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  2. Advocacy

Advocacy

Overview of what advocacy is...

  • Advocacy helps you understand your rights.
  • Advocacy helps you explore the options available to you.
  • Advocacy can't and won't tell you what to do, it's your choice.
  • Advocacy will support you once you make your decision to have your choices listened to.

When and why might you need an advocate?

  • If you need help understanding your rights and how to access them.
  • If situation feels out of your control and you need support.
  • If you don't feel listened to, or you feel that others speak on your behalf without your agreement.

Our Advocacy Service is currently only available to people living in certain areas, or with certain disabilities.  Please see the options below.  You can also find out about our Employment Advocacy service on this page.


Exploring the need for food banks for disabled people – a call for evidence

The Trussell Trust calls for evidence for an ambitious research project to better understand disabled people’s experiences of the social security system and the drivers behind the overrepresentation of disabled people being referred to food banks. This includes a comparative analysis of disabled people’s experiences of claiming Adult Disability Payments in Scotland, and Personal Independence Payments across the rest of the UK. Read more

Published: 21st February, 2023

Author: Catherine Muldoon

Southern Trust - Learning Disability

Southern Trust - Learning Disability

Who's it for? Adults with learning disabilities living within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, who need support to help them understand and achieve their rights. Read more

Published: 22nd October, 2017

Updated: 3rd July, 2019

Author: Michelle McCoy

Southern Trust - Physical or Sensory Disability

Southern Trust - Physical or Sensory Disability

Who's it for? Adults with physical or sensory disabilities living within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, who need support to help them understand and achieve their rights. Read more

Published: 21st October, 2017

Updated: 3rd July, 2019

Author: Michelle McCoy

Western Trust - Physical or Sensory Disability

Western Trust - Physical or Sensory Disability

Who's it for? Adults in the Western Trust with a physical disability, a sensory disability, a brain injury, and/or on the Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Read more

Published: 20th October, 2017

Updated: 13th October, 2020

Author: Michelle McCoy

Southern Trust: Transitions Advocacy

Southern Trust: Transitions Advocacy

Who's it for? For younger people living within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, who are going through the transitions process and need support to understand their rights. Read more

Published: 18th October, 2017

Updated: 21st February, 2018

Author: Michelle McCoy

Employment Advocacy

Employment Advocacy

We aim to help disabled people who are experiencing difficulties or discrimination in the workplace. Read more

Published: 17th October, 2017

Updated: 9th August, 2018

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  • Submission to the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Powers - Call for Evidence- February 2023

    Disability Action emphasizes the need to learn from COVID-19 regarding the treatment and support of people with disabilities, including non-discrimination in medical resource allocation, involving disabled individuals in decision-making, providing accessibility, developing guidelines with disabled organizations, and ensuring vaccine centers are accessible. Disability Action also highlights the need for disaggregated disability data for monitoring inclusion in the response and recovery.

  • Job Match Success Story – 6 years on!

    Job Match Success Story – 6 years on!

    Job Match participant Richard Marrs tells us about his experience.

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    The Consumer council has launched their 2023 True Cost Campaign

  • Exploring the need for food banks for disabled people – a call for evidence

    The Trussell Trust calls for evidence for an ambitious research project to better understand disabled people’s experiences of the social security system and the drivers behind the overrepresentation of disabled people being referred to food banks. This includes a comparative analysis of disabled people’s experiences of claiming Adult Disability Payments in Scotland, and Personal Independence Payments across the rest of the UK.

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