Art work from our Services Users describing things that promote their Wellbeing
Advocacy in Mind
Vision
- Our vision is of a society that promotes and protects good mental health for all and treats people with experience of mental distress fairly, positively and with respect.
- We recognise that users of mental health services may be disadvantaged by the nature of their distress, by the social stigma and by the controlling nature of some psychiatric interventions.
Aims
- The aim of advocacy in all its forms is to ensure that people are not deprived of their rights through lack of information, lack of resources or lack of someone to speak up for them.
- We aim to empower people by supporting them to express their views and concerns, to access information and services, to defend their rights and to explore their choices and options. We aim to promote self advocacy through all of our work.
- We will work in partnership with the people we support and will take their side.
