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Acknowledgements

The document was developed through consultation by the Advocacy 2000 consortium whose current members are:

Advocacy into Action (Falkirk), Angus Independent Advocacy Service, Dundee Independent Advocacy Service, Dunfermline Advocacy Initiative, Equal Say (Glasgow), Fife Advocacy Project, Merchiston Advocacy Project / Speak Out (Enable), Partners in Advocacy (Edinburgh), Powerful Partnerships (Edinburgh), Scottish Advocacy, Scottish Human Services Trust, The Advocacy Project (Glasgow).

The consortium would like to thank all of the people who took part in developing the document. We would particularly like to thank:

• all the people who attended the workshops at the 2001 conference;
• all the people who attended any of the local consultation meetings which took place with Independent Advocacy organisations and groups throughout Scotland in June and again in September 2001 (see the list); and
• all the people from the Independent Advocacy organisations and groups, NHS Boards, Health Trusts, Health Councils, and Local Authorities who were consulted on the document in November 2001 (see the list).

We would also particularly like to thank the following people for their comments and work.

Sally Carr (CAIT), Anne Chilton (Vocal), Rick Henderson (Advocacy Across London), Rosie Hunter (Forth Valley Advocacy Service), Karen Irvine, Charlotte Lee (Advocacy Development Project), Keith Maloney (CAPS), Fiona MacDonald (CAPS), Oxana Metiuk, Mike Pochin (Dorset Advocacy), Patrick Wood (UKAN)

Projects which took part in local consultation meetings included the following.

Advocacy into Action, Falkirk, Advocacy Matters, Glasgow, Advocacy North East, Advocacy Orkney, Advocacy Service Aberdeen, Advocacy Service, Renfrewshire Association for Mental Health, Advocard, Edinburgh, Advocating Together, Dundee, Age Concern, Clydesdale and South Lanarkshire, Alzheimer Scotland Action on Dementia, Kirkintilloch, Angus Independent Advocacy Service, Borders Independent Advocacy Service, CARD Carers Centre, Paisley, Carer's Advocacy, Perth, CASS, Ayrshire, Dundee Independent Advocacy Service, Dunfermline Advocacy Initiative, East Ayrshire Advocacy Service, Edinburgh Advocacy and Representation Service, ELPAAB, Musselburgh, Equal Say, Glasgow, Equals Advocacy Partnership, Motherwell, Forth Valley Advocacy Service, Highland User's Group / Highland Community Care Forum, Inverclyde Advocacy Project, Lochaber Action on Disability, Lomond and Argyll Advocacy Service, Mental Health Advocacy Project (West Lothian), Merchiston Advocacy Project, North Ayrshire Advocacy Service, Partners in Advocacy, Edinburgh, Partners in Advocacy, Glasgow, Partners in Advocacy, West Lothian, PASS Direct, Dumfries and Galloway, Patients Advocacy Service, The State Hospital, Patient's Council, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, People First Caithness, People First Lochaber, People First Scotland, Powerful Partnerships, Edinburgh, Princess Royal Trust Highland Carer's Project, Inverness, Resettlement Advocacy Project, Edinburgh, South West Edinburgh Local Healthcare Co-operative Speak Out Advocacy Project, Hamilton, The Advocacy Project, Glasgow, The Advocacy Service in Perth and Kinross VOCAL / Ayr Action for Mental Health

People from other organisations who commented on draft versions of the document included:

Houston Fleming, Dykebar Hospital Patients Council, Marjorie Gillies, Yorkhill NHS Trust, Margaret Hurcombe, FAIR, Mr G Jamieson, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Stuart Landels, Clackmannanshire Council, Norma McGovern, Tayside University Hospitals Trust, Mrs E Moore, Ayrshire and Arran Primary Care NHS Trust, Irene Morris, Borders Primary Care NHS Trust, William J Nicoll, NHS Tayside, Tony Rattray, Advocacy Development Project, Moira Ravey, Greater Glasgow Health Council, Hilda Smith, North Ayrshire Council, Dorothy Sutherland, BASW, Sally Wilkins, Aberdeenshire Council

 

A few names will have been missed from these acknowledgements due the large number of people who have taken part and the number of ways in which information has been looked for. We would like to reassure everyone who took part in the development of this document that their input was greatly appreciated.