Aims and Objectives

Aims:
To ensure that the voice of the client is heard
To empower clients to make effective choices about their lives and to ensure they are accorded the same respect, dignity and consideration that all members of society expect
To encourage self-advocacy.

Objectives:
To offer and promote an Independent Advocacy service for adults who are experiencing or recovering from mental illness, physical or sensory impairment, learning difficulty or disability or ageing or who are carers
To offer a service where there is a specific need for advocacy which cannot be met, for whatever reason, by an existing service
To provide a service which is free, confidential, impartial, client centred, issue focused, enables client choice and is accessible regardless of disability, colour, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation.