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POhWER is a charity who provide information, advice, support and advocacy to people who experience disability, vulnerability, distress and social exclusion.
POhWER was set up in 1996 by service users who, tired of others making assumptions about their capabilities and views, wanted equal access to information and a voice of their own....

Our Strategy
POhWER has been working to effect change in British society since 1996. Our strategy describes where we are heading to and how we will achieve our aims and objectives. For charities like POhWER who are driving rights-led change through advocacy, a Theory...

Halima contacted POhWER on behalf of her daughter, Basma, when she had issues with the hospital transportation service. Basma is in her early forties and has a physical disability and struggles to communicate verbally. Basma used to use a mobility scooter...

Jayne Degiorgio has worked at POhWER since the start of 2021, starting as an advocate and now working as a Head of Service for London and the South East.
Before joining POhWER Jayne worked in a totally different industry – cinema. Jayne says: “I was made redundant during the COVID-19 pandemic after working in a variety of management roles in cinema for 15/16 years. I saw POhWER as an opportunity to do...