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Advocacy 

for children and young people 
in East Renfrewshire.... 


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What is advocacy ? 

Advocacy is about supporting you to speak out, to express 
your views and defend your rights. You may feel that your 
opinions or ideas are not being listened to or you are not 
being offered all the opportunities and choices you want. 
Advocacy aims to challenge this by supporting you to: 

• Express your views 
• Access information and services 
• Promote your rights 
• Explore your choices and options 


How can we help? 

We can support you with issues like: 

• Going to Children’s Panels 
• Contacting social workers and other professionals 
• Speaking to teachers and schools 
• Looking at opportunities in your community 
• Help with benefits and housing 

Advocates will not tell you what to do or decide things for you. 
We can help with a lot of other things, so contact us to see if we can help. 


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Who is this service for? 

We are a free and confidential service for children and young 
people aged 0-19 in East Renfrewshire. 


How can you get in touch? 

Call: 0141 847 0036 
Text: 0784 780 1979 
Email: glasgow@partnersinadvocacy.org.uk 

You can contact us directly or anyone involved in your life can 
call on your behalf. This could be your social worker, teacher, 
parent or guardian, youth worker or anyone else. 

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Partners in Advocacy 

Partners in Advocacy provides advocacy in Edinburgh, 
Midlothian, East Lothian, Dundee, Glasgow and East 
Renfrewshire. Advocacy may be long-term citizen advocacy, 
short-term issue-based advocacy, or self-advocacy groups. 
Some advocacy is for adults who use learning disability 
services and some is for children and young people with 
additional support needs and mental health problems. 
For details of which kinds of advocacy are available in East 
Renfrewshire, contact the number below. 

Some of our advocates are paid and some are volunteers. 

We welcome volunteers to become involved in our work, 
as advocates or supporting us in other ways. 

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contact information:

EastRenfrewshire 
0141 847 0036 


...........Advocacy is free and confidential........................ 


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Please call 

Unit 17, John Cotton Business Centre, 10 Sunnyside, Edinburgh EH7 5RA 
0131 478 7723 • admin@partnersinadvocacy.org.uk • www.partnersinadvocacy.org.uk 
Registered Company No. 185467 Scottish Charity No. SCO2785