Advocacy is listening to you, supporting you to speak up, supporting you to make your own choices and decisions, and supporting you to access your rights as a member of the local community.
The aim of advocacy is for people to speak up for themselves as far as possible. In Peterborough the local commissioned advocacy provider is POhWER.
POhWER
POhWER deliver a range of statutory and non-statutory advocacy services to the residents of Peterborough in partnership with Cambridgeshire Deaf Association.
They offer the following services in Peterborough:
- Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA), including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Relevant Person's Paid Representative Services (RPPR)
- Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
- Independent Care Act Advocacy for residents of Peterborough, including those that reside at HMP Peterborough
- NHS Complaints Advocacy
- Community Advocacy for people with Learning Disability and/or Autism
How do I get support from an advocate?
To make a referral to the advocacy services in Peterborough, you can download the forms below. Please note that these are PDF forms and will download to your computer.
- Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) referral form
- Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) referral form
- Care Act Advocacy referral form
- Community Advocacy for people with Learning Disability and/or Autism referral form
- NHS Complaints Advocacy referral form
If you are not sure whether you can get an advocate, or for more information, advice and support in your area, please contact us on 0300 456 2370 or email pohwer@pohwer.net
If you are deaf and would like advocacy support in BSL please visit Cambridgeshire Deaf association