1. ROOTS 1+2
Advocacy toolkit

2. Section F2 Advocacy Cycle Stage 3 Planning: Risks, concerns and challenges

3. Section F2: What risks are involved in advocacy?
Risks to reputation
Risks to finances
Risks to people
Risks to expectations
Risks to property
Risks to legal status
Risks to relationships
Risks to timing

4. Section F2: What are common concerns about advocacy?
‘If we speak out, we may be threatened’
‘We don’t know enough about the situation’
‘Advocacy is confrontational’
‘We’re too small to make a difference’
‘Advocacy raises unrealistic expectations about how fast change can come’
‘Advocacy might lead to compromise for the people involved, and even for the organisation itself’

5. Section F2: Advocacy risk analysis
Identify threats
Estimate risks
Mitigate and manage risks
Review regularly