Resources

Useful links - Manchester

• Age Concern Manchester Advocacy Service
• Manchester City Council Domestic Violence Advice & Advocacy Project
• Manchester MENCAP advocacy
• Rethink Manchester Mental Health advocacy service
• The Generation Project
• Link-Age - older people's advocacy and information project
• Gaddum Centre
  

Useful links - National

• Action for Advocacy - national agency promoting and supporting the development of advocacy services. www.actionforadvocacy.org.uk
  
• Older People's Advocacy Alliance - network of advocacy organisations campaigning for the development of advocacy services for older people. www.opaal.org.uk
  
• National Advocacy Network
• Advocacy Action - based in Wakefield, their website contains some interesting articles about advocacy practice. www.advocacyaction.org.uk
• UKAN - network of organisations led by and focusing on mental health service users and self-advocacy. www.u-kan.co.uk

Tools, guides, etc.

• Action on Elder Abuse: toolkit for advocacy services (click to download)