Advocard
Mental Health Services in Edinburgh, Scotland
AdvoCard is an independent advocacy service for mental health service users living in the community in Edinburgh. We're funded to be independent of other mental health services offered by the statutory and voluntary sectors. This allows us to stand alongside the person we're working with and to support them without any conflict of interest arising. We supply our advocacy service through trained volunteer and contracted advocacy workers. The advocacy workers follow the instructions of the person they are dealing with to assist them achieve their desired outcome.