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Further help and information
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Updated 12 August 2008
One Parent Families|Gingerbread
Lone Parent Helpline: 0800 018 5026
Website: www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
Free information for lone parents on a range of topics. We can also provide details of helpful organisations throughout the UK. The Lone Parent Helpdesk also provides useful online information.
Advocacy Resource Exchange
Tel: 020 8880 4547
Website: www.citizenadvocacy.org.uk
Contact for information about citizen advocacy. Maintains a database of Citizen Advocacy schemes in the UK.
Bar Pro Bono Unit
Tel: 020 7611 9500
Website: www.barprobono.org.uk
Puts people in touch with barristers who can give advice, in writing or in conference, and/or represent them in any court or tribunal in England or Wales, free of charge, although resources are limited.
Children's Legal Centre
Tel: 01206 873 820 (for recorded information)
Website: www.childrenslegalcentre.com
Provides information on their website on law relating to children, particularly contact. Also has pre-recorded telephone information on the most frequently asked questions relating to Parental Responsibility, contact and residency. Do not provide telephone advice to the
public.
Citizens Advice Bureau
Check your telephone directory for your local bureau or find details on www.citizensadvice.org.uk. Their advice website - www.adviceguide.org.uk - has information on various legal issues, including divorce and the law relating to children's matters.
Community Legal Advice (part of the Legal Services Commission)
Helpline: 0845 345 4345
Website: www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk
Calculator on website to work out if you are eligible for legal aid. Free advice for people who are eligible for legal aid on housing, employment law, debt, welfare benefits, family law and children's education - with
language line. Can give details of solicitors who are contracted to do legal aid work in England and Wales.
Disability Law Service
Helpline: 020 7791 9800
Website: www.dls.org.uk
Free legal advice and representation to disabled people and their families, carers and enablers on a range of issues.
Law Centres Federation
Tel: 020 7387 8570
Website: www.lawcentres.org.uk
Puts people in touch with local law centres. Provides information on their website about what law centres do and what they deal with.
Law Society
Tel: 0870 606 6575
Website: www.lawsociety.org.uk
The regulatory and representative body for solicitors in England and Wales. Lists solicitors by area and specialism.
Legal Services Commission
Tel: 020 7759 0000
Leafl et line: 0845 3000 345
Website: www.legalservices.gov.uk
Responsible for legal aid in England and Wales. Contact the leaflet line for a copy of A Practical Guide to Community Legal Service Funding. You can contact Community Legal Advice for other queries.
Resolution
Tel: 01689 820272
Website: www.resolution.org.uk
Association of solicitors who specialise in family law. Provides list of local solicitor members.
Rights of Women
Advice line: 020 7251 6577
Website: www.rightsofwomen.org.uk
Free, confidential legal advice by telephone for women on a wide variety of issues. Specialist areas include family law, lesbian parenting, divorce/relationship breakdown, children/contact issues and domestic violence. Also has information sheets on legal issues affecting women to download from the website.
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