From 1 September 2025, Your Voice Counts will become the single point of contact for all advocacy services in South Tyneside.

New contracts and successful grant funding bids mean growth and expansion for Your Voice Counts

Peer Support Worker Ricky shares his reflections from the event and why celebrating good practice and achievements from our sector is so important.

A unique opportunity to lead and work with a user-led Board of Directors

Your Voice Counts has a super power and that is its belief in how lived experience can help change things for the better and what better way to change the world than through peer research?

Our volunteers give so much to our organisation, without them we wouldn’t be able to do what we do.

Our Chief Executive David Woolley featured on a recent Radio Tyneside programme where he was interviewed about the work Your Voice Counts does and what we're working towards as an organisation.

Support our campaign calling for the government to rethink proposals to cut disability benefits and Access to Work support.

Our Communities team provides life-changing support to people who need help to connect with others and have their voices heard. Can you lead us?

We recently delivered two awareness raising sessions with over 70 staff from South Tyneside local authority, focusing on the role of independent advocacy and how Your Voice Counts can support people to be heard in decisions that affect their lives.