Advocacy information for professionals

At Your Voice Counts, we help vulnerable people to be involved in important decisions about their life, making sure their wishes are heard and their rights are upheld.  We have been delivering advocacy services since 1991 and hold the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark. We provide a range of advocacy services, including statutory and independent case advocacy.

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From June 2023, we are the new advocacy provider for Gateshead.  Click here to find out more.

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For information about the different types of advocacy we can provide in different local authority areas, click on the links below:
 

• Advocacy for people with learning disabilities

• Independent Care Act Advocacy (ICAA)

• Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) 

• Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)

• NHS Independent Complaints Advocacy (NHS ICA)  

• Relevant Person's Representative Service (RPR)

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If you are looking for information about how we might be able to provide advocacy support directly to you, visit How an advocate can help you.

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For copies of our policies, including our Advocacy Service Standards and Non-Instructed Advocacy Policy, visit Important documents.

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Spot purchase advocacy

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We are sometimes able to take on additional advocacy work over and above our contracted arrangements. We will need some key information about the referral and the funding arrangements before we can agree to the work. If you would like us to us to consider picking up an advocacy referral on a spot purchase basis, please provide information about the referral and the funding arrangements by completing a spot purchase referral form.

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Make a referral

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Click here to make a referral to our service or to contact us for more information.

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