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 2015/16:

We supported over 30,000 people and received over 158,000 contacts, including just over 118,000 telephone calls. The majority of our clients have mental health issues, learning difficulties or physical disabilities.
We provided services in 50 local authorities reaching from East Sussex to Glasgow.

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

Brentwood Library community tree event

POhWER is hold an information stand at Brentwood library on the second Thursday of every month up to and including September 2017 from 10:00a.m-12:00p.m.
The Big Health Day 2017

POhWER is attending the Big Health day at Southend Leisure centre.
Shout About it 2017

Shout About it 2017 is on Thursday 12th October from 11am - 3pm, at the Forum and Conference Centre in Stevenage Town Centre. The event will be a multi agency event being attended by a wide range of health and social care providers, statutory and voluntary sector organisations.
Relevant Paid Person's Representative

Home Based - Birmingham Fixed Term contract - until March 2018 Salary £20,000.00 - £22,438.00 pro rata per annum + Benefits (dependent on experience) Closes on 29-06 - 2017

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.
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.
Make a referral
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.
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.
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.

Pohwer advocates took part in the St.Andrews Family and Carers Event

Pohwer advocates took part in the St.Andrews Family and Carers Event on June 3rd. Jamie Ford and Olive Phelan provided information and awareness about the advocacy service at St.Andrews to patients' family, friends and carers. Read more