Xpress is a large advocacy and children's rights service which works with children and young people aged 8-21 across East Sussex. Xpress has a number of contracts with local authority and private providers and delivers the following services:

• Advocacy for children/young people who are Looked After/Leaving Care, have learning/physical disabilities or mental health difficulties
• Independent Visitor Scheme for Looked After children/young people
• Buddy Scheme for young people with disabilities
• Go For It: training programme which trains young people to work as co-trainers and to be involved in recruitment processes
• Freephone help and information line
• Xpress Yourself Magazine: quarterly magazine written by and for Looked After young people
• Accredited advocacy training in a range of advocacy-related areas
• Consultation exercises
• Research Projects

Xpress is also involved in a wide range of local and national initiatives and sits on the National Advocacy Consortium.

For more information about Xpress and the service it provides, please feel free to read, download and print the information below. You can also download annual reports from the SEAP Annual Reports page.