LAAS Newsletter 2020 It has been a very busy, and unusual year for the Service. We have had to work from home for the majority of the year with very limited client facing appointments. However, our team has worked very hard and learnt new digital skills in order to provide a fantastic service to all …
Our Service will have limited opening times over the festive period 2020. Our Head office and main Argyll office will be open some days throughout. The poster below shows the dates we are open. We will close in Argyll at 1pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The Argyll office will be able to take …
After successfully recruiting two new Peer Advocates in the Helensburgh and Isle of Bute areas in Argyll & Bute, we are now looking for a part time Peer Advocate in Kintyre. This post is part time, 16 hours per week. If you would be interested, please contact us on 01546 606056 or admin.argyll@laas.org.uk for an …
We recently met, via Teams, with a range of services from across Argyll & Bute to discuss our new project – Recovery Advocacy Project (RAP). We heard from Ailsa, our Team leader in Argyll who discussed the project in more detail and what we hoped to achieve, through working in partnership across the area. We …
During the COVID-19 pandemic, LAAS have been unable to conduct face to face appointments with our clients. However, we have continued to offer telephone and email appointments and are now pleased to be able to conduct secure and confidential face to face video consulting with clients and other professionals through our Near Me video consulting service. …
The Scottish Independent Advocacy Association (SIAA) have, together with LAAS, designed a questionnaire for clients of Advocacy Services that takes into the account the changing way of working during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have recieved advocacy from our Service and wish to give feedback, please complete this form and send us a copy. This …
Thanks to Bank of Scotland and the Alcohol and Drug Partnership for their investment into developing Independent Advocacy for people seeking support and assistance in their recovery journeys. We have successfully secured funding to provide a project in the Oban, Helensburgh and Isle of Bute areas to assist and support people seeking recovery to be supported, …
Working closely and in collaboration with Scottish Recovery Consortium, our Argyll and Bute ADP and REACH Advocacy Scotland we have made significant developments in establishing advocacy provisions for people in Argyll and Bute who are seeking assistance with recovery. Thank you to Jed, Derek, Michaela, Sarah, Craig and John. We are delighted to announce that …
Are you an unpaid carer who has supported an adult through the Adult Support and Protection process? If so, Argyll & Bute HSCP want to hear from you via their Carers Survey which is aimed at unpaid carers. They wish to make sure that carers are supported throughout the Adult Support and Protection process and carers …
Lomond & Argyll Advocacy Service Coronavirus updated information: continued Service July 2020 LAAS are pleased to still be able to offer our Service to individuals across West Dunbartonshire (WD) and in Argyll & Bute (AB) during this time. Contact us on (WD) 01389 726543 or (AB) 01546 606056. We are providing a range of support …