World Autism Acceptance Month – National Autistic Society
8th April 2025
As part of World Autism Acceptance Month, we wanted to highlight our Autism Care Navigation Service, currently delivered in the London borough of Brent. According to last year’s report by Nuffield Trust, the number of patients waiting for an autism assessment in England was at its highest level since current data started in 2019 and […]
Advocacy Quality Performance Mark awarded
28th November 2024
The Advocacy Project is delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark (QPM) from the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi). The QPM is the UK’s only independent quality performance mark for organisations offering independent advocacy; an essential service for people who need support to express their needs and have […]
Safeguarding Adults Week 2024
22nd November 2024
As part of Safeguarding Adults Week 2024, run by The Ann Craft Trust, we asked Ritu, our User Involvement Project Manager, and Katherine Shaw, our Chief Executive Officer, to share how safeguarding is intrinsic to the work of The Advocacy Project. For more about our safeguarding work, including our training programme and easy read resources, […]
User Involvement – project success
17th October 2024
Below, we share snapshots from just a few of our successful user involvement projects over the year – all examples of how we continue to strive for a world in which everyone has a voice. Bi-Borough Learning Development User Involvement (Big Voice and Our Choice) Our Learning Disability Representatives supported Bikeworks to campaign extensively for […]
Survivor Stories Poetry Competition – winning poems
30th September 2024
A huge congratulations again to all the participants in this year’s poetry competition. The judges were so impressed by the standard of entries, the range of voice and form. We were also incredibly moved by the themes, all of which will resonate in some way with readers. As Katherine Shaw, CEO of The Advocacy Project […]
National Inclusion Week 2024
28th September 2024
National Inclusion Week (NIW) is dedicated to celebrating inclusion and taking action to create inclusive workplaces. This is a theme that’s close to our hearts as we continue to strive for inclusive communication in all that we do. This year’s theme ‘Impact Matters’ aims to highlight the importance of ‘understanding, identifying and measuring impact on […]
Living alongside dementia – one service user’s experience
22nd September 2024
“My contact with someone with Alzheimer’s started way back in the early 80’s, my dear mother… It was slow and insidious to start with – sudden, occasional, lapses of memory and long periods of solitude; her GP put it down to depression because of my elder brother, his wife and 4 children, suddenly leaving the […]
World Alzheimer’s Month
22nd September 2024
September is World Alzheimer’s Month and this year’s focus is on the stories of those who have experienced dementia first-hand. The Advocacy Project has a long history of supporting people with dementia, of which Alzheimer’s disease is just one type. You can learn about some of our some of our more recent work here. During 2024, […]
The Role of Independent Mental Health Advocates (IMHAs) in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units
13th September 2024
“If it wasn’t for your outstanding support, I would have felt trapped and alone. I am extremely grateful for what you do.” Service User, Independent Mental Health Advocacy Paul Moore, Advocacy Service Manager for The Advocacy Project, discusses in this article published in the Royal College of Psychiatrist’s PICU newsletter, the vital role that an […]
Poetry competition 2024 – that’s a wrap!
3rd September 2024
“I have been so impressed by the poems submitted to this year’s ‘Survivor Stories’ competition and want to thank all the entrants for writing so honestly and movingly. The quality has been outstanding and I do not envy the task of having to choose the winners. There is wonderful diversity in the poems, but it’s […]