ROOTS 1+2
Advocacy toolkit
Toolkit
www.tearfund.org/advocacy_toolkit
Section F2
Advocacy Cycle Stage 3
Planning:
Risks, concerns and challenges
Section F2: What risks are
involved in advocacy?
Risks to reputation
Risks to people
Risks to property
Risks to relationships
Risks to finances
Risks to expectations
Risks to legal status
Risks to timing
Section F2: What are common
concerns about advocacy?
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‘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’
Section F2: Advocacy risk analysis
Identify
threats
Estimate
risks
Mitigate
and manage
risks
Review
regularly