Advocacy: a voice for our future

Better safeguarding, greater personalisation and improved support planning are among the benefits of advocacy, according to a new report published on 16 October by the national umbrella group of voluntary sector providers of social care.

Advocacy: a voice for our future, published by the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) with advocacy organisation VoiceAbility, aims to demystifies a misunderstood movement. Advocacy, the report shows, helps prevent, detect and respond to abuse by enabling disabled and/or vulnerable people to learn about and gain confidence in promoting their rights.

The report clarifies advocacy’s relevance in today’s policy and economic landscape, presents case study evidence of advocacy in action, describes the challenges to advocacy delivering greater benefits and outlines key messages for stakeholders like providers and commissioners.

For further information and to download the report visit www.vodg.org.uk/news/203/111/New-report-shows-that-after-Winterbourne-advocacy-is-a-voice-for-our-future.html.