Advocacy support organisations:
POhWER provides Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy, including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and Relevant Paid Persons Representative. POhWER also provide Independent Mental Health Advocacy, including Community Mental Health Advocacy, Advocacy under the Care Act, Children’s Advocacy and Independent Community Advocacy.
Advocacy People – Independent Health Complaints Advocacy supporting you if you have not had the service you expected from a service provided or paid for by the NHS including Continuing Healthcare (CHC).
Links to local offers of support and aid:
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- Hastings Advice and Representation Centre (HARC) – registered charity providing free and confidential welfare benefit advice and representation to the residents of East Sussex
- Hastings Emergency Action Response Team (HEART)- Support including: Shopping, Collecting prescriptions, Posting mail, Transport, dog walking and befriending
- East Sussex local Authority – Help and Support links
Information about local services
- Disruption to Council services
- Public Toilets in Hastings
- Public Toilets in Rother
- Public Toilets in Lewes and Eastbourne
Contact details for local Community Hubs – Community Hubs offer support for vulnerable people
- What are Community Hubs
- Hastings Community Hub – Telephone: 01424 451019
- Eastbourne Community Hub – Telephone: 01323 679722
- Brighton and Hove Community – Support Telephone: 01273 293117
- Lewes Community Hub – Telephone: 01273 099956
- Rother Community Hub – Telephone: 01424 787000 (option 4)
- Wealden Community Hub – Telephone: 01323 443322
- West Sussex Support Team – Telephone: 033 022 27980 (Lines are open 8.00am – 8.00pm)
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