On Friday, 27th September, Suffolk People First hosted the All Age Advocacy Service event. It was a fantastic day with great guest speakers, lots of different organisations, networking, talking about the importance of advocacy and how advocacy can help people’s voices to be heard. If you didn’t get a chance to pop by, more information about the Suffolk Advocacy Service can be found on POhWer’s website: https://www.pohwer.net/suffolk-advocacy-service
Thank you to everyone who joined us throughout the day.
We also had some great guest speakers:
Dr Felix Davies, CEO POhWER
Andrea Clark, CEO Ace Anglia
Kirsten Alderson, CEO Suffolk Family Carers
Jayne Stevens, CEO Suffolk User Forum
Gareth Peters, Head of Partnerships and Operations Learning Disability and Autism Adult and Community Services SCC
Wendy Scott, Suffolk and North East Essex ICB and Ian Dunstan, Peer educator, Ace Anglia
Natly, Self-advocate
Stall holders:
Suffolk and North East Essex ICB, DAS (Disability advice service), Suffolk User Forum, POhWER (Suffolk Advocacy Service), Suffolk Family carers (Suffolk Advocacy Service), Healthwatch, Learning Disability Liaison Team, Customer rights (Suffolk County Council), The Source, Multiply Suffolk, Leading Lives, Social Care Adults team (Suffolk County Council), Anglia Care Trust, Travel Training
