Advocacy
 Find key advocacy resources that can assist you to pursue your rights.
Overview
Advocacy means defending and promoting your rights and interests. You should get in touch with an advocacy service if you need:
- Information and advice
- Help to get the services you need
- Help to sort out problems and exercise your rights
Depending on what you want, an advocacy service can either:
- Give you support so you can advocate for yourself
- Act as your representative, advocating under your instructions and on your behalf.
What issues can advocacy help me with?
Advocacy is provided for people facing life challenges, such as illness, disability and ageing. Some of the most common issues that advocates can help you with include:
- Accommodation issues
- Employment issues
- Financial issues
- Guardianship and Administration issues
- Legal problems
- Problems with health, welfare and disability service providers
- Barriers to disability access
- All aspects of disability and aged care rights
Advocacy services and resources
There are a broad range of rights and advocacy services available. Search the links below to find the advocacy services you’re after.
Parkinson’s Disease
Aged & Disability
Carers
Financial
General
Many organisations can provide advocacy in addition to the other support services they provide. If none of the above services are suitable, find more by searching the Infoxchange Service Seeker.
Complaints
If you have a complaint you can contact:
Abuse and neglect
A range of key services can help if you are experiencing or worried about abuse.
Adapted from Southwest Advocacy Association of Victoria |
