Advocacy Into Action aims to build inclusive communities by valuing and being seen to value individuals and the contribution we can all make to the communities we share.
We aim to:
Help, support, and promote the welfare of adults with a learning disability through the provision of mechanisms that will enable them to make decisions affecting themselves, their families, and carers, with and through the statutory authorities and other agencies when required.
The origins of Advocacy Into Action date back over sixteen years. A group of people with learning disabilities in Falkirk realised the need for independent advocacy, which would represent their views, protect their rights, challenge discrimination and promote inclusion in the community on the basis of equal citizenship.
In 1996, their ideas crystallised in the formation of a charity known as the Falkirk Advocacy Project. Four years later, when the closure of the Royal Scottish National Hospital was confirmed, the charity secured funding to establish a citizen advocacy resource for people being resettled from the hospital to Falkirk and Clackmannanshire. In December 2000 the charity changed its status and name to Advocacy Into Action and became a limited company. A Board of twelve directors, the majority of whom have a learning disability, manage the organisation.
We aim to build inclusive communities by valuing and being seen to value individuals and the contribution we can all make to the communities we share.
We aim to:
Help, support, and promote the welfare of adults with a learning disability through the provision of mechanisms that will enable them to make decisions affecting themselves, their families, and carers, with and through the statutory authorities and other agencies when required.
