Find an IMCA
A list of independent mental capacity advocate (IMCA) providers for local authorities across England and Wales can be found below.
Derby - Derbyshire MIND
Telephone: 01332 623732 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Leicester - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Leicestershire - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Lincolnshire - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 01529 400479 | Email | Website / Online Referral
North East Lincolnshire - Cloverleaf Advocacy
Telephone: 0303 303 0413 | Email | Website / Online Referral
North Lincolnshire - Cloverleaf Advocacy
Telephone: 01724 854952 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Northamptonshire - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0845 0175 198 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Nottinghamshire - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Rutland - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bedfordshire - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Cambridgeshire - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Essex - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0845 0175 198 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Hertfordshire - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Luton - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Norfolk - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Peterborough - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Southend - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Suffolk - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 01473 857631 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Thurrock - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Barking and Dagenham - Cambridge House
Telephone: 02073587007 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Barnet - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bexley - Advocacy for All
Telephone: 0345 310 1812 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Brent - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bromley - Advocacy for All
Telephone: 0345 310 1812 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Camden - Rethink Mental Illness
Telephone: 020 3317 7197 | Email | Website / Online Referral
City of London - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Croydon - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Ealing - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Enfield - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Greenwich - Advocacy for All
Telephone: 0345 310 1812 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Hackney - POhWER
Telephone: 0203 553 5960 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Hammersmith & Fulham - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Haringey - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Harrow - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Hillingdon - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Hounslow - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5471 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Islington - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Kensington & Chelsea - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Kingston upon Thames - Knowledge Advocacy Guidance
Telephone: 07825 549 191 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Lambeth - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Lewisham - Advocacy for All
Telephone: 0345 310 1812 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Merton - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Newham - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Redbridge - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Richmond upon Thames - Knowledge Advocacy Guidance
Telephone: 07825 549 191 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Southwark - Cambridge House
Telephone: 020 7358 7000 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Sutton - Advocacy for All
Telephone: 0345 310 1812 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Sutton - Support Empower Advocate Promote
Telephone: 0300 343 5728 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Tower Hamlets - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Waltham Forest - Cambridge House
Telephone: 020 7358 7000 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Wandsworth - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Westminster - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Darlington - Skills for People
Telephone: 0191 281 8737 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Durham - Skills for People
Telephone: 0191 281 8737 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Gateshead - Your Voice Counts
Telephone: 0191 478 6472 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Hartlepool - Tees Advocacy Hub
Telephone: 01642 802285 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Middlesbrough - Tees Advocacy Hub
Telephone: 01642 802285 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Newcastle upon Tyne - Your Voice Counts
Telephone: 0191 478 6472 | Email | Website / Online Referral
North Tyneside - Independent Advocacy North East
Telephone: 0191 2596662 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Northumberland - Adapt North East
Telephone: 01434 600599 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Redcar & Cleveland - Tees Advocacy Hub
Telephone: 01642 802285 | Email | Website / Online Referral
South Tyneside - Your Voice Counts
Telephone: 0191 478 6472 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Sunderland - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0191 510 5051 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Blackburn - Advocacy Focus
Telephone: 0300 323 0965 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Blackpool - Advocacy Focus
Telephone: 0300 323 0965 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bolton - Rethink Mental Illness
Telephone: 0161 226 3332 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bury - Advocacy Focus
Telephone: 0300 323 0965 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Cheshire East - Age UK Cheshire
Telephone: 03333 66 00 27 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Cheshire West and Chester - Age UK Cheshire
Telephone: 03333 66 00 27 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Cumbria - People First Cumbria
Telephone: 03003 038037 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Halton - Advocacy Together
Telephone: 01744 451 531 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Knowsley - Together for Mental Wellbeing
Telephone: 01744 451 531 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Lancashire - Advocacy Focus
Telephone: 0300 323 0965 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Liverpool & Sefton - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0151 207 7557 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Manchester - Manchester Advocacy Hub
Telephone: 0161 214 3904 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Oldham - Together for Mental Wellbeing
Telephone: 07545207791 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Rochdale - Together for Mental Wellbeing
Telephone: 01706 645 830 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Salford - MIND in Salford
Telephone: 0161 212 4880 | Email | Website / Online Referral
St. Helens - Together for Mental Wellbeing
Telephone: 01744 451 531 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Stockport - Together for Mental Wellbeing
Telephone: 07545207791 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Tameside - Together for Mental Wellbeing
Telephone: 07545207791 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Trafford - Trafford Centre for Independent Living
Telephone: 0161 850 0645 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Warrington - Together for Mental Wellbeing
Telephone: 01744 451 531 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Wigan - Wigan Family Welfare
Telephone: 01942 867 888 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Wirral - n-compass North West Limited
Telephone: 0345 0138 208 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Berkshire - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bracknell - Support Empower Advocate Promote
Telephone: 0300 343 5702 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Brighton & Hove - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Buckinghamshire - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
East Surrey - Knowledge Advocacy Guidance
Telephone: 07825 549 191 | Email | Website / Online Referral
East Sussex - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Hampshire - Solent MIND
