Maze Advocacy - your rights, your voice

My advocate will come around before a meeting then e-mail me the notes he has taken – my notes of what I said. Then he e-mails me after the meeting. He makes sure I get the information.

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What is advocacy?

Sometimes adults don’t listen to children and young people.

Advocacy is about changing that. It’s about making sure you are listened to and that your right to be heard is respected.

It’s also about understanding what your choices and options are and having help to work out what you think is best for you, not what anyone else thinks.

It’s also about understanding what your rights are and how they can be used to help you.

Advocates can help you to:

• Work out what you want to say
• Communicate your views, wishes and feelings
• Get adults to listen and understand you better
• Speak for you if you prefer

They can also help you to:

• Talk things through
• Understand your rights and get them respected
• Get unbiased information about what you want to know
• Work out your options
• Complain about a service or the way you have been treated

Maze advocates are independent and will:

• Be honest with you
• Stand up for you
• Treat you as an equal
• Respect your privacy
• Listen to you
• Only do what you ask them to
• Stop working with you when you say you don’t want their help anymore

Find out more
If you just want to find out more about if we can help or you want to arrange to see an advocate we are only a call, text or e-mail away.