{"id":3819,"date":"2024-08-07T09:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T09:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/choiceinhackney.org\/?page_id=3819"},"modified":"2025-02-13T08:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T08:53:36","slug":"information-guidance-and-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/choiceinhackney.org\/index.php\/information-guidance-and-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Information, Guidance and Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3819\" class=\"elementor elementor-3819\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ded53f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ded53f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Our advocates and volunteers meet with you individually to talk about your needs and support you to live the life you want to live. Our scope is very broad. We can support disabled people with a wide range of issues and have decades of experience within our team of Hackney and its systems. We have high success rates in achieving positive results for our clients.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How it helps: <\/strong>The aim is to improve individual well-being. 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