The Citizens Information Board and Department of Social Protections launches National Advocacy Service for people with disabilities.
The Citizens Information Board (CIB) recently launched (30th March 2010) the National Advocacy Service. Representative Advocacy is defined as “Taking action to enable people to express what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests, and obtain services they need. Advocates and advocacy services work in partnership with the people they support and take their side”.
The aim of the National Advocacy Service is to provide a professional, independent, mainstream representative advocacy service to those people with a disability that require such a service.
The National Advocacy Service, will be managed by five Citizens Information Services in five regions across the country and each region will have a trained advocacy worker who will work with people with disabilities in institutions and throughout the community. The service will provide a professional, independent, mainstream representative advocacy service to those people with a disability that require such a service.
For further information on this valuable service see the Citizens Information Board Website.
