Advocacy Resources

In this section we provide links to a wide range of useful national resources which you can use to help you advocate for yourself. Use the filter to select a subject. Click on the title of an item to see it in full then click on link to go to the website.

We will check resources regularly, but please contact us if you find an error or a broken link as it will help us to fix it quickly.

Disclaimer: We aim to keep the information in this section up to date and correct. However we do not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of the information or services. Any reliance you place on this information is therefore strictly at your own risk. Where we provide links to other websites, Connected Voice has no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Advice and support to empower anyone with a mental health problem
Help for victim/survivors of domestic violence or abuse
Provides advice, information and support for families with disabled children. Contact website
Your local Social Services team can provide information and support. Go to the Government Find Your Local Council, search for your local Council and then search Social Services on your Council’s website.
Provides support and advice to police forces to resolve missing person cases and assist in the identification of bodies and remains. Also maintain a central national database of missing persons and unidentified cases.
Respect is a domestic abuse organisation leading the development of safe, effective work with perpetrators, male victims and young people using violence in their close relationships.  
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) provides information and resources about making a complaint about the Police. IOPC website
Information on immigration, seeking protection or asylum
Information about courts, tribunals and how to find a court or tribunal. Government website
Works to end the harm, abuse, neglect and exploitation of older people in the UK Hourglass website
Provides free advice for disabled people and fights injustice. Disability Law Service website