Welcome to our web site

Our address

Room 22
Mycenae House, 90 Mycenae Road
Blackheath, SE3 7SE
Phone/fax: 020 8269 0298

Email: advocacy4olderpeople@tiscali.co.uk

Our mission

To run a citizen advocacy project where trained volunteer advocates and co-ordinating staff help older people to make informed choices about their own care needs and work to enhance the lives of people who are often socially isolated and vulnerable.

What do we do?

We are a scheme for people over 55, living in the Borough of Greenwich that is completely confidential, free and independent of statutory services and local government.

We recruit, train and support local people to become advocates, who will work on a one-to-one basis with an older person. Where older people have difficulties speaking up for their rights and entitlements - and there is no other independent person who can do that - we can help by providing a trained advocate. We offer long term citizen advocacy and short term crisis advocacy

An advocate is faithful and loyal to what you want.

"My advocate is now my friend. She comes to see me most weeks and phones me up. She helped me sort out lots of things after my husband died. I can still turn to her when I need to."