Reports and accounts

Here you can 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. If you would like an easy read copy of our latest annual report, please contact us.

Download the POhWER Annual Report 2015-2016

POhWER Easy Read Annual Report 2015-2016

Download the Easy-Read Annual Report 2015-2016

Previous years:

Download the POhWER Annual Report 2014-2015

Download POhWER Annual Report 2013-2014

Download POhWER Annual Report 2012-2013

Download POhWER Annual Report 2011-2012

Download POhWER Annual Report 2010-2011

Download POhWER Annual Report 2009-2010

All annual reports from 2009 to 2014

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Independent Advocate

Home Based - London 1 x Full time - 37 hours, 5 days a week 1 x FTC for 6 Months Salary £22,000.00 - £25,623.00 per annum, based on experience and training + Benefits Closes on Friday 9th June @ 9am
Referral & Information Administrator

Office Based: Beeston, Nottingham Part time - 20 hours, 5 days per week Salary £18,500 - £20,000.00 per annum + benefits dependent on experience (full time equivalent) Closes on 08-06-2017
Secure & Complex Services Advocate

Home Based - Elysium Keighley & Priory Dewsbury Part time - 22.2 hours, 3 days a week between Monday to Friday Salary £12,000 - £13,463.00 (full time equivalent £20,000 - £22,438.00 per annum + benefits dependent on experience Closes on 7th June at 9am
Experience Reality Panel

Are you disabled and living in London? Would you be interested in taking part in focus groups with Goss Consultancy Ltd to discuss the accessibility of venues in the arts and cultural sector? Goss Consultancy Ltd are looking for people to visit venues and to take part in a group discussion.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.