Our Impact

POhWER's impact goes beyond supporting our clients to resolve their issues.

Our services to local authorities ensure that the most vulnerable people's views are at the heart of decisions made about them. Advocates ensure that their clients’ wishes and feelings are central to decisions and plans for their future.

Our achievements in 2016/17

In 2016/17 we supported people with 56,830 separate advocacy issues and we provide services in more than 60 local authorities.

Community Advocacy Impact Report

In 2015, we published our first impact report on Community Advocacy - around the impact the work we do has on both individuals and their communities. This report tells the stories of just some of the people we helped over one year. Names have been changed but the facts have not. These are real people, experiencing real problems, whose lives have improved as a result of the work we have done with them.

Download our Community Advocacy Impact Report (PDF)

Latest

Mental Health Advocate

Office/unit Based – Hayes Grove, Blackheath, Roehampton Contract Type: Permanent Role no: 64 Full-time – 37 hours, 5 days per week, Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm Salary: £20,000 to £22,438.00 (dependent on experience) plus £3,182.00 per annum + benefits
POhWER Advocate Sonia Burns running to raise funds for an event

POhWER Advocate Sonia Burns is running a trail race in July to raise funds for an event POhWER's Nottingham team are organising in October.
Relevant Person’s Paid Representative

Home Based – Bedford Contract Type: Fixed term (6 months) Role no: 60 Part-time – 14.8 hours, 2 days per week, Tuesday and Wednesday (can be flexible) 9am - 5pm Salary: £8,000 - £8,975 (full time equivalent £20,000 - £22,438.00 per annum) dependent on experience + Benefits
Community Advocate

Community Advocate Home based - Bedford Role no: 59 Contract: Fixed term – 6 months Part time: 3 days, 22.2 hours, working Monday-Wednesday 9am – 5pm Salary: £12,000 - £13,463 (full time equivalent £20,000.00 - £22,438.00 per annum) – Dependent on experience + Benefits

Meet the team

We bring together people with a range of advocacy and professional experiences. Explore the profiles of key members of our team, our Trustees, our Vice Presidents and our Patrons.
Reports and accounts

Download our annual reports which include our Board of Trustees’ reports and financial statements. The annual reports also include a review of our work over the year and the impact our services provided.
Who we work with

To provide the best possible services we work with our service users to make sure we are meeting their needs. We also build strong relationships with our supporters, commissioners, professionals and partner organisations.
What we do

POhWER is a charity and membership organisation. We provide information, advice, support and advocacy to people who experience disability, vulnerability, distress and social exclusion.

Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)

An IMHA is an independent advocate who is specially trained to work within the framework of the Mental Health Act to support people to understand their rights under the Act and participate in decisions about their care and treatment. Read more about this service.
NHS Complaints Advocacy

NHS Complaints Advocacy can support anyone who is unhappy with the care or treatment they or someone they know has received from the NHS and is thinking about making a complaint. Read more about this service.
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Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)

An Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) can support someone who is not able to make certain decisions about their lives for themselves and has no suitable family or friends to speak for them. Read more about this service.
Central and East of England

We provide services across nine county councils/local authorities of Central and East of England that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area. If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide service in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.
London

We provide services across London that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area. If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide services in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.
What we do

POhWER is a charity and membership organisation. We provide information, advice, support and advocacy to people who experience disability, vulnerability, distress and social exclusion.
Southern England

We provide services across eleven boroughs of Southern England that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area. If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide service in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.
NHS Complaints Advocacy resources

POhWER NHS Complaints Advocacy Self Help Information for NHS Complaints Process. For those who wish to make a complaint about an NHS service they or one of their family or friends received we have a special NHS Complaints Advocacy Service self help pack.
West Midlands

We provide services across ten boroughs of West Midlands that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find the latest information on what’s happening in your local area. If you cannot find your local area listed below, this maybe because we currently do not provide service in the local area. However, you can call our advisers on 0300 456 2370 to find out who can help you.

Biz4 Biz finalist

We have received our certificate to celebrate that we were a finalist at the biz4Biz Awards. Read more

Gender Pay Gap information POhWER

The following information has been calculated and verified as an accurate representation of the Gender Pay Gap Reporting that is required for 2018. Mark Lister CE POhWER 29-3-18 Read more