Northumberland:

  • Families in care is a free charitable service, operating in Newcastle, with a focus on individual child protection advocacy and support. They accept both professional and self-referrals (only families involved with the Newcastle CS) and are primarily staffed by professionals with parents with lived experience also involved.
  • Independent Advocacy North East is a free charitable service operating in Aberdeenshire, with a range of independent advocacy services (Professional, citizen and peer) for people with a wide range of issues (mental health problems, anxiety or depression, physical or learning disabilities, communication difficulties, dementia, asylum seekers and refugees, and children and families). They accept both professional and self-referrals and are staffed by professionals and community members volunteers.
  • Connected Voice is a free charitable service, operating in Newcastle and Gateshead, with a focus on individual support and advocacy for a range of health and social care issues (Mental health needs, Learning disabilities, Physical disabilities, over 55 years old). They accept both self and professional referral and are staffed by both professionals and community members and volunteers.
  • Your Voice matters is a free charitable service, operating in Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar And Cleveland, South Tyneside, with a focus on community and individual advocacy for a range of health and social care issues (learning disabilities, autism, and people at risk of exclusion due to disability, illness or other challenges). They accept self and professional referrals and are staffed primarily by experts with experience.

National:

  • EOS Advocacy is a paid Community Interest Company, operating across the UK , with a focus on individual child protection advocacy and support (with a specialization in cases of Fabricated or Induced Illness allegations) . They accept self and professional referrals and are primarily staffed by professionals. 
  • Muslim women network, is a free charitable service, operating nationally, with a focus on the needs of Muslim women. They have a help line and they are primarily staffed by professionals.
  • Powher, is a free charitable service, operating nationally, with a focus on individual rights advocacy in a wide range of community needs (e.g. Mental health and health). They accept both self and professional referrals and are primarily staffed by professionals.
  • Rethink is a free charitable service, operating nationally, with a focus on individual, group and policy mental health support and advocacy. They accept both professional and self referrals and are primarily staffed by professionals.
  • Autism links – For anyone who accesses the website but is intended for anyone who has autism. Information.
  • Family rights group, is a free charitable service, operating on a national level, with a focus on child protection advocacy (policy level, training and an advice line). The advice line is free and open for all and they are primarily staffed by professionals and parents with lived experience.
  • Fathers 4 justice is a paid service, operating on the national level, with a focus on individual and policy advocacy for fathers going through the family courts. They accept both professional and self-referrals and are primarily staffed by parents with lived experience.
  • Fightback is a collective of parents, operating on the national level, with a focus on individual support and advocacy for Parents accused with FII and false accusations. They accept self-referrals and are primarily staffed by parents with lived experience.
  • Newlife the charity for disabled children is a free charitable service, operating on a national level, with a focus on individual advocacy and support as well as policy advocacy for disabled children and their families. They accept both professional and self-referrals (only families involved with the Newcastle CS) and are primarily staffed by professionals with parents with lived experience also involved.
  • The potato group is a collective of parents operating on a national level, with a focus on support groups and online sharing forums for parents with adopted teens from the care system. They are open for all and are primarily staffed by community members.
  • Reframe is a collective (charity) of parents and allies, that operates on the national level and focuses on community and policy advocacy for changing the child protection system. They are open for all.
  • Appoint Us, is a paid (possibly by the LA) CIC, operating nationally, that deals with a range of community issues – with a focus on individual child protection support and advocacy. They accept professional referrals and are primarily staffed by professionals.
  • Rethink Mental Health, is a free charitable service, operating nationally, with a focus on individual, group and policy mental health support and advocacy. They accept both professional and self referrals and are primarily staffed by professionals.
  • Parents and Carers alliance is CIC that provides paid service, operating on a national level, with a focus on individual and group support and advocacy for parents and carers of differently abled children. They accept both professional and self-referrals and are primarily staffed by professionals with parents with lived experience also involved.
  • The Child Law Advice is a free charitable service, operating nationally, with a focus on giving legal advice and information via a call line about family, child and education laws. The call line is open for all and the service is staffed by professionals.