Dumfries and Galloway Advocacy Service is funded to deliver services that are:

• Independent and professional;
• Provide individual (one to one) advocacy that is issue focused;
• Provide collective/group advocacy that is issue focused;
• Meet statutory requirements and Scottish Government priorities; and
• Have as a key principle ‘Independence of mind, independence of place and independence of funding’.

 We  are funded by:

• Health and Social Care
• Holywood Trust
• The Bank of Scotland Foundation
• Carers Act Fund
• Patient Rights Act Fund (Scottish Government)

We are funded to advocate for the following groups: 

• Mental Health
• Adults with Incapacity
• Learning Disability
• Autism
• ADHD
• Adult Support and Protection
• Self-Directed Support
• Unpaid Carers 
• Young People (18-25 year old)
• and  more.....