Videos
How Can Advocacy Help Me?
This video is aimed at people with disability who want to learn more about advocacy. It talks about human rights and how advocacy can help to have your human rights protected and taken seriously. It also talks about how Advocates work and how they can help you.
This information is also helpful for family members, friends and workers.
What Advocacy Help Looks Like
This video is aimed at people with disability who are looking to get help from SUFY. It explains what advocacy is and what it is not. Knowing this will help you understand the sorts of things we can help with, and the sorts of things you are better asking other people to help you with. This video also shares an example of what advocacy looks like and how an advocate works. It also talks about how an advocate will work with you. This information is helpful for family members, friends and workers.
Asking SUFY For Help
This video is aimed at people with disability who are looking to get help from SUFY. It explains how you can ask SUFY for help and what we need from you to get started.
This information is also helpful for family members, friends and workers.
What is "Independent Social Advocacy"?
This video explains what Independent Social Advocacy is and how SUFY approaches our advocacy work. It talks about what advocacy is, what it means to uphold human rights and how we manage conflicts of interest. It also talks about how we get funding and how we approach advocacy.
This video is aimed at workers, friends and family members, and people with disability.
Your Privacy
This video is aimed at people with disability who are looking to get help from SUFY. When you speak with an Advocate, you will need to talk about lots of private things. This video explores how we keep you safe and how we might use your information. It also talks about how we get your permission to use this information.
This information is also helpful for family members, friends and workers.
How Does Advocacy Give People a Voice?
Conflict, Confrontation and Advocacy
Speaking up for the human rights of an individual can sometimes lead to difficult conversations, confrontation and conflict. This is an essential part of our work. Indeed, being ‘vigorous’ is a key element of the work we are funded for. This video explores how SUFY approaches this issue and explains things from the perspective of an Advocate.
This video is aimed at workers, friends and family members as well as people with disability.
How We Decide Who We Can Help
This video is aimed at people with disability who are looking to get help from SUFY. It explains how we decide who we can and cannot work with. We have certain rules we have to follow and we are only small so we cannot help everyone. We need to make decisions about who to help and what help we can offer, and this video talks about this.
This information is also helpful for family members, friends and workers.
Understanding "Conflict of Interest"
This video explains what a conflict of interest is and how SUFY manages this during our advocacy work. It also includes examples of conflict of interest and explains how important it is that Advocates maintain their independence.
This video is aimed at workers, friends and family members as well as people with disability.
Setting Goals With Your Advocate
This video is aimed at people with disability who are looking to get help from SUFY. It explains what will happen if SUFY decides we can advocate for you and how we make sure we focus on goals that are important to you. It is important that you are in charge of the advocacy you are receiving and that you know what we are doing and why we are doing it.
This information is also helpful for family members, friends and workers.
What If I'm Not Happy With My Advocate?
This video is aimed at people with disability who are looking to get help from SUFY. It explains how you can talk with your Advocate if you are not happy with them, and also who else you can talk to if you want to make a complaint.
This information is also helpful for family members, friends and workers.
