Leaders in Advocacy Network

The Leaders in Advocacy network that was established by Jonathan Senker at VoiceAbility just over a year ago has continued to grow and develop; leaders from approximately forty advocacy providers from across the country have been meeting on a monthly basis to develop a shared understanding of issues impacting the sector and those we support as well as taking collective action to address these.  Some of the recent areas of focus have been:

• The Mental Health Act White Paper consultation
• Equity Diversity and Inclusion and racial justice within advocacy
• Promoting wellbeing and positive mental health in our teams and organisations
• The Liberty Protection Safeguards
• Out of Area working arrangements

The network is informal, meeting remotely, and provides a space to share issues, to support one another as well as developing shared responses to issues and concerns and take collective action.

You can find our more here, or if you’d like to talk to someone about joining the network, please email Claire.lines@voiceability.org