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Young Peoples' Advocacy
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Hi, I'm    
the Advocacy Co-ordinator for Young People aged 14-25 in Central Cheshire.
The Young Peoples’ Advocacy Project at IA supports Young People in Central Cheshire with learning disabilities, aged 14-25 with their advocacy needs. |
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These decisions can be really difficult to make and often Young People with learning disabilities are not even included in the process. This can be complicated further when the young person has difficulty communicating their wishes, or the people in their lives find it hard to value their methods of communication. IA aims to ensure that the wishes of people with complex needs are central to decisions that affect their lives. By raising awareness of advocacy in Young People and the groups that support them, we are hoping that the need for Crisis Advocacy at school leaving age will be reduced as will the stress of change for the young person.
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This is a brand new project funded by the Department of Health through the British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) with additional funding for Crisis Advocacy provided by the Big Lottery Fund. Consequently IA is now able to accept Crisis Advocacy referrals for people under the
age of 18.
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We’re always on the lookout for people to volunteer to advocate for a young person. If you have the time to meet up with someone regularly to chat about your shared interests, hopes and dreams, to do an activity together, or to be a good neighbour then
contact us for more information or apply
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It takes…
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You can become a member of IA for FREE! Help us to reflect our local community by joining IA and supporting the work we do. We’ll send you our newsletter to keep you updated with everything that goes on and you can have a say about changes within IA. Click here for more information about becoming a member
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To request Young Peoples' Citizen Advocacy: - Information sheet for Young Peoples' Citizen Advocacy request
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Please keep checking the events page for news |
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If you want to speak to me about advocacy you can;
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E-mail: |
ypadvocacy@independent-advocacy.org.uk
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Write to: |
Independent Advocacy (Central Cheshire) Ascot Court 71/71 Middlewich Road Northwich Cheshire CW9 7BP
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Call: | 01606-42688 | |
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We run Advocacy Awareness sessions in schools and colleges to increase understanding of advocacy with Young People through a series of regular meetings about issues such as likes, dislikes, hopes and choices.
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