We were so proud to see two of our volunteers being presented with awards from the Lord Provost at Volunteer Edinburgh’s Annual Awards Ceremony this month. Norma Arthur was presented with an Individual Inspiring Volunteer Award Norma has been a volunteer with us for 13 years and has been especially important in providing Advocacy Support […]

Edinburgh Community Voices is a collective advocacy group for people in Edinburgh who have lived experience of mental health issues, supported by AdvoCard. Below is a copy of their response to some of the questions asked in the recent consultation on the Scottish Mental Health Law Review Question 2. What do you think about the […]

This is Faith’s story of her incredible, fast journey from volunteering to paid employment with AdvoCard… Around a year ago I was browsing the GoodMoves website and came across and AdvoCard advert looking to recruit several advocacy workers. To be honest I had never been aware of AdvoCard before this but when I read the article, I was immediately convinced the role of Advocacy […]

As well as sharing some journey stories from some of our amazing volunteers throughout the week, we want to say a huge THANK YOU for all that our volunteers do – for all the time and hard work they put in and the difference they make. Scott is one of our Team Leaders here at […]

The Scottish Mental Health Law Review have put together ideas and proposals for changes in mental health law in Scotland and want to hear from you about what you think:https://www.mentalhealthlawreview.scot/ AdvoCard will be supporting Edinburgh Community Voices to submit a collective response to the consultation.  You can contribute to Edinburgh Community Voices’ response by taking […]

Lindsay used mental health advocacy. Read her story here.

Collective Advocacy Survey 2022

Everyone who uses mental health services has rights and it is important that they know about them and understand them. If you are already in contact with AdvoCard, your advocacy worker will ensure that you are informed about your rights, but it is important that information about people’s rights, at different points of their contact […]

We are looking to train a new group of Volunteer Advocacy Workers starting in Feb/March 2022. If you are interested please get in touch to discuss, or alternately download an application pack here. Our highly valued team of Volunteer Advocacy Workers deliver a vital advocacy service for Mental Health service users and people with Problematic […]

AdvoCard supported Edinburgh Community Voices to respond to the consultation on the Scottish Government’s plans for changes to social care in Scotland and a proposed National Care Service.  You can read more about the consultation on the Scottish Government web page here. Edinburgh Community Voices members gave their views at two meetings, one online and one […]

AdvoCard will be holding a Christmas drop in on Thursday 2nd December, 12pm – 2pm, at Whale Arts Centre, 30 Westburn Grove, Edinburgh, EH14 2SA Come along for a mince pie and talk to one of our advocacy workers about understanding your rights and how we can help get your views heard.

If you need help with addiction it can feel like you don’t have any rights at all and that you have to take what you are given. This is not true, you have the same rights as everyone else, but knowing what those rights are and what to do with them is still not easy. […]

Read about how Covid has impacted GP services, for those living with mental health issues..

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Stigma affecting people with lived experience of drug and/or alcohol use…