Nottingham City - Your Voice, Your Choice

POhWER has delivered advocacy services in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire since 2010.

POhWER are working with Nottinghamshire Deaf Society to ensure deaf people in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire can access advocacy support. Find out more about Nottinghamshire Deaf Society (video)

We provide the following services in Nottingham City:

Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) including Relevant Person's Paid Representative Services (RPPR) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
Community Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards/1.2 Representative
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) (Includes Informal/voluntary patients in hospital settings)
Independent Health Complaints Advocacy (IHCAS)
Independent Care Act Advocacy (Includes people in prison within Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire)
Learning Disability and Autism Programme (LDA) (For children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities and/or autism)
Volunteer and group support
Changing Futures Independent Advocacy Service for adults in Nottingham City who experience severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD), and need help to raise an issue about services they have received, including housing services, criminal justice services, domestic or sexual abuse services, recovery providers and training providers.
Co-production Support Service

How do I get support from an advocate?

To make a referral to the advocacy services in Nottingham City, you can download the forms below and send to [email protected]

Independent Health Complaints Advocacy referral form
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) referral form
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) referral form
Care Act Advocacy referral form (Referrals can be made by Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire Carers Hubs)
1.2 Representative referral form
Changing Futures Independent Advocacy Service self referral form
Changing Futures Independent Advocacy Service referral form for professionals

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 020 0093 or email [email protected].

Local Resources

Cover of the Nottingham Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Leaflet. It has a yellow background and a photo of a woman speaking

Download the Nottingham City Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the Nottingham Independent Mental Health Advocacy Leaflet. It has blue background and a photo of a woman wearing a hijab

Download the Nottingham City Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the Nottingham Care Act Advocacy Leaflet. It has a light pink background and a photo of a man and women looking at screen together.

Download the Nottingham City Care Act Advocacy leaflet (pdf)

Front cover of the Nottingham Independent Advocacy Services Leaflet - Orange with a phot of a young woman of colour comforting someone

Download the Nottingham City Independent Advocacy leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the Nottingham Independent Health Complaints Advocacy Leaflet. The cover is dark green and has a photo of a man laying in a hospital bed looking sad.

Download the Nottingham City Independent Health Complaints Advocacy leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the Nottingham Relevant Person’s Paid Representative Advocacy Leaflet. It has a yellow background and a photo of a man looking deep in thought

Download the Nottingham City Relevant Person's Paid Representative (RPPR) leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the Nottingham Supporting your Relative/Friend in a Care Home leaflet – it has a yellow background and a photo of a man of colour with a large white beard

Download the Nottingham City Supporting your Relative/Friend in a Care Home leaflet (pdf)

Photo of Nottingham Learning Disability and Autism Programme leaflet. It has a dark blue background with a women wearing a red t-shit.

Download the Nottingham City Learning Disability and Autism Programme leaflet (pdf)

Front cover of Nottingham Community Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. It has a yellow background and a photo of a women smiling.

Download the Nottingham City Community Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards leaflet (pdf)

Cover of the POhWER Nottingham City Changing Futures Independent Advocacy Service Leaflet

Download the Nottingham City Changing Futures Independent Advocacy Service leaflet (pdf)

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