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.

Click the link below to read and download POhWER's annual report

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Download the POhWER Annual Report 2017-2018

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Download the Easy-Read Annual Report 2017-2018

Download the Easy-Read Annual Accounts 2017-18

Previous years:

All annual reports from 2009 to 2014

Download the POhWER Annual Report 2016-2017

Download the POhWER Annual Report 2015-2016

Download the POhWER Annual Report 2014-2015

Latest

Regional Manager

Regional Manager – West Midlands /South West Contract Type: Fixed Term for 1 year (internal staff secondment available) Role no: 84 Full Time – 37 hours, 5 days a week – between Mondays to Friday 9am – 5pm Salary: £40,000 – 45,000 per annum + benefits
First Responder

First Responders/Information, Advice and Advocacy Support Officers (Bank) Office Based – Birmingham Job Reference no: 86 Bank Staff: working a range of shifts between the hours 8am-6pm Monday - Friday as required. Salary £10 an hour + Benefits
First Responders

First Responders/Information, Advice and Advocacy Support Officers HertsHelp (Bank) Office Based – Stevenage, Hertfordshire Job Reference no: 85 Bank Staff: working a range of shifts between the hours 8am-6pm Monday - Friday as required. Salary £10 an hour + Benefits
Community Manager

Community Manager Home Based – East Sussex Contract Type: Permanent Role no. 83 Hours: Part time – working 22.2 hours, 3 days per week, between Monday to Friday 9am-5pm Salary: £18,000 per annum (full time equivalent £30,000 per annum) based on experience and training + Benefits

Our Impact

POhWER's impact goes beyond supporting our clients to resolve their issues. Find out all about the impact we have had on our clients across the country.
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.
Working in partnership

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.

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 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.
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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.
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.
Southern England

We provide services across six 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 seven 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.