Social Care & Health

Youth Advocacy Group

Advocacy is the idea that at certain times a person may need help to have a say in determining decisions. Other areas of the Community benefit from advocacy services; however for young people (11 - 18 years) access to this is limited. Youth Advocacy Group believe all young people should have access to independent advocacy should they wish it.

Youth Advocacy Group is a charitable organisation which was formally constituted in January 2004. A voluntary Managing Group was elected to take the Group forward which now consists of a Project Co-ordinator/Trainer, an Office Administrator, Volunteer Advocates and paid Crisis Advocates. To date we have had a number of requests from various sources for advocacy. We are based at 28/30 Grange Street, Kilmarnock.

We can be usefull in many areas, some examples are when a young person is involved with dealing with Children's Panels, Social Workers or The Police, in fact, any situation where a young person feels they are not being listened to.