Advocacy, Independent Support and Representation
Advocacy enables people to be heard and is a process of encouraging and supporting someone to speak up for themselves and/or representing their views to others.
EARS Advocacy Service
Are you, or is someone you know:
- an older person living in the community and needing support and representation?
- a person living in the community with a physical disability needing support and representation?
- an older person living in a care home or in hospital needing support and representation?
- an older person thinking about moving into long stay care?
The West Lothian professional advocacy service is provided by Edinburgh Advocacy Representation Service (EARS West Lothian) and is free, confidential and independent.
By seeking to uphold the rights of older people living in the community, older people already in, or moving into, long stay care or people living in the community with a physical disability, the service aims to ensure that older people will:
- be respected and listened to
- be involved in decisions that affects their lives
- have aspirations for the future
- contribute to and participate in their communities
Contact Details
EARS Advocacy Service
Unit 14 Grampian Court,
Beveridge Square
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6QF
Tel. 01506 205840
E-mail: info@ears-advocacy.org.uk
Website: www.ears-advocacy.org.uk (opens new window)
Mental Health Advocacy West Lothian
The Mental Health Advocacy Project provides professional independent advocacy services for anyone who has or has had a mental health and / or addiction problems who lives in or is receiving treatment in West Lothian. The project also provides advocacy services to HMP Addiewell.
Contact Details
Mental Health Advocacy Project
Strathbrock Partnership Centre,
189a West Main Street,
BROXBURN,
West Lothian,
EH52 5LH
Telephone: 01506 857230
Email : admin@mhap.org.uk
Website: Mental Health Advocacy West Lothian (opens new window)
Who Cares? Scotland
Who Cares? Scotland provides independent advocacy by working one on one with a young person to help them have a say in what is happening to them. They provide professional, independent advocacy services in most local authority areas in Scotland.
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