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Carmichael House,
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Dublin 7,
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Tel. 01 8730455
01 8730986
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South East Advocacy Service - SEAS
Overview
The South East Advocacy Service (SEAS), established early 2006, is funded by Comhairle and is managed by the South Eastern Region Centres for Independent Living (CILs). An advocate supports an individual to find out information and to make their views and wishes heard - particularly in relation to services that the individual receives or wishes to receive. The South East CILs are a group of six autonomous centres providing services to people with disabilities in Carlow, Gorey/Wexford, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and South Tipperary. SEAS was set up to provide a one-to-one advocacy service for adults across the South East region, who are either accessing a South East CIL, or are waiting to access a service from a South East CIL. This service is strictly confidential and available to eligible individuals free of charge across the South East Region. The SEAS project mission is to:
"..ensure that the advocacy needs of target group members currently unable to advocate for themselves are met through the provision of a professional advocate(s)."
SEAS is founded on principles of Empowerment, Autonomy, Inclusion and Citizenship as described in the Comhairle document ‘ Developing an Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities '. The project is guided by three interdependent aims - to:
- Design and develop a professional advocacy service
- Deliver an effective and efficient advocacy service
- Raise awareness of advocacy in the South East Region
The project will be evaluated both in-house, as per Comhairle's requirements, as well as externally with Goodbody Economic Consultants. Please click here for the project brochure.