Structure

The National Coalition of Advocacy Schemes has seven regional groups. These are: North West, North East, Midlands, South West, South East, London and Eastern. You can access each of the regional groups regional pages using the map or the links to the right of this page.

Groups that meet the criteria for membership may register with the regional group for which they find the meetings to be the most accessible. This might not necessarily be the region in which they are geographically based.

Regional assemblies are held at least annually and usually three months before a national Assembly. A group's representative to regional assemblies might be a paid worker, advocate, partner, Management Committee member or other volunteer.

Elected representatives from each of these regions form the (national) Executive Committee of the National Coalition of Advocacy Schemes.

In addition to regional assemblies, we also facilitate at least two Worker Support Group meetings per year in each region dedicated to workers from member groups. Attendance at these is restricted to staff from local schemes and groups. The meetings focus on the sharing of good practice and support and development needs.