Talk-Active: The first year of a life-changing programme
In September 2018 People First successfully secured funding from Children in Need for a new three year youth project which...
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Independent Advocate Student Shares her People First Experience
At People First, we’re proud that we work with local education providers to offer student placements within our Advocacy team....
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Advocacy Awareness Week: The Advocate’s Advocate
With Advocacy Advocacy Awareness Week coming to a close, Care Act/ Independent Mental Capacity Advocate, Sarah has been inspired to...
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Advocacy Awareness Week: What’s Advocacy, Who’s It For, How Does It Help?
In an ideal world no one would need advocacy support; people would speak up for themselves and be listened to...
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People First Launch New Project: We Are All People First
This month, People First launched an exciting new programme, We Are All People First. Designed to enhance community self advocacy...
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Workington Self Advocacy Group Get Cancer Aware
Everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer. A family member. A friend. A colleague. However, not everyone knows...
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Experts by Experience Work in Partnership to Improve Cancer Services
This week, our Experts by Experience, Pam and Lou, attended a peer support session to share good practice and provide...
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SeeAbility Eye Care Champion Visits Self Advocacy Groups
This week, Dave Spencer, a SeeAbility Eye Care Champion, paid a visit to our Carlisle and Kendal Self Advocacy Groups. ...
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Mental Health Awareness Coffee Morning
Cake. Coffee. Chat. This morning as part of our Time to Change Pledge, People First hosted a coffee morning to...
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Empowering through experience
Jade, who is 19 years old, contacted People First because she felt she wasn’t being listened to during an assessment...
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