 | Disabled Parents Network (DPN) is a national organisation of and for disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents, and their families, friends and supporters. |  Contact Us 0300 3300 639 |
| Disabled Parents Network (DPN) is a national organisation of and for disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents, and their families, friends and supporters. | Contact Us 0300 3300 639 |
Advocacy is about:
Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership with the people they support and take their side.
An Advocate can offer support with letter writing and making complaints, researching issues on behalf of a person, making phone calls and attending meetings.
Advocacy is about giving people a voice, an Advocate is there solely for the person they are supporting and can only take instruction from them.
Advocates work should be free from any other influences and so for it to be really effective it must be independent of statutory authorities; it must also be a free service.
The aim of advocacy is to promote empowerment and self advocacy.
What DPN advocacy is not.
DPN’s advocacy service works towards the Advocacy Charter. This was devised in 2002 with input from over 75 advocacy providers.
Click on this link to be re directed to the charter www.aqvx59.dsl.pipex.com/Advocacy%20Charter2004.pdf
Disabled Parents Network’s Family Advocacy Service
last updated: 02 Sep 09
Registered Office: Disabled Parents Network, Suite 37-40 Cherry Orchard North, Swindon, SN2 8UH. Registered Charity No: 1087662