Skip over main navigation
  • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
Signpost

[email protected]  01506 431123 
  • Search
  • Facebook
  • Instagram


Donate
Menu
  • About us
    • What we do
    • Meet our team
    • Our history
    • Jobs
  • Get help
    • Coronavirus support
    • Our services
    • Helpline
    • Drop-in service
    • Training
    • Advocacy support
    • Family passes for fun days out
    • Make a referral
  • Resources
    • Transition
    • Self Advocacy
    • Education
    • Funding & benefits
    • Sport and Leisure
    • Mental health
      • Mental health - information for parents
      • Mental health - information for young people
      • Mental health - information for young adults
  • Our impact
    • Why Signpost?
    • The difference we make
    • Case studies
    • Facts and figures
    • Research
  • Support our work
    • Thank you!
    • Donate
    • Fundraise for us
      • Set up a fundraising page
      • Fundraising ideas
      • Challenge events
    • Trusts and funds
  • Latest
    • Events
    • Blogs
  • Admin
    • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
  • Advocacy support
  1. Get help
  2. Our services

Advocacy support

Advocacy support

Signpost staff can support families who may need help to get their point across at meetings, such as school planning meetings. 

We can discuss your situation before the meeting, help you to make yourself heard and negotiate solutions during the meeting, and build your skills and confidence for future meetings. 

We can also, with the parent's permission, speak to the young people involved to get their point of view and suggestions, if they are reluctant to speak for themselves. This means that they have a say in the decisions that affect them.  

To access this support, please call the office on 01506 431123, or send an email to [email protected] outlining your situation and how you would like us to help. 

Please note: 

  • this service is popular, so we may not be able to attend every meeting we are asked about
  • we can't help indefinitely; instead we try to give you the skills and tools to manage future meetings confidently without our support.

You may also want to look in our resources section for information about self-advocacy.

Referrals

If a school or other service encounters a family who might benefit from this support, they may, if the family gives permission, contact Signpost to refer the family to us. Please use our referral form or call the office on 01506 431123. 

Published: 19th October, 2019

Updated: 19th July, 2020

Author: Lesley Mount

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Latest

  • Meet our team

    Meet our team

    Signpost has 4 part-time staff and up to 8 trustees - you can learn about them on this page.

  • Our Trustees

    Learn about Signpost's trustees on this page.

  • Young minds - resources for teens

    Mental health support for teens

  • Links for young people from Action for Mental Health

    mental health resources for young people

Most read

  • Accessibility

  • Our history

    Our history

    A short history of Signpost

  • Help wherever the need is greatest

    Help wherever the need is greatest

    Will you support us to help wherever the need is greatest? We pride ourselves on offer a tailored mix of support to meet each family's individual needs, which can make it difficult to predict exactly how our funds will be spent from year to year.  Will you trust us to decide how best to use your donation, to meet the greatest need? We promise to spend every penny wisely!

  • Privacy Policy

    Signpost privacy policy

  • Get help

    Get help

    Find out more about our support for families of young people with disabilities and additional support needs

  • Terms and Conditions of Use

  • Advocacy support

    Advocacy support

    Signpost offers advocacy support in difficult meetings about young people with disabilities or additional support needs

  • Family passes for fun days out

    Family passes for fun days out

    Signpost lends free family passes to young people with disabilities and additional support needs, so that they can have some stress-free 'time out' with their families

  • Fundraising ideas

    Fundraising ideas

    A host of ideas to help you raise funds for Signpost!

  • Helpline

    Helpline

    We are 'here to help' with any enquiry relating to young people with additional support needs or disabilities

Sign up for our newsletter

Please enter your first name
Please enter your last name
Please enter your email address Please enter a valid email address (e.g. [email protected])

Registered Office
Beatlie School Campus
Craigshill
Livingston
EH54 5EJ


+44 (0)1506 431 123
[email protected]

Links

  • Sitemap
  • Accessibility
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Registered Charity (SCIO SC032398) 

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Instagram