Help to shape London Borough of Hackney’s new commissioning strategy
26th May 2018
The Advocacy Project is running a Service user consultation about: Housing Related Support Floating Support Housing with care services The 6-week consultation closes on 1st July The results of the consultation will help to shape London Borough of Hackney’s new commissioning strategy from 1 April 2019. The people that London Borough of Hackney would […]
The Advocacy Project in Hackney
23rd March 2018
We are excited to have been appointed as the lead provider of advocacy in Hackney from 1 April 2018. We look forward to working with local teams to ensure that people in the borough can access high-quality advocacy that meets their needs. The service will deliver the following types of advocacy: Independent Mental Health Advocacy […]
Mental health peer mentoring – sharing hope
8th February 2018
The Advocacy Project is training people and supporting them to be peer mentors… Peer mentoring can often be a very rewarding and satisfying experience. While working with and helping others to develop their skills, you are developing your own talents and abilities at the same time. Mentors often experience increased levels of empowerment, improved […]
Bronze award at ‘Health’s Got Talent’
29th January 2018
The Advocacy Project won a bronze award, a silver trophy and a prize of £250 at the Health’s Got Talent 2017. The event was organised by City, University of London’s School of Health Sciences to promote excellence in education and to celebrate the importance of service user involvement in teaching. At the annual event […]
What World Mental Health Day means to us
8th October 2017
Human Rights and Mental Health As citizens of the UK, we all have protection under the Human Rights Act (1998) and the Equality Act (2010). The common thread running through is fairness, dignity and justice. However, The Advocacy Project and our partners over at RightsInfo know from experience that people’s rights are not always respected […]
Healing Words: celebrating creativity and mental health
28th September 2017
Over the summer of 2017, The Advocacy Project ran a poetry competition celebrating the power of creativity in mental health recovery. Over 300 poems were written; many were submitted as videos and a good number of poems were also illustrated by the authors. The standard has been incredibly high. Without exception the poems are powerful. […]
Announcing Mental Health Voice – a new project for Hackney & City
17th August 2017
Mental health services in Hackney and City of London Approximately 54,300 Hackney and City of London residents aged 19-64 have at least one common mental illness such as depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder. A further 9,030 are reported to suffer from severe and enduring mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and/or other psychoses. […]
10 years of the Orchard unit
19th July 2017
The Orchard – West London Mental Health Trust (WLMHT) women’s forensic unit based at St Bernard’s Hospital, Ealing – is celebrating its 10th anniversary on 03 August 2017. We are looking for donations of second hand clothes and items for the tombola held by WLMHT to celebrate the anniversary. Our work at the […]
Launching our poetry competition, Healing Words
10th July 2017
Healing words… the journey to wellness Creativity – the innate ability to create new things or ideas – is an essential part of our humanness. There’s now increasing evidence to show how creativity is beneficial to our physical and mental wellbeing. It can help us feel more able to cope with stress, build a sense of confidence and self-identity, and find […]
#UnlockingRestrictions
21st June 2017
Barriers are increasing for people with learning disabilities, and their number in paid employment has fallen. The Advocacy Project’s survey shows that people are in financial jeopardy because they have made decisions about work that infringe benefit regulations. This stems from a lack of clear, concise and accessible information from the Department for Work […]