It is currently available in Bournemouth and Poole for people over 65 and in Dorset for people over 50 or over 18 with a physical disability. If you are a carer (and over 18) living in Bournemouth, you can also access our advocacy services.
Support to meet your needs
We have been providing advocacy services since 1996 and have a vast amount of experience in helping people to get the support and help they need.
We can provide differing levels of support ranging from giving information and signposting to other support services, to visiting you in your home, helping with correspondence and telephone calls, supporting you in meetings and appointments and other activities.
The different issues with which we can help are wide ranging and include helping people to access the services they need to remain independent in their own home, challenging decisions and making complaints, helping people with housing issues, helping people to manage health problems and helping people to organise their finances.
Your Voice
'Your Voice' is a free and independant advocacy service that helps you to say what you want, secure your rights, represent your interests and obtain the services you need.
Read more about 'Your Voice'.
Support for Carers
If you look after someone who could not manage without your help find out about the support we can offer to Carers.
Are you affected by Cancer?
Would you like to talk to someone who has been there?
Our Dorset Cancer Advocacy project can support you during investigations and after you have received your cancer diagnosis to understand what it means
Contact us
If you or someone you know would benefit from this service please call our Information Gateway on 0300 111 3303 or email contact@helpandcare.org.uk and we will be happy to discuss your situation with you.