Advocacy – this is having your say
Advocacy is making sure you are listened to. This could be what you need or what you think.
Advocacy gives support for people with complex needs and communication difficulties
There are different kinds of advocacy:
Self Advocacy is when people to speak up for themselves
Citizen Advocacy is where an advocate works with a person with a learning disability and helps them speak up for what they want
Mental Capacity Advocates support people who lack capacity and have no-one to speak up for them. They help people make important decisions about medical treatment and where they should live
If you have difficulty getting your voice heard or if you need help to make a complaint
Click here to find out the best way to contact us if you have comments, compliments or complaints
Dudley Voices for Choice (DVC)
Dudley Voices for Choice is a self advocacy group for people in Dudley who have a learning disability or autism
They help people speak up for themselves
Click here to learn more about Dudley Voices for Choice and what they do
Click here to see Dudley Voices for Choice website
Click here to see “I Wanna Be” film
Dudley Advocacy
Dudley Advocacy work alongside vulnerable people who have learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health problems and older people to ensure that theirs voices are heard
Click here to find out more about Dudley Advocacy
Click here to find out more by visiting Dudley Advocacy’s website
Changing Our Lives
Changing Our Lives is a rights-based organisation that works in with people with disabilities of all ages to get equality, good health and social inclusion
Click here to visit Changing Our Lives website
Dudley Users Forum
Parents and carers get together at Dudley Users Forum
They meet to talk about things they are interested in
They can find out about changes in services
They meet people from Social Services to talk about how things can get better
Telephone: Dale Pickin
Tel: 01384 573381
Community Care Project, Dudley CVS, 7 Albion Street, Brierley Hill, DY53EE
Centre for Inclusive Living (CIL)
The Centre for Inclusive Living are a user led organisation run by and for disabled people of all ages
They provide information, social care support, advocacy support meetings
Click here for more information and to visit the CIL website
Tel: 01384 348095