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.

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:

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

Community Advocacy Information sheet

FAQs for Referrers

An Advocate Cannot:

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

We're not currently accepting new referrals. Please check back later for updates on when referrals will reopen.