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Consultation & Advocacy Promotion Service- CAPS
Description
In Edinburgh, CAPS provides COLLECTIVE ADVOCACY.
This means that we work with groups of service users to ensure that they have a say in the way services are planned, provided and evaluated. We also enable service users to campaign for services that meet their needs and to raise awareness of the issues that affect their lives.
Collective advocacy plays a part in combating stigma, providing support networks and increasing opportunities for people to take part in the planning and development of local services.
CAPS believes that the most effective services:
- are designed to meet the needs of the people who use them
- are based on partnership between all stakeholders
- involve people who use services in decision making and management
- involve people who use services in evaluating those services
- involve people who use services in training staff that provide the services
Service Categories
- Advocacy : Independent Advocacy
- Advocacy : Collective Advocacy
- Learning Opportunities/Volunteering : Training Opportunity
Eligibility
Residency
This service is available to residents of all parts of Edinburgh
Applicants for this service should also meet this condition:
Anybody aged between 18/65 years old and living in Edinburgh who uses or has used mental health services. Any organisation or individual working in the field of mental health.
Referral
This service accepts direct self referrals
This service accepts agency referrals from Any agency
Costs : the service is free.
Contact
Service Provided by : Consultation & Advocacy Promotion Service - CAPS
Organisation Type : Charity/Voluntary
5 Cadzow Place
Edinburgh
EH7 5SN
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Email :contact@capsadvocacy.org
Phone: 0131 538 7177
Fax: 0131 538 7215http://www.capsadvocacy.org
Office Hours
Monday - Friday 9:30am-5:00pm
Service Hours
Monday - Friday 9:30am-5:00pm
Facilities
This service is not accessible to wheelchair users.
Creche facilities are not available at this location.
Other details : Meetings for service user groups are held at accessible venues. Information can be made available in various formats and community languages, on request, through CEC Interpretation and Translation Service
Transport
Public Transport Information:
Lothian Regional Transport bus numbers - 4, 5, 15, 15A, 19, 26, 34, 44, 44A, 45
Lothian Buses Site for routes and timetables.
Parking :Parking available in nearby streets
