Advocacy and Mentoring Support

• Do you want support to Speak Up and be heard?
• Feeling overwhelmed and not sure where to turn?
• Want to make your life better?

We can give advocacy and mentoring support, where a worker will listen to what you want and make a person-centred plan.

We also have Speak Up advocacy groups where you can talk to people with similar experiences and empower each other. Sometimes we also invite guest speakers to talk about things like human rights, hate crime and other things people want to discuss.

Click here to fill in our online referral form 

Advocacy Services Leaflet (.PDF download) 

Neurodivergent mentors wanted

Are you neurodivergent?

Would you like to use your own experience to support other newly-identified neurodivergent adults in Gloucestershire?

The ZIG/ZAG Peer Mentoring Scheme offers free, 1-to-1 support to people who have recently discovered their own neurodivergence, matching them with experienced volunteer mentors who can offer empathetic support and solidarity as they explore and reflect upon this important aspect of their identity.

We will be recruiting three cohorts of volunteer mentors over the course of the project. We are now recruiting the third cohort of mentors, who will each be trained up and matched with a mentee by December 2025.

To be a ZIG/ZAG mentor, you just need to identify as neurodivergent – you don’t need a clinical diagnosis of any specific form/type of neurodivergence. All mentors will receive comprehensive training and ongoing support throughout each 6-month mentoring period, so you also don’t have to be an expert! If you are at a stage in your own journey where you feel ready to support others, we would love to hear from you.

To learn more about the project and complete an Expression of Interest form please follow this link: zigzagproject.uk/mentoring/  then one of our team will be in touch with more information.