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Advocacy

Community Advocacy

An Advocate is an independent professional who can support you to have your voice heard on a particular issue. They can help you to understand a process you are going through and will try to support you to build up your confidence.

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We work with:

  • People with physical disabilities

  • People with learning difficulties and disabilities

  • People with mental health needs

  • People who are neurodivergent

  • People who are deaf

An Advocate Can: 

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  • Represent your views and wishes if you find it hard to communicate

  • Help you to make an informed choice and come up with a plan of action

  • Attend meetings and help you to understand what is said

  • Help you to understand important documents

  • Be non-judgemental and respectful to you

An Advocate Cannot:

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  • Be a support worker – they can only support you around a specific issue

  • Make decisions for you, or tell you what to do

  • Automatically get you the outcome you want

  • Do things for you

  • Respond to a crisis situation

FAQs for Community Advocacy

Community Advocacy - information sheet for self-referrals

Unfortunately, our advocacy service has closed its waitlist due to demand. We will update this website once it is open again. If you are already on the waitlist, you will still be allocated an advocate.

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