Grant to Advocard (GB-SC-SC022910-FR-0057463)
Funding Organization
£2,084
Recipient Organization
To purchase two laptops and 2 mobile phones for their volunteer advocacy workers.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 2083.76 |
| Amount Awarded | 2084 |
| Award Date | 2021-02-17T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | S01008632 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | DZ |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Merchiston and Greenhill - 01 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Response Recovery and Resilience (CLOSED) |
| Last Modified | 2024-02-12T10:03:26Z |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 12 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2022-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2021-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | SC023181 |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | SC396023 |
| Recipient Org: Description | AdvoCard provides independent advocacy for people in Edinburgh and has specific contracts with City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government to provide this service to people with mental health issues and problematic substance use. We provide a statutory service to people undergoing compulsory treatment and to many others who struggle with obtaining services and ensuring that their wishes are heard. Our aim is to ensure people understand their rights, feel more in control of their lives, are better able to engage with services and have their voices heard. Most of our services have been until now provided face to face but with the start of the Covid restrictions we successfully obtained funding to provide all staff with laptops and mobile phones to provide as much of a remote service as we could. All our services (Hospital, Community, Problematic Substance Use, Welfare Benefits and Prison) are oversubscribed and have waiting lists. Our staff provide all the statutory services required, but as a well known community organisation we receive many requests for advocacy support that fall outwith this definition and for many years we have had a highly trained volunteer team to work alongside the staff. They deal with a wide variety of problems and issues for individuals, many from particularly hard to reach groups. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | https://www.advocard.org.uk |