What is Advocacy?

Adults living in the East Ayrshire Council area who have/are:

• a learning disability
• a mental health problem
• an acquired brain injury
• a drug and/or alcohol addiction
• vulnerable parents 
• detained under the Mental Health Act
• prisoners in HMP Kilmarnock

and

• older people (over 65)
• children and young people in the Children’s Hearing System
• young people aged 14+ who are subject to Mental Health Care and Treatment Scotland Act
• children and young people who have an allocated worker within the Children and Families Service