Editorial & evidence standards
Useful guidance should show who wrote it, what it relies on and where its limits are.
In Your Corner is a small volunteer-led project. We do not try to manufacture authority with inflated titles. We try to earn trust by showing our sources, boundaries, review dates and corrections openly.
Who writes the guidance?
Current public guidance is written and maintained by William McAllister, Founder of In Your Corner, drawing on practical family-advocacy experience and research into the relevant public-service process.
What experience are we claiming?
Practical evidence organisation, advocacy preparation and navigating SEND, school, neurodevelopmental and selected NHS/public-service processes. We do not claim that William is a solicitor, clinician, statutory SENDIASS service or regulated legal adviser.
How factual claims are sourced
- For SEND and education-process claims, we prefer legislation, GOV.UK statutory guidance, local-authority Local Offers and official tribunal information.
- For NHS pathways, we prefer NHS England, NHS.uk, the relevant ICB and current NHS provider information.
- Where a local process differs between Kent and Medway, we link to the relevant local source rather than pretending there is one universal route.
- Opinion, advocacy judgement and practical suggestions are kept separate from claims about law, policy or clinical process.
Review dates
Substantive guidance pages show a reviewed date. Higher-change topics — particularly Right to Choose and neurodevelopmental pathways — are checked more frequently because commissioning, providers and referral arrangements can change.
Corrections
If an official source changes or we have stated something materially incorrectly, we will correct the page rather than quietly defending an outdated version. Please email hello@inyourcorner.org.uk with the page, the point you believe is wrong and, where possible, the source supporting the correction.
Independent specialist review
Where guidance has been independently reviewed by a suitably qualified legal or clinical professional, we will say so and name the reviewer where appropriate and agreed. Where that has not happened, we will not imply that it has.
IYC guidance is general advocacy information. It is not a substitute for case-specific legal advice, clinical advice, emergency help or a statutory service. Official decision letters and current official sources take priority over general website content.