What is Advocacy and How Could it Help Me?
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Advocacy is about helping you to speak up for yourself, making sure that your views and opinions are heard and understood and helping you to obtain your rights. This could be someone supporting you to speak up, or if you are unable to speak for yourself, then you may need an advocate who can speak on your behalf to help you get what you are entitled to. Advocates are neutral and independent and what you say to them is confidential. They will work directly with you to help you have your say and deal with difficult issues.
Further benefits are: -
• It will provide you with access to information, professional support, complaint procedures and services
• It will help you to see what other services are available, such as local community services, self-help groups and other support networks
• It can make it easier for you to get information in a way that you can understand
• It will help you to choose what you want to do
• It will help you to get people to understand your point of view
• The advocate will speak for you
• The advocate will listen to you without judging you
Wiltshire Council has appointed ‘[The Advocacy People]’ to provide a free advocacy service for the people of Wiltshire; this is for children and young people aged 5+, and adults who meet the [criteria].
The Advocacy People also support carers either to support them with their carers’ assessment or to support them when the needs of the person they care for are being assessed, support planned, needs reviewed, or through safeguarding processes.
Contact details for the Advocacy People are: -
• Telephone: 0330 440 9000
• Email: info@theadvocacypeople.org.uk
• Website: www.theadvocacypeople.org.uk
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