Struggling to be heard?
Do you feel frustrated or let down by services?
Do you find it hard to voice your problems and get your needs met?
SWAN’s free Self-Advocacy Course can help give you the skills and confidence to speak up for yourself.
How is the training planned?
Each session will provide confidence building activities, and tool kits to help you self-advocate in different situations in your life.
What issues will the training help you with?
• Housing
• Employment
• Benefits
• Raising complaints
• Health & Social Care Meetings
SWAN’s Be Heard training is aimed at providing support and resources to people, providing them with the confidence and skills to self-advocate. Our training is co-designed and delivered with Peer Advocacy Coaches who are Experts by Experience. This ensures that our training is helpful for all and covers issues relevant to them.
Self-Advocacy is being able to speak up for yourself and tell people what you want and need. People who can self-advocate can make their own complaints and be part of decision making.
SWAN believes that with the right tools and resources anyone can learn to be their own advocate.
SWAN’s Be Heard training aims to increase a person’s confidence and ability to speak up by providing them with this training and additional resources.
Book a place on our Self-Advocacy Workshops
For more information and upcoming events:
Be Heard in Somerset
Below are the Be Heard Self Advocacy sessions we are holding for the next year:
Online via Teams:
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Thursday 30th April 2026, from 10am to 1pm
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Wednesday 24th June 2026, from 10am to 1pm
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Tuesday 25th August 2026, from 10am to 1pm
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Thursday 22nd October 2026, from 10am to 1pm
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Wednesday 6th January 2027, from 10am to 1pm
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Tuesday 9th March 2027, from 10am to 1pm
In Person at our Taunton Office (address to be confirmed):
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Thursday 28th May 2026, 10am to 1pm
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Tuesday 28th July 2026, 10am to 1pm
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Wednesday 23rd September 2026, 10am to 1pm
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Thursday 26th November 2026, 10am to 1pm
Be Heard Self-Advocacy Workshop, Wednesday 10th February 2026, 10am to 1pm
To book your place on one of these sessions, use our booking form, call us on 03333 447928 or email us at beheard@swanadvocacy.org.uk
FREE Self-Advocacy Training
Whilst we do provide regular training and workshop sessions across the year, we can provide training and workshops when requested. Please feel free to get in contact with us if you wish to discuss the options available to you.
Call us: 03333 447928
Email us: beheard@swanadvocacy.org.uk
Be Heard on the Isle of Wight
FREE Self-Advocacy Training
Whilst we do provide regular training and workshop sessions across the year, we can provide training and workshops when requested. Please feel free to get in contact with us if you wish to discuss the options available to you.
Call us: 03333 447928
Email us: iow@swanadvocacy.org.uk