Systemic Advocacy
Kites believes systemic advocacy is an effective, democratic mechanism to progress the goal of social inclusion for people who experience mental health and/or addiction problems.
We have found over time that by designing and trialling new ways of doing things risks and fears are overcome and new opportunities can be discovered. systematic advocacy if carefully planned and carried out can lead to long lasting change.
Defining Advocacy
At Kites we define systemic advocacy as 'the action taken to influence or produce change in services, policies and laws to ensure social inclusion and justice for people who experience mental health and addiction problems.'
Desired outcomes for our systemic advocacy include:
- Positive changes in legislation / protection of existing legislation
- Changes in practices and policies of services (both generic and health)
- Increased leadership in community activities by people with experience of mental health and addiction problems
- An increase in health services that are provided in partnership
- New service development in response to identified needs
- Increased choices of types of services to access (both generic and health)
- Promoting issues to be taken up by government agencies and community groups
- Increasing the capacity of community organisations, especially organisations run by people who experience mental health and addiction problems
- Development of effective networks and coalitions
Thank you to funding made available by J R McKenzie Trust http://www.jrmckenzie.org.nz to undertake this work.
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