Health and Social Care Advocacy project for Refugees and asylum seekers
Lindsay from People First Independent Advocacy - which celebrates its 30th birthday this year - talks about their Health and Social Care Advocacy project.
News (#aaw21)
The value of the experience in being person-led
As a person-led organisation, VITAL has been supporting communities in Bradford for over 30 years. These are their thoughts on why being Person-Led is so important in Advocacy:
Video: What advocacy is and how it works to empower your voice
Video from Advocacy Focus talking about "What advocacy is and how it works to empower your voice".
Can you Hear Me?
Fantastic creative video on conversations, language and the power and challenges of communication from Aims Creative at Aims Advocacy
Independence & Isomorphism
Kate Mercer from Blackbelt Advocacy talks about independence and guarding against isomorphism in advocacy in this fascinating short video.
Helping Cliff
Staff from Advocacy Focus talk about how they initiated a Section 21a challenge to help Cliff into a new home that he was happier with.
What is an Advocate?
A short video from N|Compass to explain a bit about what an Advocate is and what they do.
An introduction to Independent Advocacy
Brilliant stop motion video from Aims Advocacy that explains the principles independent advocacy in Scotland
Introducing Advocacy Awareness Week 2021
#AAW21 - Join the conversation. This week is the 4th annual Advocacy Awareness Week.
My path to Advocacy
Chris Lerwell from Advocacy Support Cymru talks about how his brother inspired his route to becoming an Independent Mental Capacity Advocate