Telephone: 023 8020 8955 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Isle of Wight - Southern Advocacy Services
Telephone: 01983 559299 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Kent - Advocacy for All
Telephone: 0345 310 1812 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Medway - Support Empower Advocate Promote
Telephone: 0300 3435715 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Milton Keynes - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Oxfordshire - Getting Heard
Telephone: 0300 343 5718 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Portsmouth - Solent MIND
Telephone: 023 8020 8955 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Reading - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Slough - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Southampton - Solent MIND
Telephone: 023 8020 8955 | Email | Website / Online Referral
West Berkshire - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
West Sussex - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Windsor & Maidenhead - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Wokingham - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bath & North East Somerset - Swan Advocacy
Telephone: 03333 44 7928 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bournemouth - Dorset Advocacy
Telephone: 0300 3437000 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bristol - Bristol Mind
Telephone: 0117 980 0371 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Cornwall - Support Empower Advocate Promote
Telephone: 0300 343 5706 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Devon - Devon Advocacy Consortium
Telephone: 0300 343 5707 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Dorset - Dorset Advocacy
Telephone: 01305 251 033 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Gloucestershire - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 0031162 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Isles of Scilly - Support Empower Advocate Promote
Telephone: 0845 2799019 | Email | Website / Online Referral
North Somerset - 1in4 People
Telephone: 01934 622 292 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Plymouth - Support Empower Advocate Promote
Telephone: 0300 343 5719 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Poole - Dorset Advocacy
Telephone: 01305 251033 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Somerset - Swan Advocacy
Telephone: 03333 44 7928 | Email | Website / Online Referral
South Gloucestershire - Swan Advocacy
Telephone: 03333 447928 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Swindon - Swindon Advocacy Movement
Telephone: 01793 542575/542266 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Torbay - Devon Advocacy Consortium
Telephone: 0300 343 5707 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Wiltshire - Rethink Mental Illness
Telephone: 01225 774279 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Anglesey & Gwynedd - Mental Health Advocacy Scheme
Telephone: 01248 354127 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Blaenau Gwent - Advocacy Support Cymru
Telephone: 029 2054 0444 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bridgend - IMCA Wales
Telephone: 01656 738750 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Caerphilly - Advocacy Support Cymru
Telephone: 029 2054 0444 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Cardiff - Advocacy Support Cymru
Telephone: 029 2054 0444 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Carmarthenshire - IMCA Wales
Telephone: 01656 738750 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Ceredigion - IMCA Wales
Telephone: 01656 738750 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Conwy - Conwy & Denbighshire Mental Health Advocacy Service
Telephone: 01745 813999 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Denbighshire - Conwy & Denbighshire Mental Health Advocacy Service
Telephone: 01745 813999 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Flintshire - Advocacy Services North East Wales
Telephone: 01352 759332 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Merthyr Tydfil - Advocacy Support Cymru
Telephone: 029 2054 0444 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Monmouthshire - Advocacy Support Cymru
Telephone: 029 2054 0444 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Neath Port Talbot - IMCA Wales
Telephone: 01656 738750 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Newport - Advocacy Support Cymru
Telephone: 029 2054 0444 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Pembrokeshire - IMCA Wales
Telephone: 01656 738750 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Powys - Powys Community Health Council (CHC)
Telephone: 01874 624206 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Rhondda Cynon Taff - Advocacy Support Cymru
Telephone: 029 2054 0444 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Swansea - IMCA Wales
Telephone: 01656 738750 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Torfaen - Advocacy Support Cymru
Telephone: 029 2054 0444 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Vale of Glamorgan - Advocacy Support Cymru
Telephone: 029 2054 0444 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Wrexham - Advocacy Services North East Wales
Telephone: 01352 759 175 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Birmingham - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Coventry - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Dudley - Dudley Advocacy
Telephone: 01384 456877 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Herefordshire - Onside Advocacy
Telephone: 01905 27525 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Sandwell - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Shropshire - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Solihull - Solihull Action through Advocacy
Telephone: 0121 706 4696 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Staffordshire - ASIST Advocacy Services
Telephone: 01782 845584 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Stoke-on-Trent - ASIST Advocacy Services
Telephone: 01782 845584 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Telford & Wrekin - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Walsall - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Warwickshire - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 0300 330 5499 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Wolverhampton - POhWER
Telephone: 0300 456 2370 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Worcestershire - Onside Advocacy
Telephone: 01905 27525 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Barnsley - Cloverleaf Advocacy
Telephone: 0300 0120 412 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Bradford - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 01274 888 017 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Calderdale - Cloverleaf Advocacy
Telephone: 01422 849589 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Doncaster - VoiceAbility
Telephone: 01302 319052 | Email | Website / Online Referral
East Riding - Cloverleaf Advocacy
Telephone: 01482 880160 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Hull & East Riding - Cloverleaf Advocacy
Telephone: 01482 880160 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Kirklees and Wakefield - Together for Mental Wellbeing
Telephone: 01924 361050 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Leeds - Leeds Advocacy
Telephone: 0113 244 0606 | Email | Website / Online Referral
North Yorkshire - Cloverleaf Advocacy
Telephone: 01609 765355 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Rotherham - Cloverleaf Advocacy
Telephone: 01724 854952 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Sheffield - Sheffield Advocacy Hub
Telephone: 03444 113 111 | Email | Website / Online Referral
Wakefield - Together for Mental Wellbeing
Telephone: 01924 361050 | Email | Website / Online Referral
York - Cloverleaf Advocacy
Telephone: 01924 454875 | Email | Website / Online Referral
The IMCA service that is used is generally the one covering the area in which the person is currently staying (including if they are in hospital).
IMCAs can only work with people who meet the criteria set out in the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and the Expansion Regulations. They cannot start working with individuals until they have been instructed by an appropriate person as set out in the MCA, (for example, a doctor who has to make serious medical treatment decisions). For this reason IMCA services can only accept referrals from specific people. However, if you feel someone should be referred to an IMCA, do contact your local IMCA provider who may be able to help.