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We provide advocacy services that help people who need to get their voices heard. Here you can find information on the services that we provide in your area.

If you cannot find your local area listed below, this may be because we currently do not provide services in your area. However, you can contact us to find out who can help you.

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Bristol

In Bristol, POhWER provides a range of statutory and non-statutory advocacy services. 



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Gloucestershire

In Gloucestershire, POhWER provides advocacy services to those who are affected by mental health issues and those who lack capacity in making important decisions. These services include Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy, (IMCA), Independent Health Complaints Advocacy and Independent Care Act Advocacy which includes Independent Advocacy for Adult Social Care Complaints

Published: 28th July, 2017

Updated: 26th March, 2026

Author: Emma Jenkins

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    In Central and East of England, POhWER provides services in Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Peterborough, and Suffolk

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    In London, POhWER deliver services in the following London boroughs: Barnet, Brent, City of London, Enfield, Greenwich, Haringey, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, and Westminster

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    Independent Mental Health Advocacy supports people to understand and exercise their rights under the Mental Health Act

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    In London, POhWER deliver services in the following London boroughs: Barnet, Brent, City of London, Enfield, Greenwich, Haringey, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Lewisham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, and Westminster

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