Age CymruAdvocacy Service

What does it do?What is Advocacy?
Advocacy is identifying with and representing a person's views and concerns. Advocacy respects people's rights to control their own lives and make their own choices. Its emphasis is on empowering people not solving their problems for them. This may include enabling individuals to write letters or make phone calls and/or representing their wishes or negotiating with an outside agency.

Service areas for the Advocacy Team

General Advocacy
Supporting older people in their own homes through prearranged visits from trained volunteers and paid advocates.

Advocacy in Care Homes
Supporting older residents of care homes across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan through an organised network of prearranged visits and residents meetings.

Who it is for: People over 60 who have concerns about issues such as: Residential and Nursing care Community care Paying for care Health Housing Difficulty accessing a service
Where it is available: Local service covering: Vale of Glamorgan. Cardiff.
How to access or apply for it: ADVOCACY SERVICE 4 Cleeve House, Lambourne Crescent,Llanishen, Cardiff, CF14 5GP Tel: 029 20 683683 Telephone lines are staffed Monday-Friday 9.30am-4.30pm Co-ordinator: Linda Thomas Covering: Cardiff and the vale of Glamorgan.
Classification(s): Casework, advocacy & support, Advocacy
Info last updated: 06/10/2011.

About the service provider:
Contact info:	Age Concern Cardiff & The Vale of Glamorgan Telephone: 029 2052 1052 http://www.age-concern-cardiff.org.uk
Parent organisation:	Age Cymru
Who are they?	Age Concern is the largest charitable movement in the UK concerned with the needs and aspirations of older people and the leading authority on ageing related issues. In Wales, Age Concern is a federation of independent charities with a shared name and