HSAB Awareness Session: Advocacy

Please Note: This event is being held only for those based in Hampshire or working with Hampshire residents.

Would you like to learn more about advocacy in Hampshire? Join us for our upcoming lunch and learn. VoiceAbility has partnered with Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board to help you understand the importance of advocacy and find out how to make referrals.

VoiceAbility has been supporting people to be heard in decisions about their health, care and wellbeing for over 40 years. We’re an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services.

Our work in Hampshire has supported over 5,233 people to have their voices heard when it matters most. Hear our advocates share stories from our clients and the impact that advocacy has had on them.

Why should you join?

• Build your knowledge of advocacy and its benefits

• Empower service users in Hampshire by helping them feel supported

• Understand your legal responsibilities

• Make referrals easy so you can support more people

Event details

● Overview of advocacy

● Statutory duties of advocacy

● Eligibility for Hampshire and how to refer

● Stories from our advocates in Hampshire

● Q&A

Please read the information below before booking your place.

BOOKING INFORMATION

Please note that only one ticket should be booked per named candidate. If you are booking for other members of your team, please ensure that their names are accurately recorded. Links to online events will be sent out in the week prior to the event being run.

The HSAB accepts bookings from delegates using a professional work email address. If you are not able to provide a work email address, please indicate on the booking form why this is.

Places on this course are very limited. If you are unable to attend a course, please ensure that you cancel your place through Eventbrite, or inform us at hsab@hants.gov.uk to do this on your behalf, so that spaces may be made available for others that wish to attend.

All training events are FREE to attend, and places must be booked in advance. HSAB will circulate details of all events in advance and will provide a link to Eventbrite to enable bookings to be made online. Failure to attend without providing an apology may result in you not being able to book on future courses.

Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Privacy Statement

By booking onto this training event, you are giving consent to receive pre and post-event materials including evaluation surveys. Your details will only be used to contact you for the purpose of providing this information.

Why we collect your information

Hampshire County Council is the organisation responsible for processing your information (the Data Controller). The Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB) would like to seek your feedback on its learning and training events. To be able to do this, we need your permission (your consent) to be able to store and use any contact details you provide to us. By submitting this form, you are giving consent to use of your data for the purpose of improving HSAB training.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by emailing the HSAB at hsab@hants.gov.uk.

We will not share your information with anybody unless the law requires it and information will be securely deleted after six months.