Commission us
For over 25 years we have been giving people a voice and making real, lasting change in communities.
Find out how we can work with you to support people in your community.
Making a difference
At The Advocacy Project, we believe collaboration creates real social impact. Our team combines lived experience, professional expertise, and creativity to deliver projects that make a tangible difference.
We work with commissioners, local authorities, charities, and businesses to design and deliver person-centred projects that amplify the voices of people with lived experience.
What We Offer
We can be commissioned to deliver:
- Advocacy: independent, person-led support that empowers people to make their own choices and have their voices heard.
- Training and consultancy: bespoke materials to help your teams strengthen accessibility, inclusion, and rights-based practice
- Co-production and engagement: meaningful involvement of people with lived experience in policy, service design, and decision-making
Research and evaluation: participatory research that highlights what matters most to the people you work with - Spot purchase: flexible advocacy provision, including IMCA, RPR and general advocacy, to fill gaps and prevent delays in support.
What is co-production?
Co-production is a type of user involvement. It means actively involving people with lived experience.
During co-production people with lived experience and professionals:
- Work together equally
- Share power
- Plan and make decisions together
- Are valued equally
- Shape services and policies from the very beginning.
The Advocacy Project have supported us to work with people with lived experience to improve health outcomes and employment prospects for people with Learning Disabilities in our local area – I could not have done this without them!
They provide support and insight in a professional way with kindness and compassion and they provide just the right amount of challenge with sensitivity in their role of critical friend.
I cannot speak highly enough of the service and they add real value to the local community.
Senior Commissioning Officer, Carers and Learning Disabilities CWHHE Clinical Commissioning Groups Collaborative
Recent Work
- We’ve created user surveys for people with learning disabilities, making sure their voices shape services.
- We’ve converted hundreds of documents into Easy read.
- We’ve employed a team of experts by experience to quality check easy read and deliver accessibility training for accessible communication.
- We’ve run community-based group advocacy focused on people with mental ill health, older people, the Learning Disability (LD) community, and seldom heard groups
- We’ve run health inequalities projects, including sessions on cancer screening, women’s health, maternal health, healthy lifestyles, diabetes, heart health, and healthy living
- We’re running greener living and carbon reduction sessions led by our LD team
- We’ve delivered care navigator projects, such as our autism work in Brent, connecting people to the right care and community support.
Why Work with Us
- Proven expertise: we have a strong track record across sectors.
- Flexible commissioning: from one-off projects to long-term partnerships
- Values-driven: our work is grounded in respect, inclusion, and human rights (include the new values here?)
- Impact-focused: success measured by the difference we make in people’s lives
Get in Touch
If you’re interested in commissioning us or exploring a partnership, we’d love to hear from you.
Email Freya Marshall, Head of Business Development and Fundraising, to discuss your needs and find out how we can work together.
