Is this the year you start peer mentoring?
5th February 2019
Would you like to attend an introductory course in mental health peer mentoring? 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, […]
Camden mental health service user involvement
27th January 2019
We are really excited that from 1 February 2019, The Advocacy Project will be working with Camden’s diverse service user networks, amplifying the voices of users of mental health services and facilitating their involvement in the design, procurement, monitoring and review of services. The project will work with service users and mental health commissioners to […]
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 […]
Mental Health Magazine – Survey
7th January 2019
A platform for people to have their creative voices heard by contributing poetry, artwork, stories and points of view We would like to hear your views if you: live or work in London with lived experience of mental health issues; or care for others with lived experience of mental health issues. We launched our Speakeasy magazine […]
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! […]