Advocacy services for children and young people who are in care or are leaving care

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• #Safety Net

  If you can’t get hold of the advocacy service in your area, or they say that they can’t give you an advocate – you can still get help.

  The children’s charity NYAS runs a backup service called Safety Net.

• BARKING AND DAGENHAM

  Contact your children’s rights officer in the council.

• BARNET

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Action for Children.

• BARNSLEY

  Advocates work for the Children’s Rights Team in the council.

• BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET

  Advocates work for Off The Record charity.

• BEDFORD BOROUGH

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• BEDFORDSHIRE, CENTRAL

  VoiceAbility

• BEXLEY

  Personal Adviser provided by council

• BIRMINGHAM

  Contact your Rights and Participation Service in Birmingham Children’s Trust.

• BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN

  Advocates work for the charity Barnardo’s.

• BLACKPOOL

  Advocates work a charity called Empowerment.

• BOLTON

  Advocates work for children’s charity Voiceability.

• BOURNEMOUTH, CHRISTCHURCH & POOLE

  Advocates work for children’s charity Coram Voice

   

   

   

• BRACKNELL FOREST

  Contact the council’s Child Participation Development Officer who will arrange an advocate for you.

• BRADFORD

  Advocates work for The Children’s Society

• BRENT

  Your council asks you to contact the charity Coram Voice for help.

• BRIGHTON AND HOVE

  Advocates work for the Youth Advocacy Project in the council.

• BRISTOL

  Reconstruct Advocacy Service

• BROMLEY

  Advocacy for All (Bromley)

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• BURY

  Advocates are arranged by the Children and Young People in Care Team in the council.

• CALDERDALE

  Advocates work for your Children’s Rights and Advocacy Service in the council.

• CAMBRIDGESHIRE

  Advocates work for VoiceAbility

• CAMDEN

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Coram Voice.

• CHESHIRE EAST

  Advocates work for the children’s charity The Children’s Society.

• CHESHIRE WEST & CHESTER

  Advocates work for the charity The Children’s Society.

• CITY OF LONDON

  Advocates work for children’s charity Action for Children. London Advocacy Servive

• CORNWALL

  Your council can arrange for you to have an advocate from the children’s charity Barnardo’s. (The email address will take you straight to Barnardo’s).

• COVENTRY

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• CROYDON

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• CUMBERLAND

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• DARLINGTON

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• DERBY

  Advocates work for the charity Change Grow Live.

• DERBYSHIRE

  Contact your Children’s Independent Advocacy Service, which is run by your council’s Participation Team.

• DEVON

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• DONCASTER

  Advocates work for Doncaster Children’s Services Trust.

• DORSET

  Advocates work for National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)

• DUDLEY

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• DURHAM

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• EALING

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Coram Voice.

• EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

  Contact your Participation and Rights Team in the council.

• EAST SUSSEX

  Advocates work for Asphaleia

• ENFIELD

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• ESSEX

  Coram Voice, on behalf of the Rethink Essex All Age Advocacy Service

• GATESHEAD

  Through council by contacting Social Worker / Children’s Rights Officer

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Reconstruct.

• GREENWICH

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• HACKNEY

  Contact your Children’s Rights Officer in the council.

• HALTON

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM

  Children’s Advocacy Service

   

  Simone Quaynor – Children’s Advocate

   

• Hampshire

  Choices Advocacy

• HARINGEY

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• HARROW

  Harrow Children and Young People’s Advocacy Service

• HARTLEPOOL

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• HAVERING

  Havering Children’s Rights Advocacy Service

• HEREFORDSHIRE

  You can contact the Hear Me children’s rights and advocacy service at Herefordshire Council.

• Hertfordshire

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• HILLINGDON

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Coram Voice.

• HOUNSLOW

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Action for Children.

• HULL, CITY OF

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• ISLE OF WIGHT

  Advocates work for the charity Barnardo’s

• ISLES OF SCILLY

  Ask your social worker or your independent reviewing officer.

• ISLINGTON

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Coram Voice

   

   

   

• KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

  Contact Looked After Children Advocacy in the council.

• KENT

  Advocates work for the children’s charity The Young Lives Foundation.

• KINGSTON UPON THAMES

  Customer Care Team at Council

• KIRKLEES

  Contact your Children’s Rights Team in the council.

• KNOWSLEY

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• LAMBETH

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• LANCASHIRE

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• LEEDS

  Leeds Children’s Rights Service contact through children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• LEICESTER

  Contact your Children and Young People’s Rights Participation Officer in the council.

• LEICESTERSHIRE

  Contact Children’s Rights in the council.

• LEWISHAM

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• LINCOLNSHIRE

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Voiceability.

• LIVERPOOL

  Contact the Advocacy Coordinator in your council.

   

   

• London

  Just for Kids Law offers advocacy to children and young people who are in care or leaving care in London.

