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Thank you, thank you to the nearly 500 advocates who took the time to complete the National Advocacy Survey which closed towards the end of June.  We’ve spent the last weeks reviewing and analysing the feedback and experiences you all shared of supporting & representing people over recent months.  This is helping us better understand how COVID-19 and all the associated restrictions has impacted people, their rights & your work.  We’re working with colleagues from across the sector to develop the most impactful ways of using and sharing this incredible information to show what works, create change where things aren’t working and improve lives.  We’ll certainly keep you updated as things progress!

We will be holding another Advocacy Catch-up meeting on Thursday 23rd July at 11.00 for those working for Advocacy Providers on Zoom. Register your interest here…

We will be holding another Advocacy Catch-up meeting on Thursday 25th June at 12.00 for those working for Advocacy Providers. This time on Zoom. Register your interest here…

Those of you who attended Kate Mercer and Peter Edwards’ webinar on 11th June (the webinar will be available here in due course) will know that Peter Edwards, from Peter Edwards Law, is currently exploring how GDPR considerations influence the ways we as advocates work with people and their friends and families.  In this article, Peter sets out the issues and asks for help from advocates to evidence the need for greater clarity in guidance from the Information Commissioner.

Huge thanks to all you advocates who have taken time out of your busy days to complete the survey about Advocacy during Coronavirus that was launched last week.  There are just a few days left to make sure you have your voice heard – so do set aside 15 minutes or so (that’s how long most people have taken) to share your views and experiences about how the Coronavirus pandemic has impacted on people you support and your advocacy delivery.

We’ve now got a version of the National Advocacy Survey in Welsh.  We know a lot of advocacy colleagues in Wales have already completed the English version of this survey.  Please only complete the survey once, either in English or in Welsh as we want to avoid duplicate entries.  If you have already filled in the English version, please don’t complete the Welsh one. As the survey is anonymous, we aren’t able to trace or delete entries.

Please also be aware that Advocacy West Wales – Eiriolaeth Gorllewin Cymru are assisting NDTi with the survey and its translation into Welsh.  Any written answers in Welsh will be translated by them for inclusion in the results.  NDTi will send aggregated written comments to Advocacy West Wales – Eiriolaeth Gorllewin Cymru, not individual responses.  Please ensure that your answers don’t include any identify information.

Thank you in advance for you time and consideration in completing the survey.

You can complete the survey on a smart phone, tablet or computer.  It is easiest to complete on a tablet or computer due to lay out of the survey.  It is taking most people about 14 minutes to complete.

Here’s the links to the surveys:

National Advocacy Survey in Welsh

National Advocacy Survey in English

To find out more about the survey click here