Advocacy is acting or speaking on behalf of someone and representing their views, when due to age, illness or disability they find it difficult to speak for themselves.
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- We will listen to you about your issues and take your side.
- We take time to help you understand the choices available to you and assist in finding the right information to support you. - We will help you to have your views heard and support you to have more control over your life.
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- Befriending - Counselling - Physical Caring or Advising
Blackpool Advocacy is independent from statutory organisations and all other service providers
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Our ultimate goal is to enable those using our services to develop towards self-advocacy and we will ensure that service users will be given the opportunity to influence and be involved in the running and management of the organisation.
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Blackpool Advocacy will ensure that the wishes and interests of the people they advocate for direct staff and volunteers' work. All staff and volunteers should be non-judgmental and respectful of peoples' needs, views and experiences.
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Information known about our service users is kept confidential apart from those instances when there is a legal requirement to breach confidentiality.
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The service must recognise diversity and ensure that no one is excluded because of a difference in language, culture, disability, capacity, gender or sexuality.
