will you support our 100 words on advocacy campaign?

Action for Advocacy (a4a) is calling upon advocates, advocacy services, charities, families and people who use services to sign up to support it’s ‘100 words on advocacy’ campaign. The campaign is designed to raise awareness of the need for and benefits of independent advocacy. We want Government to implement a ‘right to advocacy’ for all users of social care services, and compel local authorities to publish their plans for local advocacy provision.

If you or your organisation agrees with the statement below there are two ways you can show your support: Firstly, cut and paste the statement into any policy consultation responses, campaigns or press releases you are developing. Secondly, register your support below and help us to show Government just how strongly people feel about this issue.

1. STATEMENT: We/I fully support the Law Commission’s view that advocacy is ‘a vital component of achieving independent living and full citizenship for disabled people’[1]; and the EHRC’s proposal that everyone seeking care and support should be given access to advocacy, including in relation to human rights, non-discrimination and equality[2]. We/I call upon the Government to ensure that independent advocacy is widely and freely available to those who need it. This can be best achieved by implementing a ‘right to advocacy’ for those in need, and compelling local public authorities to specify their arrangements for assessing and meeting the advocacy needs of their communities.

[1] The Law Commission Report on Adult Social Care (Law com no 326) 2011

[2] From Safety Net to Springboard, Equality and Human Rights Commission, February 2009

You can sign up to this by pasting the following link into our web browser:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KDGVJTJ