Self Advocacy Project
Self Advocacy supports people to speak up for themselves and supports people to be listened to, make their own choices and find out about their rights.
We :
- run a weekly women’s group
- run a weekly men’s group
- offer training opportunities
- support people to attend meetings and events about Advocacy and speaking up
Developing self advocacy in Advocacy In Greenwich
This is an exciting new project, which brings together two previous strands of work that have taken place in the past.
The aim of the project is to build on that work and develop strong self-advocacy in Greenwich.
The self-advocacy development work will support people who use the service to influence and participate in local, regional and national forums.
The self advocacy Worker will support members to develop new skills and increase the profile, presence and status of people with learning disabilities in the local community, important decision making forums and as part of the wider democratic process.
The creative drive that the project generates will also create new and exciting ways for people with learning disabilities to take on different roles within the organisation, the local community and decision-making forums and also to create influential and paid roles for people with learning disabilities.
Supporting you to choose
Advocacy is:
- Speaking up for yourself
- Making your own choices
- Knowing your rights
- Standing up for your rights
The Self Advocacy Project is here to:
- Support people to be listened to
- Support people to speak up
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Support people to choose - Train volunteers to support others to speak up
- Challenge people and services that treat people with a learning disability unfairly
