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SIAA Response to the Scottish Government’s Children’s hearings redesign consultation.

SIAA Response to the Scottish Government’s Adults with Incapacity (AWI) Act Amendments consultation.

SIAA Response to the Scottish Government’s ‘Moving On’ from Care into Adulthood Consultation

SIAA’s response to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Call for Views for Stage 2 of the National Care Service (NCS) Bill.

This document outlines SIAA’s response to the “Pre-budget 2025-26 Scrutiny – Third Sector Funding Principles”.

This document compiles responses from SIAA members regarding ways they access interpretation services when needed by Advocacy Partners or independent advocates. They answered the following questions: When working with Advocacy…

SIAA’s briefing on the legal definition and components of independent advocacy.

SIAA’s briefing on the legal definition and components of independent advocacy.   A recording of a session held about the Briefing is available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/W1_08UEyveI

SIAA’s reponse to the Learning Disablities, Autism and Neurodivergence (LDAN) Bill Consultation.

SIAA’s reponse to the Human Rights Bill consultation.

SIAA’s briefing explains that for the Human Rights Bill to be effective in bringing about the realisation of human rights for people across Scotland, independent advocacy must be included to…

SIAA’s response to the to Independent Review of Inspection, Scrutiny and Regulation.

SIAA’s response to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee to inform their scrutiny of the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill. Section 13 of the Bill gives Scottish Ministers powers to make provision via secondary legislation for independent advocacy services in connection with services provided by the National Care Service.

SIAA’s response to the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill. Section 13 of the Bill gives Scottish Ministers powers to make provision via secondary legislation for independent advocacy services in connection with…

SIAA’s response to the Mental Health Law Review Additional Proposals draws on the experiences and practice of our members.

SIAA’s responds to the Mental Health Law Review – Phase 3 recommendations based on our members views and comments.

A new briefing, published by the Human Rights Consortium Scotland and SIAA, lays out the case for incorporation of the right to independent advocacy into Scots law.

SIAA’s response to the Public Petitions Committee Regulation of Non-Statutory Child Advocacy Services addresses different elements shared by the sector as a whole considering that while at present, there is no formal regulatory body that oversees independent advocacy practice in Scotland.

SIAA submits evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee on the Impact of Covid on equalities and human rights.

SIAA responds to the Scottish Government consultation on raising the age of referral to the children’s reporter. Our contribution draws on the experiences of our members and their expertise in supporting children and young people.

SIAA responds to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill based on the experiences of our members and their expertise in supporting vulnerable people – both children and adults – to have their voices heard in a range of situations relating to, for instance, justice, health, education and social security.

SIAA comments the proposed Right to Food Bill broadly supporting a new law that would tackle issues of food insecurity and address the challenges facing Scotland’s food system to make it fairer for all.

SIAA’s Submission of Evidence draws on the experiences of our members and their expertise in supporting vulnerable people to have their voices heard in a range of situations relating to,…

SIAA’s Submission of Evidence to the Alternative Children’s Rights Impact Assessment looks briefly at independent advocacy in the context of three key themes – human rights, Covid-19 and children – and highlights the need for the Scottish Government to embed access to independent advocacy for children in its response to Covid-19.

SIAA’s Submission of Evidence to the Scottish Mental Health Review primarily focuses on the right to access independent advocacy and how we believe this right could be strengthened to help enhance the rights of people using mental health services.

SIAA responds to the independent review of forensic mental health services’ call for evidence. The review is an area of significant interest for SIAA and our member organisations, many of which deal with users of forensic mental health services on a daily basis.

SIAA’s response on ‘SNAP 2: Proposal for Scotland’s second National Action Plan for Human Rights’ draws on the experiences of our members and their expertise in supporting vulnerable people to have their voices heard and realise their rights.

SIAA Submission of Evidence to the Draft Scottish Budget Scrutiny 2020-21 provides a clear evidence-base in terms of what currently works and what needs to change in order to create a budget that meaningfully upholds human rights for equalities groups.

SIAA’s response to the Consultation on Disability Assistance in Scotland draws on the experiences of our members and their expertise in supporting vulnerable people to have their voices heard throughout the process of making social security claims.

Briefing from 2016 covering the key benefits of independent advocacy and SIAA’s policy asks.