Links
- Charity Law Association
The Charity Law Association was established at the end of 1992 with the aim of enabling those who advise on or use charity law to meet together, to exchange ideas and intelligence and to use their experience and expertise for the benefit of the charity sector. The Association currently has over 850 members including many of the country's largest charities and most leading charity lawyers. - Charity Trustee Network (CTN)
CTN’s vision is of positive, effective trustees governing voluntary and community sector organisations. It works to achieve this by: • Increasing trustees’ access to information, guidance and support through networks, a website, signposting and services; • Developing understanding and awareness of trusteeship and governance CTN was founded in 1998 by a group of trustees who found that meeting together enhanced their motivation and effectiveness within their charitable organisations. - Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for low-income families and children. - Children’s Legal Centre
The Children's Legal Centre is a unique, independent national charity concerned with law and policy affecting children and young people. It opened in 1981, as the major UK project for the International Year of the Child, and is staffed by lawyers and professionals with experience in child law. CLC has a Young Persons Advocacy Service (EYpCAN) at http://www.giveusavoice.org/ or on 0800 783 2187. - Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE)
The Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) is a coalition of over 380 organisations committed to the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. CRAE exists to transform the lives and status of children in England. "We seek the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other human rights instruments. We want all children to be respected as individual people and to be treated as full and equal members of society."
You've got the Right
For advice and information about your human rights and what to do if you are being treated unfairly, call freephone on 0800 32 88 759 between 3.30 and 5.30pm, Tuesday to Thursday, or email: advice@crae.org.uk Textphone users dial 18001 first. Standard charges apply from mobiles.
- Childs Rights Information Network (CRIN)
The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) is a global network that disseminates information about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and child rights amongst non-governmental organisations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, inter-governmental organisation (IGOs), educational institutions, and other child rights experts. The Coordinating Unit is based in London, UK. - Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB)
All Citizens Advice Bureaux in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are members of Citizens Advice, the national charity which sets standards for advice and equal opportunities and supports bureaux with an information system, training and other services. CABs provide free information and advice from over 3,000 locations. You can find your nearest CAB by visiting their website.
CitA have a public information website www.adviceguide.org.uk
Introduction to Citizens Advice: Introduction to the service 2009.pdf
- Citizenship Foundation
The Citizenship Foundation is an independent education and participation charity that exists to encourage and enable individuals to play an effective role in democratic society. - Civil Justice Council
The Civil Justice Council was established under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 with responsibility for overseeing and co-ordinating the modernisation of the civil justice system. It is an Advisory Public Body. - Commission for Vulnerable Workers (CoVE)
In May 2007, the TUC set up a Commission to look into the issues surrounding vulnerable employment. The Commission produced its final report in 2008..The report 'Hard Work, Hidden Lives' has drawn on evidence from new research, a public consultation, a programme of regional visits and expert testimony. Its recommendations consider how government, civil society organisations, employers and trade unions can work together to improve the lives of Britain’s most vulnerable workers. Hard Work, Hidden Lives 2008.pdf - Community Legal Advice
Community Legal Advice is a free and confidential advice service paid for by legal aid. If you live on a low income or benefits, call for advice about debt, education, benefits and tax credits, employment and housing problems. You can call them on 0845 345 4 345 from 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday and between 9am and 12.30pm on Saturday.
Community Legal Advice allows you to find a high quality local legal adviser or solicitor, see if you qualify for legal aid using the Eligibility Calculator, ask a question or choose a topic and link to the right place on the best advice sites in the UK, and read and print legal information leaflets. Link to legal aid information: http://www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk/en/legalaid/
Link to legal aid eligibility calculator: http://www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk/en/legalaid/calculator.jsp
Information is available in English, Welsh, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Turkish and Urdu
The helpline has a translation service if you would like advice in a language other than English or Welsh. Language Line provides an instant translation service in 170 languages.
Community Legal Advice offers British Sign Language (BSL) services and a full advice service via web cam. Link to BSL information: http://www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk/sign/index.jsp
Minicom and Type-Talk calls are welcome. Minicom is a telephone typewriter device for communication with or between deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech-impaired people. The Minicom number is 0845 609 6677. Type-Talk enables those who have hearing difficulties to use a text phone to access telephone advice through a free operator service.
If you or someone you know has limited access to the internet, Community Legal Advice is also available on digital interactive television.
- Community Legal Service (CLS)
The Community Legal Service (CLS) is a network of organisations established by the Legal Services Commission that funds, provides and promotes civil legal services, from general information to advice and representation. Civil law deals with disputes between individuals or organisations. People experiencing social problems often need legal advice in areas such as relationship breakdown, debt, housing, domestic violence and benefits. Help is also available for asylum and immigration, education, employment, mental health and community care issues. - Community Service Volunteers (CVS)
Community Service Volunteers (CSV) was founded in 1962. CSV involves people in high quality volunteering and learning opportunities that tackle real need and enrich lives. - Compact
The Compact is the agreement between government and the voluntary and community sector in England to improve their relationship for mutual advantage. Here you can find links to Compact Voice, the Commission for the Compact and Compact Advocacy based at NCVO. - Companies House
The main functions of Companies House are to: incorporate and dissolve limited companies; examine and store company information delivered under the Companies Act and related legislation; and make this information available to the public. - Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS)
CCCS is a registered charity offering free, confidential advice and support to anyone who is worried about debt. "Our free counselling and debt advice can help you get back in control of your money and on with your life." It offers a free on-line CCCS Debt Remedy service and can help devise your own Debt Management Plan. Helpline: 0800 138 1111 - Consumer Direst
Consumer Direct is the government-funded telephone and online service offering information and advice on consumer issues. Consumer Direct is funded by the Office of Fair Trading and delivered in partnership with Local Authority Trading Standards Services. Call an adviser for help or advice: 08454 04 05 06 or a Welsh-speaking adviser: 08454 04 05 05 Minicom users: 08451 28 13 84 - Council of Europe
The Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg (France), now covers virtually the entire European continent, with its 47 member countries. Founded on 5 May 1949 by 10 countries, the Council of Europe seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals. - Council on Social Action (CoSA)
The Council on Social Action brings together innovators from every sector to generate ideas and initiatives through which Government and other key stakeholders can catalyse, celebrate and develop social action. The Council on Social Action makes recommendations to government and to others in its capacity as an advisory body, independent of government. - Court Service
Her Majesty’s Courts Service (HMCS) is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). Our remit is to deliver justice effectively and efficiently to the public. We are responsible for managing the magistrates’ courts, the Crown Court, county courts, the High Court and Court of Appeal in England and Wales. This site contains a wide range of information including: Small claims Divorce proceedings Civil partnership dissolution Adoption Wills and probate Victims and witnesses in criminal cases Road traffic accidents - low value personal injury claims
