date started

• November 2008

funding ends

• November 2011

 funding agency

• Stoke on Trent City Council & Stoke PCT

long term chances

• Too early to say

geographic 

• North Staffordshire

service user group

• adult members of the Black, Minority and Ethnic (BME) Community who have Learning Disability, Physical Disability and/or Mental Health Issues. 

 who to contact

• Noor Ahmed or Shahzia Akhtar

 telephone

•  01782 845584

 email

•  noora@asist.co.uk or shahziaa@asist.co.uk

In 2008 Asist was successful in gaining funding from Stoke City Council and Stoke PCT to establish a new BME Advocacy Project in North Staffordshire .  The objective of the project is to raise the number of people from the BME community accessing independent advocacy services to a level representative of the culturally diverse population of Stoke-on-Trent .

The BME Advocates deliver issue based, one-to-one advocacy support for adult members of the Black, Minority and Ethnic (BME) Community who have Learning Disability, Physical Disability and/or Mental Health Issues. 

The project currently employs 1 full time and 2 part time advocates based in Asist’s Stoke office.