Advocacy : The problem with not having any national data
Advocacy does not have a national database - why is this a problem? Kate Mercer explains...
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Children and Young Person's Advocacy
Blackpool Advocacy Hub at Empowerment, have launched a new Children's Advocacy Service. They have collaborated with its service users to create a video around what they do and the impact they have had....
Advocates: Going the Extra Mile
A Video by Saboohi from The Advocacy Project discusses the impact of their work, going the extra mile to ensure all needs are met and how the use of technology can enable more people to be supported.
Safeguarding and Advocacy
The Advocacy Project have created two videos for Advocacy Awareness Week around safeguarding and the role it plays in the Advocacy sector.
Does Advocacy have Maximum Possible Impact?
A head-to-head discussion between Judith and Nicola from The Advocacy Project discussing “Does advocacy have maximum possible impact?”
The relationship between the advocate and the professional: adversaries, collaborators or partners?
An opinion piece by Nicola and Judith from The Advocacy Project on the fine balance Advocates face when maintaining independence and challenging decision makers.
Why doesn’t advocacy lead to transformational systemic change as often as it should?
Following a recent presentation at the Centre for Public Scrutiny’s recent annual conference on Scrutiny of Health and Social Care Judith Davey, of The Advocacy Project, reflects on why advocacy is not utilised effectively to ensure that user voices are heard during changes in policies and procedures directly effecting the users themselves.
Advocacy: How can we improve outcomes from safeguarding?
Judith Davey, from The Advocacy Project, comments on the importance of prevention in safeguarding.
How the power of advocacy and user involvement together can change the system
A blog from Judith Davey of The Advocacy Project, giving a clear example of how advocacy and user involvement can make big changes to both advocacy service users and the wider population.
National Self-Advocacy Movement
My Life My Choice (MLMC) self-advocate, Ben, writes about the National Self Advocacy Movement in this easy-read Blog.