Care act and non-care act advocacy

1. The entities name/s, address, telephone number, email address and website that provides care act advocacy for your council? If you provide this in house provide the requested details for the department/worker who oversees this.

Care Act advocacy for the Devon County Council area is commissioned by Devon County Council which has a contract with the Devon Advocacy Consortium, a partnership of 6 voluntary sector organisations with Living Options Devon as the lead agency. The Devon Advocacy Consortium’s contact details are: Devon Advocacy Consortium, Living Options Devon, Living Options Devon, Ground Floor Units 3-4, Cranmere Court, Lustleigh Close, Matford Business Park, Exeter EX2 8PW. Tel – 0845 231 1900, email: devonadvocacy@livingoptions.org website: https://www.devonadvocacy.org.uk/

2. A copy of any advertisement or publications for the care act advocacy service.

Here is a link to the web page describing the advocacy services provided, including Care Act Advocacy: https://www.devonadvocacy.org.uk/about

Here is a link to the public-facing Care Act advocacy referral form: https://www.devonadvocacy.org.uk/documents

3. The entities name/s, address, telephone number, email address and website that provides non care act advocacy or Information, advice and guidance (eg non statutory) or similar for Adults with a Learning Disability and or Autism for your council (this could be via a grant or service agreement) If you provide this in house provide the requested details for the department/worker who oversees this. (Helpful note: possibly a Commissioning Department/ Commissioner for Learning Disabilities/Autism can assist with this)

Information, advice and guidance for adults with a learning disability and/or autism within the Devon County Council area is provided by  number of voluntary sector organisations.

For adults with learning disabilities information is provided on this partnership Easy Read website: https://www.learningdisabilitydevon.org.uk/

For adults with Autism information  is provided by the commissioned organisation, Dimensions For Autism: https://www.dimensionsforautism.life/