Community Advocacy helps you to access information, understand your rights, and have a voice on the issues that are important to you.
You can drop-in at a Community Advocacy Hub or pre-book an appointment to meet with an advocate one-on-one.
Our Community Advocacy Team run three hubs in two different locations in Leeds.
At the Hubs, an advocate will listen to you, help you to consider your options, and support you to take steps to have your voice heard and rights upheld.
Our priority is self-advocacy, and you can therefore expect to leave the hub with some ideas and practical tools to help progress with your advocacy issue independently. An advocate might help you to take some actions such as making phone calls or writing a short letter.
At the Community Advocacy Hubs, an advocate could help you with issues such as:
- Accessing services
- Making a complaint
- Communicating with organisations like adult social care, utility companies, housing services and healthcare professionals
- Preparing for meetings or phone calls
Information and Signposting about:
- Benefits
- Housing
- Debt
- Healthcare
- Homelessness
- Support for carers
If you do not see your issue on this list, please speak to us about whether we might be able to help you. If we can’t, we will try to signpost you to another organisation who can.
We also have some free self-advocacy resources that can be downloaded from our website.
Our Community Advocacy Hubs are for people aged 18 and over who live in Leeds (or are registered with a Leeds GP) and need help to speak up for themselves.
We currently run hubs in the following locations every two weeks:
Tuesday: 10am-1pm
Deacon House
Seacroft Avenue
Seacroft
Leeds
LS14 6JD
Starting from Tuesday 2nd July 2024, this Hub will be run every two weeks.
Wednesday: 9am-1pm
Remote Advocacy Hub, for phone/video/remote appointments only.
Thursday: 12 Noon-3pm
Reginald Centre
263 Chapeltown Road
Chapeltown
Leeds
LS7 3EX
Starting from Thursday 18th July 2024, this Hub will be run every two weeks. Please note that there will be no Hub at the Reginald Centre on Thursday 4th July due to the Community Advocacy team having an Away Day and the General Election both being on the same date.
From Tuesday 9th July, every two weeks – 10am-1pm
Armley Community Hub
2 Stocks Hill
Armley
Leeds
LS12 1UQ
From Thursday 11th July, every two weeks – 12 Noon-3pm
Dewsbury Road Community Hub
190 Dewsbury Road
Beeston
Leeds
LS11 6PF
How to Access the Hubs
If you would like to attend a Community Advocacy Hub, you can:
- Drop-in at one of the hubs listed above.
- Make an advocacy referral to pre-book an appointment.
You can do this by contacting our First Contact Team via email at [email protected] , phone call on 0113 244 0606, or by sending a text to 07719 859 694.
If you are unable to attend a hub in-person, please let our First Contact Team know and they can arrange for an advocate to call you by telephone or video call at a prearranged time during one of the hubs.
