The charity today
CASBA has a staff team of 12 part-time employees, overseen by an executive committee made up of volunteer Trustees. It has been established for over thirty years and is funded by a combination of grants and donations from charitable foundations, groups and individuals.
CASBA specialises in the provision of independent advocacy support to adults with Learning Disabilities/difficulties. CASBA is based in Northfield and covers the South Birmingham Area. An Independent Advocate is someone who can help identify an individuals wishes and needs; support them to express their wishes and act for what that person wants.
Aims of the charity
1. To provide independent advocacy for people with a Learning Disability/difficulty, hereafter known as partners, living in the Birmingham area and the neighbourhood thereof.
2. To enable people with learning disability/difficulty to: - express their views, make their choices, secure their rights and be valued as citizens.
3. These objectives can relate to any service, issue, concern, rights or situation and can take any form encompassing different models of advocacy. This may involve employed advocates, peer and self advocates and volunteer advocates.
4. All advocates independently support and act with or on behalf of another person(s) to seek to secure aspects of citizenship to which he, she or they are entitled.
CASBA specialises in the provision of independent advocacy support to adults with Learning Disabilities/difficulties. CASBA is based in Northfield and covers the South Birmingham Area. An Independent Advocate is someone who can help identify an individuals wishes and needs; support them to express their wishes and act for what that person wants.
Aims of the charity
1. To provide independent advocacy for people with a Learning Disability/difficulty, hereafter known as partners, living in the Birmingham area and the neighbourhood thereof.
2. To enable people with learning disability/difficulty to: - express their views, make their choices, secure their rights and be valued as citizens.
3. These objectives can relate to any service, issue, concern, rights or situation and can take any form encompassing different models of advocacy. This may involve employed advocates, peer and self advocates and volunteer advocates.
4. All advocates independently support and act with or on behalf of another person(s) to seek to secure aspects of citizenship to which he, she or they are entitled.
