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CELEBRATING 28 YEARS OF SUPPORTING VULNERABLE PEOPLE
By PCAS |
WOW, 28 years have flown by, over that time we have tried very hard to make people's lives somewhat better than they used to be. ...
Read More HELPING CLIENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES HAVE A VOICE
By PCAS |
Delving into our latest annual report shows some quite interesting and indeed shocking statistics, during this period (up to March 2022) which still included some ...
Read More Our Social Media Journey
By PCAS |
As we are busy preparing our annual report for the year 2021/2022 we are reflecting on many achievements and challenges Back in 2021 we had ...
Read More Funding Boost for Shropshire Advocacy Service
By PCAS |
A charity that helps the most vulnerable and disabled people in society has been awarded a £50,000 grant to continue its work preventing people losing ...
Read More Time to Talk about Money Issues
By PCAS |
On #TimeToTalk Day, we want to talk about mental health and how it affects all aspects of managing personal finance. One of the many areas ...
Read More Helping Disadvantaged Clients Participate in Important Meetings
By PCAS |
At PCAS, we are fortunate in being able to meet our clients in their homes and we know from experience that there is no substitute ...
Read More August 2021 Press Release
By PCAS |
Shropshire life line charity awarded £450,423 from The National Lottery - Reaching Communities Fund. Shropshire Peer Counselling & Advocacy Service (PCAS) has been running for ...
Read More WHAT IS INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY?
By PCAS |
An Advocate is someone that supports another person dealing with difficult decisions about complex issues such as care, housing, family issues or finance. At some ...
Read More How the Pandemic has Affected our Advocacy Service
By PCAS |
Coronavirus disrupted our service considerably over the last year. New rules have come in, lockdowns imposed and lifted and we have seen a great increase ...
Read More HOW ANXIETY IMPACTS ON THE EVERYDAY LIFE FOR A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES
By PCAS |
We all experience anxiety, it's a normal reaction to certain situations and helps us respond. It is often said that the right amount of anxiety ...
Read More GETTING YOUR VOICE HEARD
By PCAS |
Vulnerable people often don't have the ability to make decisions or they find it hard to have their voices heard when decisions are being made ...
Read More WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS
By PCAS |
As an independent charity, with no government subsidies, our work in the community is only made possible by the generous contributions of a handful of ...
Read More FEELING THE LOVE…
By PCAS |
We are delighted that Richard Burbidge and their sister company Atkinson & Kirby have selected PCAS as their nominated community and charity partner for 2020. ...
Read More PCAS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS
By PCAS |
How it all started The charity was founded in 1995 by the Shropshire Disability Consortium, providing a community based independent advocacy service for people with ...
Read More WE NEED YOU!
By PCAS |
We sat down with PCAS founder Simon Arthur to understand the increasingly important and challenging role the charity has in our region. Simon Arthur, Manager ...
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