Advocacy Focus sign the Armed Forces Covenant

We are delighted to demonstrate our support for the Armed Forces Community by signing the Armed Forces Covenant. Here at Advocacy Focus we currently employ 3 Armed Forces Veterans, including our CEO Justine Hodgkinson.

Read our pledge here

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Advocacy Focus Retains Mind Gold Award for Workplace Wellbeing

Placing second overall out of 114 organisations and recognised by the charity Mind, for our mental health policies and procedures and overall staff satisfaction.
Awards Season Kicks off with a Bang for Advocacy Focus

It's been a busy 12 months for us an many charities, and now we've been recognised at two awards ceremonies! See what we've been shortlisted for here.
Volunteers Week 2021: Meet Ben

It's Volunteers Week (1st-7th June) and to showcase some of the amazing work our volunteers do, we'd like to share Ben's story. [Independent Visitor service].
How to bring nature indoors when you can’t get outside

This year's Mental Health Awareness Week is all about nature, but what happens when you can't get outside to enjoy its benefits? Let us bring nature to you!

Hub of Hope

For some there's advocacy, for those who are in crisis, there is the Hub of Hope. As an Ambassador of Hope, Advocacy Focus will be working with the Hub of Hope and its founder, Jake Mills, to connect mental health services in Lancashire.
Dying Matters

Nobody likes to talk about dying; but we need to. Our unwillingness as a society to talk about death and bereavement has impacted upon health and end of life services in the UK. We are part of the campaign that wishes to change all of this.
Time to Change

By supporting the Time to Change campaign, we are supporting the movement to end mental health stigma, and to get people talking more openly about their mental health issues in their personal relationships, social lives and workplace.
Disability Confident

We have signed up and committed to Disability Confident to help all of our team members and future team members fulfil their potential

Donations in Action - Cathy's Donation

Cathy* was a service user who donated £100 to Advocacy Focus after she received high quality advocacy support during a health complaint. Click to read more. Read more

Investing In Volunteers Award

We’re delighted to announce that the development and training we undertake with our volunteers has been recognised by the UK Quality Assurance Panel and in December 2020 we were awarded Investing in Volunteer status. Read more