Strong Together is a Citizen Advocacy project for people with learning disabilities (experts) living in the Inverness area. Its aim is that, if they wish, experts can have Citizen Advocates to help them speak up, make choices and have better lives.
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Supporting and maintaining friendships between experts and non-experts
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Citizen advocates supporting experts to speak for themselves, make
their views and wishes known, and have control over their own lives |
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Empowering experts to live ordinary lives – jobs, friends, choice, privacy,
freedom to take risks and other ordinary things
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Challenging stereotypical attitudes towards experts so that people see
the person, not the disability |
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Recruiting, training and supporting volunteer advocates |
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Promoting citizen advocacy amoung experts in the area |
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Developing links with Service providers, professional, appropriate
support agencies and other advocacy providers. |
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Raising awareness of Citizen Advocacy and Strong Together among the public, service users and providers, in an accessible format. |
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Ongoing monitoring and review of advocacy in
order to ensure best working practice |
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Citizen Advocacy is available in all areas – initially Inverness area
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Experts have friendships with non-experts and visa versa |
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People of all ages can participate in Citizen Advocacy, both as experts and advocates
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Experts live ordinary lives – with jobs, friends, choice, privacy, freedom to take risks and other ordinary things |
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Experts to have control over their own lives |
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Stereotypical attitudes of experts are challenged and people see the person, not the disability |
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Public and Service Providers are knowledgeable about citizen advocacy and refer appropriately |
