Advocacy North East

As a volunteer involving organisation, we recognise the important contribution that volunteers make in their communities by generously giving up their time to support others. Here at Advocacy North East we have always believed in maintaining robust standards that make our volunteers feel supported and able to make a valuable contribution. To demonstrate this Advocacy … Read more

Volunteers’ Week returns again this year for its 42nd year which runs from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th June 2026, a time when thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognise the contribution volunteers make across the UK.  Each year this week gives us all an opportunity to recognise and thank everyone who gives their time, … Read more

We wanted to share with you, those that don’t already know, the amazing news that Polly Patrick, Chief Officer for Advocacy Northeast Ltd (ANE), has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in  the recent King’s birthday honours list for her work helping people who require independent advocacy across the north-east. Polly admits that the … Read more

For many years, ANE has been the proud recipient of the Volunteer Friendly Award developed by Volunteer Dundee. So, you can imagine we were very disappointed to learn, when the management of the award transferred to Volunteer Scotland, that we would no longer be eligible and would instead need to apply for the Investing in … Read more