Help and advice for carers
Carers UK website
Advocacy Resources
In this section we provide links to a wide range of useful national resources which you can use to help you advocate for yourself. Use the filter to select a subject. Click on the title of an item to see it in full then click on link to go to the website.
We will check resources regularly, but please contact us if you find an error or a broken link as it will help us to fix it quickly.
Disclaimer: We aim to keep the information in this section up to date and correct. However we do not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of the information or services. Any reliance you place on this information is therefore strictly at your own risk. Where we provide links to other websites, Connected Voice has no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Provides support, community and advocacy for all those parenting or supporting children who cannot live with their birth parents.
Compassion in Dying can help you prepare for the end of life - how to talk about it, plan for it and record your wishes. Provides information, resources and support.
Compassion in Dying website
Supports single parent families to live secure, happy and fulfilling lives
Gingerbread website
Help for victim/survivors of domestic violence or abuse
Sure Start centres give help and advice on child and family health, parenting, money, training and employment. Some centres also provide early learning and full day care for pre-school children.
Respect is a domestic abuse organisation leading the development of safe, effective work with perpetrators, male victims and young people using violence in their close relationships.
Childline helps anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through. You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, their trained counsellors are there to support you.
Childline website
Shout 85258 is a free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging support service for anyone who is struggling to cope
Give us a Shout website
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) provides information and resources about making a complaint about the Police.
IOPC website
Information about benefits including:
