Loneliness and social isolation
17th January 2019
Loneliness and social isolation are issues that have received increasing media attention in the last few years. Loneliness is damaging to society, it decreases wellbeing and as the Campaign for Loneliness states ‘it is harmful to our health.’ Despite existing and new initiatives designed to prevent loneliness, recent research shows the problem is worsening and […]
Singing for Santa
10th December 2018
‘Santa in the City’ The very first performance of The Advocacy Project Community Choir was on 6 December, as part of the famous ‘Santa in the City’ 5K run event. We were chosen to sing festive songs to support the runners and help give out the medals. Our repertoire of festive songs rang out for […]
Due to demand we are running more peer mentoring training sessions…
7th December 2018
We are 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 self-esteem, an increase […]
Listen to Sylvia talk about the choir…
24th October 2018
Listen to Sylvia talking about singing in The Advocacy Project Choir. It’s heartwarming. Why is The Advocacy Project Choir important to people? …to have hope for the future Sylvia Find out more about the choir and how you can join us
Building community capacity – the future of advocacy?
24th October 2018
A perfect storm There are challenges aplenty facing the advocacy sector, and many would argue that there’s a perfect storm due to the conjunction of financial, legislative and societal factors. Perhaps so, but the key issue is whether the sector is adapting to the changing environment and is seizing the opportunities that are emerging. Building […]
Shaping London-wide mental health services
6th September 2018
The Advocacy Project has recently started working with NHS England and the Healthy London Partnership on the Adult Mental Health Transformation Programme. We are recruiting service user and carer representatives for an exciting opportunity to shape London-wide mental health services. The programme has six workstreams: Increasing access to psychological therapies (IAPT) Digital IAPT Early intervention in […]
Welcome to our Service User newsletter
22nd August 2018
We’d like our service users to feel part of The Advocacy Project family Our new service user newsletter is full of ways you can get involved, it tells you about some of the projects we have been working on and introduces you to two of our trustees. Take a look and see what you think! […]
In memory of Nawaf
6th August 2018
We are truly sorry to report the passing away of one of our staff members, Nawaf Bayoumi. Nawaf was an inspirational person, and we would like to take a moment to celebrate his amazing life as well as the contribution he made to our work here through his commitment to speaking up on behalf of […]
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 […]