About our Advocacy service
Diabetes UK Advocacy Service provides support and information to vulnerable people with diabetes. For now, Advocacy will be offered to vulnerable people with diabetes.
This means people who:
- have a learning disability
- have physical or sensory impairments; or are very seriously ill
- have a mental illness including dementia
- are older (Over 60s)
- are a child (Under 17)
- are in a form of institution; this includes hospitals, care homes, residential homes, prisons, etc.
- have very poor spoken or written English.
What we can offer now
The main form of advocacy we will be offering, for now, will be letter writing and phone calls on behalf of clients.
What we do not offer
Please be aware that we will not be offering:
- Legal advice or accompanying/advocating in court.
- Any kind of campaigning work.
- Detailed benefit advice or advocacy.
- Health advice.
Help for you to advocate for yourself
If you aren’t a vulnerable person, but are confused about your rights, and want to advocate for yourself, we have written a series of Advocacy packs, that can help clarify your rights, and help you understand what you can do with your rights if you feel they are being abused.