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  OPAAL logo    is the Older People's Advocacy Alliance. 

OPAAL is a registered charity with 175 member groups, which seeks to give the strategic lead in the development of independent advocacy for older people OPAAL’s immediate aims are: 
  • to promote independent advocacy with older people as a right
  • to contribute to the development of standards, including greatly improved access, and
  • to develop better practice in the field.
  • OPAAL works with advocacy schemes and alliances across the United Kingdom in other fields of concern and involves a wide range of community development agencies and national and regional bodies alongside advocacy schemes in its membership and management committee.

    OPAAL is working with its members to build the involvement of older people in the organisation and to develop its links with minority ethnic communities.

    OPAAL is committed to evaluation and good practice and intends to develop its own quality framework to measure effectiveness and ensure sound planning.

    OPAAL is a Registered Charity No. 1090182






    OPAAL National Conference  May 12th 2009
    Advocacy: Real Choice, Voice and Control for Older People
    Conference reports now available to download

    OPAAL report and press release

    Andrew Booth - Introducing OPAAL

    Andrew Dunning - The vital role of advocacy today

    Jeff Jerome - Making it happen

    Lucy Bonnerjea - Advocacy successes and challenges

    Stephen O'Brien - Keynote address


    Malcolm King - The new role of the mental health independent advocate


    Diana Crump - Advocacy in Devon


    Martin Coyle - Demonstrating quality in advocacy


    Speaking up to safeguard - full report

    Speaking up to safeguard - executive summary

    Wheelchair Access? thats a lifestyle choice - full report

    Wheelchair Access? thats a lifestyle choice - executive summary

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