• LUTON

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• MANCHESTER

  Advocates work for the charity Coram Voice.

• MEDWAY TOWNS

  Advocates work for the charity The Young Lives Foundation.

• MERTON

  Advocates work for the charity Jigsaw4U.

• MIDDLESBROUGH

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• MILTON KEYNES

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Reconstruct.

• NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• NEWHAM

  Contact your Children’s Rights Service in the council.

• NORFOLK

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Coram Voice.

• NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE

  NYAS (National Youth advocacy Service)

• NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

  Contact your Children and Young People’s Advocate in the council.

• NORTH SOMERSET

  Advocates work for the Junction 21 Mentoring Service in the council.

• NORTH TYNESIDE

  Contact the participation, advocacy and engagement part of your council.

• NORTH YORKSHIRE

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

  Advocates work for Northamptonshire Children’s Trust

• NORTHUMBERLAND

  Voices Making Choices (VMC)

• NOTTINGHAM

  Advocates work for the charity The Children’s Society.

• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

  Advocates work for the charity The Children’s Society.

• OLDHAM

  Advocates work for the company Excel Social Work and Therapeutic Services.

• OXFORDSHIRE

  Advocates work for the Advocacy 1st part of the charity Community ConneX

• PETERBOROUGH

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• PLYMOUTH

  Your council can arrange for you to have an advocate from the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• PORTSMOUTH

  Just4U advocates work for No Limits charity.

• READING

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• REDBRIDGE

  Contact your Children’s Rights Team in the council.

• REDCAR AND CLEVELAND

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• RICHMOND UPON THAMES

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Coram Voice.

• ROCHDALE

  Advocates work for the children’s charity The Children’s Society.

• ROTHERHAM

  Contact your Right 2 Rights Service in the council.

• RUTLAND

  Children’s Independent Advocacy Service – council service

• SALFORD

  Advocates work for Advocacy Focus.

• SANDWELL

  Advocates work for the children’s charity The Children’s Society.

• SEFTON

  National youth advocacy service (NYAS)

   

• SHEFFIELD

  Advocates work in the Children’s Involvement Team in the council.

• SHROPSHIRE

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Coram Voice.

• SLOUGH

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• SOLIHULL

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• SOMERSET

  Contact Route1 Advocacy in the council.

• SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

  Advocates work for the charity Reconstruct.

• SOUTH TYNESIDE

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• SOUTHAMPTON

  The Advocacy People

   

• SOUTHEND-ON-SEA

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• SOUTHWARK

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Coram Voice.

• ST HELENS

  Advocacy Focus

• STAFFORDSHIRE

  Advocates work for the charity Change Grow Live (CGL)

• STOCKPORT

  Advocate from the Children’s Rights Service

• STOCKTON-ON-TEES

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• STOKE-ON-TRENT

  Advocates work for the charity ASIST Advocacy

   

   

   

• SUFFOLK

  Pohwer – Suffolk Advocacy Service Children and Young Peoples Advocacy

   

   

• SUNDERLAND

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• SURREY

  Advocates provided by Reconstruct

• SUTTON

  Advocacy for All in partnership with MAPS project at Volunteer Centre Sutton

• SWINDON

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Coram Voice.

• TAMESIDE

  Contact your Children’s Rights Service in the council.

• TELFORD AND WREKIN

  Contact the Rights & Representations Project in the council.

• THURROCK

  Advocates work for the charity Open Door.

• TORBAY

  Advocates work for the children’s charity The Children’s Society.

• TOWER HAMLETS

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• TRAFFORD

  The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS)

• WAKEFIELD

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• WALSALL

  Advocates work for the charity The Children’s Society- Black Country Advocacy

   

• WALTHAM FOREST

  Advocates work for Barnardo’s

• WANDSWORTH

  Advocates work for the children’s charity The Advocacy People.

   

   

   

• WARRINGTON

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• WARWICKSHIRE

  Advocates work for Barnardo’s Coventry and Warwickshire Children’s Rights Service.

• WEST BERKSHIRE

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• WEST SUSSEX

  Contact your Advocacy Service in the council.

• WESTMINSTER

  Contact your Children’s Rights Team in the council.

• WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS

  Advocates work for the charity National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS).

• WIGAN

  Advocates work for the charity Wigan Family Welfare.

• WILTSHIRE

  Advocates work for the charity The Advocacy People

• WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD

  Advocates work for the charity Number 22.

• WIRRAL

  Advocates work for the children’s charity Barnardo’s.

• WOKINGHAM

  Contact your Children’s Rights and Advocacy Officer in the council.

• WOLVERHAMPTON

  Advocates work for the children’s charity The Children’s Society Black Country Advocacy Service.

• WORCESTERSHIRE

  Advocates work for the charity Coram Voice

• YORK

  Contact Speak Up, which is your Children’s Rights and Advocacy Service in the council.

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