Become a Member

Anyone can apply to be a POhWER Member
Your application must be approved by the Board of trustees before you can be a member.
You can join as an individual, professional, group or organisation
It is important to remember that as a Member you respond to any information POhWER sends you.

Our Members:

Make sure POhWER is run by and influenced by people with experience of disability and disempowerment (feeling of not being listened to)
Help to promote good quality advocacy in the UK
Help people to find advocacy services
Help people set up and run new projects
Help contribute to and inform the improvement of services

If you would like more information about becoming a POhWER member please contact us using the details below:

Email us at: [email protected]
Phone us on: 0300 456 2370

To apply please complete this form and send it back to us: Membership application form(pptx)

In order to find out how POhWER uses and stores any information that we collect, please read our privacy policy.

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Fundraising

If you would like to raise money for POhWER, there are a number of ways that you can do this.
Volunteer

Volunteering for POhWER is an opportunity to support people who, due to disability or being disadvantaged, find it difficult to get information, speak up and get their voice heard.
Become a supporter

Become a supporter of POhWER, and help POhWER in the work that we do.
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Why support us

Each year more and more vulnerable people need us to help them speak up and be heard. To help them, we need you to help us. Your support will directly help us to support and empower the people we work with; you could change their lives for the better.
Donate now

Each year more and more vulnerable people need us to help them speak up and be heard. To help them, we need you to help us. Donate now and help us change a vulnerable person’s life for the better. You can donate to POhWER in a number of ways. - through our JustGiving page: www.justgiving.com/pohwer - Or by simply using the form below