Self Advocacy

There is a self advocacy group in WALK.  It is called WALK With Rights.  This group requested a page be developed on the website for them so that they could keep others informed of the work they are doing.

Here is a short dvd that shows highlights of an advocacy day that was held in 1 Longmile Road in June 2010 as part of the "All We Want To Say" Project.

All We Have To Say from WALK on Vimeo.

Here is a summary, provided by Margaret, on an 'anti-bullying' workshop she attended.

About the workshop I went to:

• We wrote down how we were feeling about the workshop and what we wanted to learn

• We talked about how other people who have been bullied felt

• We did a role play about how to stop bullying

• We looked at how you can stand up to bullies

What I’d like to do now:

• I want to set up a group in WALK to tell other people about bullying and to help them along the way

• I want to work with other service users to develop our own workshop and to learn about other peoples experiences

• I want us to share what we have learned with staff