Easy Read information about Sussex Advocacy Partnership
If you find it difficult to speak up for yourself, and you don’t have a friend or family member who can support you,
an advocate can help make sure your voice is heard.
The Sussex Advocacy Partnership provides a range of advocacy services to people who live in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex.
The members of the Sussex Advocacy Partnership are:
POhWER
Mind in Brighton and Hove
Impact Advocacy
Brighton and Hove Speak Out
MindOut
Sussex Interpreting Services
In Brighton and Hove, the partnership offers the following statutory Advocacy services:
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Relevant Person's Paid Representative Services (RPPR)
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) delivered by Mind in Brighton and Hove
Care Act Advocacy
NHS Complaints Advocacy
In Brighton and Hove, the partnership also offers Community Advocacy including:
Community Mental Health Advocacy, delivered by Mind in Brighton & Hove
LGBTQ and Trans Advocacy, delivered by MindOut
Community advocacy for people with learning disabilities and advocacy for parents with learning disabilities, delivered by Brighton & Hove Speak Out
Community advocacy for people with sensory, communication, cognitive or physical impairment
Advocacy for people with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, delivered by Impact Advocacy
Bi-lingual advocacy for people whose first language isn’t English, delivered by Sussex Interpreting Services
POhWER will also provide a qualified Deaf Advocate for service users in Brighton and Hove whose first language is British Sign Language.
In East Sussex, the partnership offers the following statutory Advocacy services:
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Relevant Person's Paid Representative Services (RPPR)
In West Sussex, the partnership offers the following statutory Advocacy services:
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Relevant Person's Paid Representative Services (RPPR)
Care Act Advocacy
If you are not sure whether you can get an advocate, or for more information, advice and support in your area, please contact us:
CALL US: 0300 456 2370
EMAIL US: pohwer@pohwer.net