Onside Advocacy

Who we are

ONSIDE offer a range of services to meet the needs of local people. Many of them in collaboration with health, social care and voluntary sector partners. We support people to tackle the issues that are impacting adversely on their health and wellbeing, providing independent and individually focussed support, to enable them to live better lives.

Volunteers have always been at the heart of ONSIDE and its work. Our volunteers enrich our work and the support we can offer with their skills, knowledge, experience and passion. They enable us to help more people and make a real difference to their lives. They also keep us connected to, and firmly rooted in, the communities we serve. The involvement and commitment of volunteers is vital to the support we are able to offer to those using our services. Our volunteers come from a wide range of diverse backgrounds, contributing varied work and life experiences. 

Our culture and values

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values

We are passionate about what we do, means:

• enabling and supporting people to change their lives for the better
• doing things with energy and enthusiasm
• having a sense of humour and making work fun 

valuing difference, means:

• accepting people for who they are and for what they can give
• recognising individual achievement
• seeing the potential in people
• appreciating different views and opinions 

being creative in our approach, means:

• looking for different ways to do things
• promoting opportunities to grow and develop
• facilitating self-reliance and sustainable communities 

committed to fairness and justice, means:

• people are listened to, valued, and respected
• providing equal access to services and support
• breaking down barriers to promote an inclusive society

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Equality, fairness & justice are embedded in our core values as outline above.