commissioning, as it currently exists, has a number of common issues:

Health Equalities

Having as good a health as possible is an important starting point for people living good lives in their communities.

Autism

Our work is led and shaped by Autistic Experts and Associates lived and professional experience of neurodiversity which is still very much misunderstood in health, social care and education settings.

Reimagining Day Time Supports

In our work with people who commission, provide, fund and use day time services it is clear that they face common and growing core pressures.

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Mental Health

Everyone’s experience of mental health problems is different and services need to be person-focused rather than process-driven

Time to connect

As part of our Community Inclusion work, we explored the approaches and tools that can ensure older people and people with learning disabilities can be connected and contribute to their local communities.

Case Studies and Testimonials

We receive a lot of positive feedback from the people we work with. Below is a selection of comments we...