Group advocacy events

Group advocacy (also known as collective advocacy) brings people together to share their experiences in powerful ways.

Our group advocacy sessions can support you to come together in a group setting and discuss a problem or issue that affects you. With the support of an advocate, you’ll have the opportunity to have your voice heard, speak about your own personal experiences and interact with people who are facing similar challenges. How you get involved is up to you: sessions will be face to face and online.

By getting involved, you can:

• Make connections with other people with lived experience
• Raise awareness of issues which affect you
• Influence professionals who make decisions that affect everyone

You might like to talk about carer’s assessments, housing or dementia.

The issues we discuss will be led by you.

Do you have a topic you’d like to discuss? We’d love to hear from you.

Meet an advocate to chat about your situation, and find out what support is available. You don’t need to make an appointment.

When: Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month 10am – 12pm

Where: McDonald Road Library, Edinburgh EH7 4LU

When: Fridays weekly, 10am - 4pm

Where: The Thistle Foundation, Centre of Wellbeing, 13 Queen’s Walk, Edinburgh, EH16 4EA

More events coming soon - please keep an eye on this page.

If you would like to attend any events or find out more, please email groupadvocacyscotland@voiceability.org or call 03003031660.

In 2024, we ran 4 groups ran in each of our localities, Edinburgh South West, South East, North West and North East.

For details of upcoming groups for 2025, please email groupadvocacyscotland@voiceability.org or call 0300 303 1660.

To register your interest in joining a group advocacy event, find out what’s coming up, or to suggest a discussion topic, please: