Advocacy
Advocacy is about helping a person to be heard. There are many people in our community who are ignored because they have difficulty in gaining the attention that is needed to make sure their views and opinions are listened to and wishes acted upon.
Impact’s Advocacy services help:
- Adults with learning difficulties
- Adults with a physical and/or sensory impairment
- Adults with an acquired brain injury
- Parents with learning difficulties going through childcare proceedings
Operating across West Sussex the service is independent, confidential and free. Our experienced staff and volunteers provide one-to-one support and are dedicated to listening to and finding out what people need, so as to help them gain greater independence and control of their lives.
Advocates can help people with a range of issues including housing, family and social relationships, money, making complaints, access to health and social care services, funding issues and work.
Impact’s Advocacy services support three Self Advocacy groups:
- Bognor and Chichester VOICE
- Worthing Speakout
- Mid Sussex SpeakUp
These self advocacy groups are independent groups run by people with learning difficulties for people with learning difficulties who help each other to speak up.
Impact are also providing a pilot advocacy service within the Horsham area to assist vulnerable adults through a safeguarding investigation
“My advocate listened to me and helped me to find a perfect home with great services “
Ben 2010-06-11Links
Community Legal Services http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/
British Institute of Learning Disability (BILD) www.bild.org.uk
Citizen Advocacy Information and Training www.citizenadvocacy.org.uk
Circles of Support www.circlesnetwork.org.uk
Mencap www.mencap.org.uk
Paradigm www.paradigm-uk.org
People First www.peoplefirst.org.uk
Values into Action www.viauk.org
Valuing People Support Team www.valuingpeople.gov.uk
The Big Bridge www.thebigbridge.org
ICIS Information for Life icis-info4life.org.uk/
Our Projects
We currently run services across Sussex.
For a complete listing of all our projects, please see our Services Directory.
Impact aims to enable people of all generations in need of support to reach their potential through innovative, professional and high quality service provision.
We provide services for:
- Children and young people
- Adults of working age
- Older people
