Advocacy Referrals
Request an Advocate for a young person under 18
Request an Advocate for someone age 18-26
Request an advocacy information session for your service
EPIC Advocacy Referral Guidelines
EPIC is an independent organisation that works with and for children and young people who are currently living in care, those in aftercare and with adults up to their 27th birthday (26 years old) with care experience. This includes those in residential care, foster care, relative care, special care, and detention.
An exception to this is adults over the age of 26 years old who require advocacy support requesting their care files under Freedom of Information.
All referrals are reviewed on a weekly basis on Fridays. If the referral is accepted the advocate who receives the referral will respond within two weeks from the meeting to make an appointment to speak or meet.
Who can make a referral?
Advocacy support can be requested by children and young adults directly (self-referral) or by Professionals or Parents/Guardians on their behalf. The advocacy work will not proceed unless the consent of the child/young person/ care leaver is obtained to do so.
How to make a referral
You can make a referral by:
- Completing one of the Online Advocacy Referral Forms on this page
- for Under 18
- for 18-26 years
or by:
- Telephone: 01 872 7661
- Text: 087 903 6598
- Letter: EPIC, 7 Red Cow Lane, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 KX52
If you have any questions in relation to the referral process, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01 872 7661.
If you wish to make a formal complaint, please fill out this form. You can read our Complaints Management Policy here.
EPIC would love to hear about your experience while working with an EPIC Advocate.
*This form is anonymous so you do not need to give any identifying details.
