Advocacy Awareness Week 2025

Advocacy Awareness Week is 13-17 October 2025

Why advocacy?

A cross-sector planning team agreed the theme ‘why advocacy’. This year we will be celebrating and sharing stories about advocates, advocacy and those who have accessed advocacy. If you want to get involved, download some of the resources below and remember to tag us in your social media.

Advocacy Awareness Week logo #AAW25, 13-17 October 2025

Hashtags

This year we are using the following hashtags:

#AAW25

#AdvocacyWorks

#SelfAdvocacyWorks

Resources

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AAW25 logos

AAW25 social media graphics

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Editable letters and PowerPoint template

Use this template to add your own quotes, case studies, images and campaign messages. Or, simply just add your logo.

Personalise and share this template letter with your local MP to ask them to support Advocacy Awareness Week.

Personalise and share this template letter with your local partner organisations and stakeholders, like the social work teams, Healthwatch, etc.

Easy Read information

Easy Read information how to take part

Easy Read information about Advocacy Awareness Week

Resources in Welsh

Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth Eiriolaeth, 13-17 Hydref 2025

Pam eiriolaeth?

Cytunodd tîm cynllunio draws-sectorol ar y thema pam eiriolaeth. Eleni byddwn yn dathlu ac yn rhannu straeon am eiriolwyr, eiriolaeth a’r rhai sydd wedi cael mynediad i eiriolaeth. Os ydych chi am gymryd rhan, lawrlwythwch rai o’r adnoddau isod a chofiwch nodi ni yn eich cyfryngau cymdeithasol. Lawrlwythwch adnoddau o’r dudalen hon.

Gwybodaeth Darllen Hawdd am Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth Eiriolaeth

Gwybodaeth Darllen Hawdd

Eleni rydym yn defnyddio’r hashnodau canlynol:

#WYE25

#EiriolaethynGweithio

#HunanEiriolaethynGweithio

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Two people sitting at a table. They have note books, drinks and are laughing. One may be disabled.

Advocacy and safeguarding adults

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Toolkit
A range of advocacy related resources for Safeguarding Adults Week 2025.
Two young women sat facing each other. One has a clipboard and is listening. The other is talking and holding a water bottle.

Stories of why advocacy matters

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Advocacy Focus shares a range of stories about why advocacy matters for Advocacy Awareness Week 2025.
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AAW25: Why advocacy

October 13, 2025
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Blog
Gail Petty explores why advocacy is a vital part of our health and social care landscape for Advocacy Awareness Week 2025

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