Advice Centres provide advice and information about benefits and might be able to provide support for appeal tribunals. Find an independent Advice Centre near you
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.
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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.
University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) provides information about further, higher and post-graduate education, apprenticeships and careers
UCAS website
Your local Social Services team can provide information and support. Go to the Government Find Your Local Council, search for your local Council and then search Social Services on your Council’s website.
Who to contact about your consumer rights when you buy goods and services
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
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulates health and social care provision. Provides information about making a complaint about a social care provider.
You might be able to get free and confidential advice from Civil Legal Advice (CLA) as part of legal aid if you’re in England or Wales.
Government website
Supports people who face court proceedings alone
