Gloucestershire

South West > Gloucestershire

POhWER has delivered advocacy services in Gloucestershire since 2017.

In Gloucestershire POhWER provides

Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Relevant Person’s Paid Representatives (RPPR)
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCA)
Independent Care Act Advocacy which includes Independent Advocacy for Adult Social Care Complainants.
Community Mental Health Advocacy - currently available for inpatients on Abbey or Dean ward at Wotton Lawn Hospital

For more information about these services please click on the leaflets at the bottom of the page.

How do I get support from an advocate?

To make a referral to the advocacy services in Gloucestershire, you can download the forms below:

If you are not sure whether you can get an advocate, or for more information, advice and support in your area, you can contact us on 0300 0031162 or email [email protected]

Local Resources

Cover of the Gloucestershire Independent Advocacy leaflet - it has an orange background and a photo of a young woman reaching out to touch someone who is out of view

Download Gloucestershire Independent Health and Social Care Advocacy Services leaflet (pdf)

Front Cover of the Independent Mental Health Advocacy Leaflet. This leaflet is a turquoise blue with a photo of a woman who wearing a hijab and listening

Download Gloucestershire Independent Mental Health Advocacy leaflet (pdf)

Front Cover of the Gloucestershire Independent Mental Health Advocacy leaflet. This leaflet is a turquoise blue with a photo of a woman listening.

Download Gloucestershire Independent Mental Health Advocacy client leaflet (pdf)

Front Cover of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Leaflet. this leaflet is yellow and features a photo of an older woman speaking.

Download Gloucestershire Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the Relevant Person’s Paid Representative Services leaflet – it has a yellow background and a photo of a man looking deep in thought

Download the Gloucestershire Relevant Person's Paid Representative leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the Gloucestershire IHCAS Leaflet – it has a dark green background and a photo of a man in a white shirt shaking hands with another person who is out of view

Download the Gloucestershire IHCAS leaflet (pdf)

Front cover of the Care Act Advocacy Leaflet. This leaflet is pale pink with a photo of a woman helping a man with a learning disability. Together they are looking at a tablet computer screen.

Download Gloucestershire Care Act Advocacy leaflet (pdf)

Gloucestershire Community Mental Health Advocacy Poster

Download the Gloucestershire Community Mental Health Advocacy Flyer (pdf)

Cover of the Relevant Persons Representative information booklet

Download the Gloucestershire Relevant Person's Representative Information Booklet (pdf)

Visit our Empohwer Gloucestershire Facebook page for local information & resources

Local Easy Read Resources

Cover of the Gloucestershire IMHA Easy Read leaflet - it has a white background and a photo of two women in conversation

Download the Gloucestershire IMHA Easy Read leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the Gloucestershire Care Act Easy Read leaflet - it has a white background and a photo of a man writing

Download the Gloucestershire Care Act Easy Read leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the Gloucestershire IHCAS East Read Leaflet - white bacground with dark green border. Shows an image of a woman surrounded by five NHS workers and an NHS logo

Download the Gloucestershire IHCAS Easy Read leaflet (pdf)

Cover of Gloucestershire IMCA easy read leaflet- white background with yellow border and an image of two women talking.

Download the Gloucestershire IMCA Easy Read leaflet (pdf)