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Volume 2, Issue 4
1 November 2000
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Review Article| November 01 2000

VOICE UK: support for people with learning disabilities who have been abused

Christina Horrocks
Christina Horrocks
VOICE UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8669
Print ISSN: 1466-8203
© MCB UP Limited
2000
The Journal of Adult Protection (2000) 2 (4): 36–38.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200000030

This paper describes the work of VOICE UK, one of the country's leading support organisations in the field of abuse of adults with learning disabilities. Here the organisation's director outlines the scale and scope of the task facing VOICE, its aims, priorities and achievements. Contact details are provided and enquiries welcomed.

Keywords: Learning disability, Advocacy, Support line, Prevention
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