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Asist provides specialist independent advocacy support focused on one-to-one, issue-based advocacy for people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and/or mental health issues.

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We support people to make small and big decisions in their own lives and to speak to services who make decisions because of a person’s health or disability.

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Advocacy is about enabling people to have an equal voice in the choices and decisions that affect their lives.

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Asist advocates will not be judgemental and will not guide or influence the people they work with; advocacy is about including people in their own story.

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An Asist advocate can support people to:

• find information about their options

• discuss and understand their situation and the choices available to them

• speak up; by supporting at meetings and reviews, including those with health and social care services.​

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Asist is nationally recognised for developing, writing and promoting the Watching Brief guidance which outlines the core principles that underpin all Non-Instructed Advocacy support services across the UK.

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