Speak Out Advocacy Project and Lanarkshire Ace provide a variety of advocacy services throughout Lanarkshire.  PALS (Project for Advocacy in Lanarkshire South) was a project for young people with learning disabilities which closed in June 2011.

Speak Out Advocacy Project provide professional and volunteer advocacy services for adults with learning disabilities who live in South Lanarkshire. You can find out more about Speak Out by selecting the link on the top menu or by clicking here.
 

Lanarkshire Ace, a collective advocacy group for people with learning disabilities who live throughout Lanarkshire, is facilitated by Speak Out on a voluntary basis. You can find out more about Lanarkshire Ace by selecting the link on the top menu or by clicking here.
 

PALS (Project for Advocacy in Lanarkshire South) was a collective advocacy and peer education group for young people with learning disabilities who lived in South Lanarkshire.  The project closed in June 2011 after three very successful years.  PALS was managed by Lanarkshire Ace and funded by the Big Lottery Fund.  You can find out more about PALS by selecting the link on the top menu or by clicking here.
 

You can find out how to contact us by clicking here.

Latest update (10/06/11): We have now submitted our petition which attracted over 3,000 signatures.  Thank you to everyone who signed!

Lanarkshire Ace and PALS have launched a petition asking the Government to protect the benefits that people with learning disabilities, autism and Asperger's receive.

The petition was signed by Michael McCann MP at the Lanarkshire Ace meeting on Thursday 24th March 2011.

The full text of the petition is:

We urge the Government to maintain and protect the level of benefits that people with learning disabilities, autism and Asperger's receive.

As learning disabilities, autism and Asperger's are lifelong conditions, people who have them require this income to achieve and maintain a reasonable quality of life.

We trust that you will honour your pledge to protect the most vulnerable people in society.

You can sign the petition online by clicking here.

You can download a copy of the petition by clicking here.

If you would like hard copies of the petition sent to you, you can contact us on 01355 230202 or write to:

Signed hard copies of the petition should be sent to the above address.

We have added a new section to the website which covers job vacancies and information on volunteering with Speak Out or PALS.
 
You can access the 'Jobs / Volunteering' section using the link at the top of the page or by clicking here.
 

Speak Out have started using a new form for advocacy referrals.
 
We also have an easy-read form which should be used for self and peer referrals.
 
Both forms can be filled in on your computer (Adobe Reader 8.0 and above), then saved and emailed to info@speak-out.org.uk.
 
You can download the new forms from the Speak Out downloads section.
 

Speak Out, Lanarkshire Ace and PALS have moved.
 
Our new address is:
14 Pankhurst Place
The Village
East Kilbride
G74 4BH
 

PALS have published the first issue of their newsletter 'PALS News'.

The newsletter covers some of the work the group have done so far including their launch, the 'What About Us?' DVD, their peer education workshops and 'Your Game' 2009.

If you or someone you know would like to join PALS, or become a volunteer, please contact us at pals@speak-out.org.uk or on 01355 230202.

We hope you enjoy reading the newsletter.

You can download a copy of issue one of 'PALS News' by clicking here.