Support and Advice Links
ListenKey Links
- Bracknell & District Citizen's Advice Bureau - Advice on benefits, consumer, debt, employment, housing, legal, immigration, relationships and family issues.
- Citizens Advice - Helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice.
- Life coach Directory - Life coach support network, enabling individuals to find a life coach close to them and appropriate for their needs
- MultiKulti - Information and advice in several languages
Children and Young People
- Bullying Online - Bullying related advice for children and parents
- Childline - Free 24-hour helpline for children and young people in the UK.
- Connexions - Advice for 13 - 19 year olds.
- Family Resource Centre UK - Offers free information and guidance to parents and carers of children
- Fearless - A site for young people go to for information and non-judgemental advice about the crime issues that affect them
- Talk to FRANK - Drugs advice.
- The Site - Advice for 16 - 24 year olds.
Consumer
- BroadbandGenie - Compare broadband providers and UK broadband prices
- Consumer Direct - Help and advice for consumers in Great Britain.
- Office of Fair Trading - Information on consumer rights.
- Qype - Reviewing and recommending system. Get a good picture of the best things to do in an area based on customer feedback.
Disability
- Ableize Disability Directory - Directory of UK adult and children's disability services. Includes advice and information on access, recreation and sports plus arts and education.
- Dis: Course Information Database - An information service controlled by disabled people and carers.
- Disabled Living Foundation - A national charity that provides free, impartial advice about all types of daily living equipment for disabled adults and children, older people, their carers and families.
Elderly
- Age Concern - Support for people over 50.
- Senior Discounts - Provides details of discounts available to senior citizens.
Immigration
- The Refugee Council - Information for refugees and asylum seekers, including legislation, statistics and entitlements.
Legal
- Community Legal Service Direct - Provides information about legal problems (formerly JustAsk!).
- UK Deed Poll - Provides information on changing your name by Deed Poll.
Support
- Counselling Directory - Free directory that lists UK counsellors, with information on their training and experience, areas covered, fees and contact details.
- Samaritans - Confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
- Self Help UK - Searchable database of over 1,000 health care related self help organisations and support groups across the UK.
- The Divorce Bureau - National service that aims to help people find an appropriate solicitor anywhere in England and Wales.
- UK Funerals Online - Information and advice on what to do following a death.
- Way Foundation - Self-help social and support network for men and women widowed up to the age of 50 and their children.
Various
- Bracknell Forest Voluntary Action - Supports voluntary and community organisations in Bracknell Forest
- Charities Direct - Includes lists of charity advisers.
- PersonalSafetyAdvice - Covers all aspects of personal safety, such as online safety, child safety, safety at home and transport safety.
Links to other sites from these pages are for information only and Bracknell Forest Council accepts no responsibility or liability for access to, or the material on, any website which is linked from or to this website.
If you have any difficulties accessing a website, or if you would like a link to your own website added, please contact the council's web team using the contact details provided on the right. Please note that preference will be given to link requests for websites related to Bracknell Forest and we reserve the right to decline a request for a link.
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