When you or a family member have a learning disability you may face additional challenges with things like money, housing, benefits or accessing the help you need.
If you find it difficult to understand your care and support or find it hard to speak up, there are people who can act as a spokesperson for you.
They are known as advocates, and they make sure that you are heard.
For example, they can help you:
Advocates will support you during:
Advocates are independent of social services and the NHS.
In Tower Hamlets there are many organisations available tohelp you with this.
POhWER provide the Tower Hamlets Integrated Advocacy Service to support residents with a variety of issues, where there may be difficulties with communication or understanding information.Our independent advocates can help you understand your rights and choices and understand what options may be available to you.
We are able to provide free advocacy and interpreting services. This is a free and confidential service aimed at ensuring everyone within the Borough has equal access to primary healthcare through the provision of bilingual advocacy, interpreting, translation, and telephone interpreting services.
