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Advocates play an often vital role within safeguarding adults; recognising and raising safeguarding concerns, supporting individuals through safeguarding processes, addressing systemic issues and feeding into Safeguarding Adults Boards.

Can we be more effective when we work in partnership? Through developing relationships and joining a person's 'team' maybe we can expect better connections and better outcomes for a person and enable them to have a better life?

Although we always strive to do better, The Advocacy Project is proud of our diversity – diversity in governance, diversity of staff, and things like our “cultural awareness toolkit” to help inform our advocacy practice.

We hear from one of the citizen advocates from Stockport Advocacy. This advocate is a tribute to their citizen advocacy roots and the ethos of walking alongside somebody. It touches on the huge benefit that comes with good partnerships between advocates and carers.

A few weeks ago, Ann Memmott (autistic expert and NDTi Associate), Jez (Bethany’s Dad) along with other colleagues at NDTi shared Bethany’s story. This is a story that truly reflects the power of partnerships – in this case, partnerships with autistic experts, family and others

The Advocacy Project has long believed that, as a society, we do not place enough attention on keeping people safe from abuse and neglect. We do not place enough attention on keeping people safe by preventing situations from occurring rather than simply responding robustly after the event.

The need to strengthen the voice of the most marginalised groups has never been greater during this Covid- 19 period, particularly as health and care services adapt and change.

explores how individually designed and led, community-based supports have worked to protect both people’s health and human rights.

Our work is led and shaped by Autistic Experts and Associates lived and professional experience of neurodiversity which is still very much misunderstood in health, social care and education settings.

Our team, led by our highly skilled Autistic Associates, carry out environmental sensory assessments in hospitals.