Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) is a membership organisation responsible for promoting, supporting and advocating for independent advocacy in Scotland. We are a charitable organisation that does not work ‘for profit’.
We believe that everyone who needs independent advocacy should have access to it, and that independent advocacy must be of the highest possible quality. Our aim is to raise awareness about the value and impact of independent advocacy, and influence decision makers ultimately with a view to widening access to independent advocacy for all who need it in Scotland.
SIAA have four strategic goals that we use to shape our work and measure our impact against:
- Supporting grassroots, sustainable independent advocacy
- Relationship building
- Promoting & safeguarding independent advocacy
- Evidencing quality
Intermediary organisations
SIAA is the only national intermediary organisation for independent advocacy in Scotland. ‘Intermediaries’ are third sector organisations, whose members are mainly other third sector organisations that share a common interest or purpose. Part of our work is to represent and support those members, in SIAA’s case these members are all independent advocacy organisations. You can find out more about how intermediaries work and measure their impact in Evaluation Support Scotland’s ‘Understanding intermediaries’ impact‘ guidance or onthe SCVO website.
