Liverpool Citizen Advocacy

Support a range of informal advocacy relationships, including one-to-one community partnerships, both short and long term. Volunteers are matched up with people who are isolated and excluded to help them secure their rights and dignity. This includes providing information, practical help and support, and facilitating access to mainstream advice and information services.

Break

Break’s core business is the provision of children’s homes for Looked After Children in their home Local Authority. Break has six mainstream children’s homes in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire and a Therapeutic Fostering Service offering single placements to young people who will have experienced significant trauma. Young people leaving Break’s care continue to be supported by our in-house Staying Connected Team. In addition to the mainstream homes, Break has two children’s home for young people with profound learning and physical disabilities and a short-break scheme for children with disabilities. Break also provides a range of assessment and support services to children at risk through a Residential Family Centre in Lowestoft and a range of community-based services, including assessment work, across East Anglia.

Independent Advocacy North East

Case advocacy service for people with mental health issues, physical disabilities, vulnerable older people, people who come under the Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) criteria and where applicable those with learning disabilities. Develop and facilitate self-advocacy groups and also provide short term case advocacy.

BATIAS Independent Advocacy Service

Advocacy service for people with learning disabilities. Offer one to one and group advocacy. Provide representation and empowerment to enable people's voices to be heard and to support them in obtaining their rights. Our zero 5 club is a popular social group for people with disabilities which is facilitated by advocates who can provide support for individuals and signposting for further services.

Sikh Community Centre (Leicester)

Sikh community centre providing a range of leisure and social activities, including women's keep fit, men and women's gym, meditation classes and various training sessions. Provide services for young people with learning difficulties. Also run an under 5s play group.

Citizen Advocacy South Birmingham Area (CASBA)

Crisis advocacy service for adults with learning disabilities. Short term or issue based advocacy. Advocacy and support for Parents with learning difficulties. Advocacy for adults with Learning disabilities who have safe guarding issues which need resolving

Birmingham Multi-Care

Care services for people with multiple disabilities, providing respite for parents and carers. Core service is domiciliary care. Also provide residential respite care and recreational services.

Onside Independent Advocacy

Match advocates in 1:1 partnerships with people who are vulnerable due to age, ill health, physical or learning disabilities, mental health problems, other circumstances or who have responsibilities as carers. Complaints advocacy to help users of social services to make a complaint. Appropriate Adult service for people with mental health issues or learning disabilities detained in police custody.

Carers Plus Yorkshire (Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Office)

Information, advice and support for carers, including Young Carers service (8-18 year olds) and specific worker for Young Adult Carers (16-35 year olds). Also 2 services for vulnerable adults: 1. Home from Hospital service for anyone over 18 returning from a visit to hospital and needs short term, low level support. 2. My Neighbourhood – a wellbeing and prevention service – offering support to anyone over 18 needing help due to social isolation

Craven Advocacy

Provide support, representation and information to vulnerable people. Aim to enable people to make choices and decisions that affect their everyday lives.