About Us
What we do
Health Information & Advocacy
Cairde provides a Health Information and Advocacy Service from our Dublin and Balbriggan centres. Both of these also operate remotely.
Our Health Information and Advocacy Service is a frontline service. We are guided by the advocacy principles for individuals from disadvantaged minority ethnic communities.
This service is provided in:
- Polish
- Chinese
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Arabic
- Romanian
- Romani
Our Health Advocacy Officers do the following:
- Understand our clients’ needs and wishes.
- Help clients make decisions by giving advice.
- Support clients in claiming what they are entitled to.
- Speak up or negotiate for clients when needed.