Wednesday, 10 September 2025

📘 Easy Read Text: Advocacy, Counselling, and Mentoring

 


🌟 Advocacy

  • Advocacy means speaking up and helping people have their voice heard.

  • Advocates support people to get rights, services, and fair treatment.

Types of Advocacy:

  • Self-Advocacy – people speak up for themselves.

  • Peer Advocacy – someone with similar experiences gives support.

  • Professional Advocacy – trained advocates help with services, rights, and problems.

  • Community Advocacy – groups of people campaign together for change.

Examples:

  • Helping someone apply for benefits.

  • Supporting people in education.

  • Speaking up for people in healthcare or mental health services.

  • Helping someone find a career or training.


💬 Counselling

  • Counselling means talking to a trained person about feelings and problems.

  • It helps people cope with stress, anxiety, and mental health challenges.

  • Counselling gives people a safe, private place to talk.

Examples:

  • Talking about mental health worries.

  • Getting help with family or relationship problems.

  • Support after a big life change (like loss, moving, or job change).


🤝 Mentoring

  • Mentoring means building a long-term supportive relationship.

  • A mentor is a role model who helps someone learn and grow.

  • Mentors help with confidence, goals, and life skills.

Examples:

  • Helping someone with education.

  • Giving advice about careers or work.

  • Supporting someone with day-to-day challenges.

 Quiz Questions

Advocacy

  1. What does advocacy mean?
    a) Staying quiet
    b) Speaking up and helping people be heard
    c) Ignoring problems

  2. Which is a type of advocacy?
    a) Peer Advocacy
    b) Cooking Club
    c) Sports Coaching

  3. Which of these is an example of advocacy?
    a) Helping with benefits
    b) Watching TV
    c) Going shopping


Counselling

  1. What is counselling about?
    a) Talking to a trained person about feelings and problems
    b) Cooking dinner
    c) Learning maths

  2. Where does counselling take place?
    a) A safe and private place
    b) At the cinema
    c) At the supermarket


Mentoring

  1. What is a mentor?
    a) A role model who gives support and guidance
    b) A shop assistant
    c) A bus driver

  2. Which is an example of mentoring?
    a) Helping someone with education or careers
    b) Playing video games all day
    c) Going to sleep early

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