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East Ayrshire Advocacy Services

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Established in 1994 through an idea developed by the local community, East Ayrshire Advocacy Services provides a free, independent advocacy service, enabling local people with a range of support needs to be heard.

10/11/2026

At EAAS, we support people to have their voice heard when important decisions are being made about their lives.

If you need support around your care, treatment or legal rights, independent advocacy can help you understand your options, speak up about what's important to you and make sure your views are heard.

A simple way to know whether EAAS is the right service is to ask:
👉 Is the issue about someone's care, treatment or rights?
✅ If the answer is yes, EAAS may be able to help.
❌ If the issue is mainly about benefits, housing, debt, money advice or general paperwork, another specialist service is likely to be a better fit.

As demand for advocacy continues to grow, we're focusing our resources on the issues independent advocacy is designed to support. This helps us respond quickly to people facing important decisions and ensures advocacy remains available for those who need it most.

Think EAAS if someone needs support to:
✔ Have their voice heard
✔ Understand their rights
✔ Take part in important meetings
✔ Influence decisions about their care or treatment
✔ Navigate formal processes that affect their life

Think specialist advice service if someone needs help with:
✔ Benefits
✔ Housing
✔ Debt or money advice
✔ General administration or paperwork

Not sure? That's okay.
Get in touch and we'll be happy to talk through the situation and help identify the most appropriate support.

☎️ 01563 574442
📧 [email protected]

24/09/2026

Every one of these deaths was preventable.

Figures published this morning show that 48 people in East Ayrshire died from drug use in 2025, compared with 21 the year before. That increase of 27 was the largest recorded by any Scottish council area. Across Scotland, 1,133 people died.

Each person was loved. Each loss is felt by a family, friends and a community.

Our Chief Executive, Steph McCutcheon, has spent 20 years working in this field and is in long-term recovery himself. In his statement today, he recognises the lives changed through the National Mission and third sector recovery communities, while making clear that the work is far from over.

At EACHA, we will keep reaching out, providing naloxone and practical harm reduction, connecting people with support and standing beside them without judgement.

“We cannot accept these deaths as inevitable. Every death is preventable, every life has value, and every person deserves the chance to recover.”

Read Steph’s full statement below.

https://eacha-statement-drug-use-deaths-23-september-2026.tiiny.site

24/09/2026

Today, our thoughts are with everyone who has lost a loved one 🩷

The fact that nitazenes were implicated in one in five drug-related deaths is a stark indication of the changing risks and underlines the need to act quickly to expand the support and services that can help people reduce harm.

But it is too simplistic to say that 1,133 people died because of a contaminated drug supply alone.

Drug-related deaths do not happen in isolation. They are shaped by a complex combination of factors, including poverty, trauma, deprivation, housing insecurity and health inequalities.

Read why we believe that to truly address this public health emergency, Scotland must stop treating drug-related deaths as inevitable and look at the wider circumstances that leave people at greater risk of harm. https://buff.ly/pThWow8

05/08/2026

🎉Playday 2026 is here! 🎉

Join us at Kay Park, 11am–3pm for a fantastic day of play, here there and everywhere! Everybody’s welcome, whatever the weather!

04/06/2026

📢 Have your voice heard – Social care consultation now open.
East Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership is asking the community for views on proposed changes that would further limit social care support to people with critical needs only. These changes could affect the independence, wellbeing and rights of many local people. More information on the eligibility criteria is in the comments.

🗣️ The survey is open to all East Ayrshire residents, whether they receive support or not, as well as carers and people who work in the sector. Your feedback will directly influence how support is delivered in East Ayrshire.

🔗 Click on the link in the comments to take part, and please share to make sure as many people as possible can have their voice heard.

29/05/2026

📢 Have your voice heard – Social care consultation now open.

East Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership is asking the community for views on proposed changes that would further limit social care support to people with critical needs only. These changes could affect the independence, wellbeing and rights of many local people.

🗣️ The survey is open to all East Ayrshire residents, whether they receive support or not, as well as carers and people who work in the sector. Your feedback will directly influence how support is delivered in East Ayrshire.

🔗 Take part here: https://engagementea.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/adult-social-care-eligibility

Please share to make sure as many people as possible can have their voice heard.

This consultation seeks views on a proposed revision to the eligibility criteria for adult social care services. The proposal is to amend the current threshold so that services are provided only to individuals whose needs are assessed as critical, rather than to those

01/05/2026

Our fortnightly coffee mornings are here ☕✨
A chance to unwind, share, and feel supported 💜
Are you a caregiver of a child/children with ASN?
Get in touch ☺️

28/04/2026

28/04/2026

Two weeks to go until the launch of !

These new resources are already making an impact:

Pilot participants said

💬 “Lots of great tips.”
💬 “I found the resources informative, easy to read and accessible.”
💬 “Video explainers were engaging, as well as hearing from those with lived experience.”

Join us to hear more reflections from organisations who took part in a pilot and hear from Scottish Government speakers, and People First (Scotland)’s Equally Safe Group.

📅 Tuesday 5 May 2026
🕑 1:30pm
📍 Online (Microsoft Teams)

🔗 Register now: https://zurl.co/qbIbk

Address

20 Lindsay Street
Kilmarnock
KA12BB

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9am - 4:30pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Website

http://www.eaas.org.uk/

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