Understanding Advocacy - How it can benefit the people you work with

This session will be delivered online via Teams, and will give an overview of how our range of advocacy services in North-East England operate. It is aimed at local voluntary and community organisations, rather than at individuals, statutory services or organisations from outside the North East.

Through a mix of interactive presentations and activities the session will cover:

• An overview of the range of our advocacy services available at Connected Voice
• An outline of the key challenges and concerns affecting our most disadvantaged communities and the individuals in need of advocacy
• An understanding of how advocates can support people you are working with and how you can refer people to us

This online session will be delivered on Teams. A joining link will be sent closer to the time of the training. 

Connected Voice Advocacy works across the North East of England to support people to be heard and fight for their rights. This training is for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations serving Newcastle and/or Gateshead.

You can only book one place for yourself. If a colleague wants to attend, they will need to book separately themselves. This training is limited to a maximum of 2 people per organisation. When you book, please ensure that you give us all the essential information requested so that we know your registration is genuine.

Our training and events are funded from a variety of sources, allowing us to offer them for free to eligible organisations. Please check the eligibility requirements for each session before signing up, as this varies from course to course. If your organisation is not eligible for a free session you may be interested in one of our tailored training packages.

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Attendance and value Our staff dedicate significant time and resources to create and deliver an excellent range of training and events free of charge. We ask that you make an effort to prioritise attending our training once you have registered, and let us know as soon as possible if there is a barrier to you attending. 

Accessibility Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility requirements that would help you get the most out of this session. We will do everything we can to accommodate them. on as possible so that the place isn’t wasted as we have limited spaces for each event. You must also advise us if a substitute person from your organisation is attending in your place. We will be monitoring non-attendance, and may not accept future bookings from regular non-attenders.