Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Advice and individual advocacy

Hope is a progressive anti-poverty charity helping anyone affected by poverty and exclusion, through services, campaigning and advocacy.We alleviate the immediate and ongoing impact of poverty, through providing basic services like food, clothing and shelter, alongside work to help those experiencing homelessness, mental health and addictions to overcome these and make lasting life changes

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Nucleus combats poverty by providing advice and access to social welfare advice through telephone advice, face to face advice and representation.

Wigan Family Welfare offer advocacy and counselling to both adults and children. It provides mental health advocacy, independent mental health advocacy, children's advocacy and supports a self advocacy group for people with Learning Disabilities . The counselling it provides is in a variety of settings from certain Secondary Schools to Sure Start Children's Centres.

Age Concern Luton provides a wide range of services to meet the different needs of older people and their carers in Luton. This includes home support, gardening service, a visiting scheme, telephone club, home repair scheme, lunch and social clubs, advice and information, enhancing lives scheme, hospital discharge service, advocacy, mental health and dementia drop in sessions.

The Company's objects are to promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress in particular, but without limitation, for the benefit of the community in the Borough of Wigan and surrounding areas.

INFORMATION and ADVICE AGENCY

Making a difference to the lives of poeple and communities in and around Lincoln by running projects through funding.such as feeding the homeless, debt advice and debt management, food parcels for those in need, providing sport and creative actibities for disadvantaged young people, and many more projects as above.

i) To provide the advice people need for the problems they faceii) To improve the policies and practices that affect peoples lives

Information, counselling, caring and advocacy support for those with sickle cell disorders and their families.

To promote such charitable purposes as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit, including: Financial Resilience through debt advice and benefit maximisation; Food Security by hosting North Liverpool Foodbank; Other such activities that relieve poverty, sickness and distress and promote healthy living as the trustees shall determine.

Advice, support on all problems affecting the general public

Haringey CABX works to: Ensure that individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities or of the services available to them or through an inability to express their needs effectively, andExtercise a responsible influence on the developemnt of social policies and services, both locally and nationally.The advice is free,independent,impartial & confidential

Rapid deployment of post recovery advice to flooding communities, individuals and businessesA designated help line that provides support, empathy and a listening earHelp and advice to resolve issues regarding restoration of property, insurance etc.A website containing a wealth of detailed informationAdvice on flood resilience and resistanceProactively helping to form action groups

Support & advocacy for families by provision of information & providing advocates throughout the criminal justice process & statutory reviews arising as a resulting of domestic abuseWorking with organisations to improve guidelines, processes & practises. Provides education & training in all aspects of Domestic Homicide Reviews, preventing domestic abuse & working with those bereaved by homicide.

The charity's principal activity is the protection and preservation of good health by promoting the safety and wellbeing of sex workers and those who are, have or could be at risk of exploitation by the provision of advocacy services that offer choice, support and empowerment to those people.

The charity supports, provides advice, advocacy, and signposting to men, and women who have suffered domestic abuse and violence, sexual abuse, rape, sexual assault and historical child sexual abuse. The charity works across North and North East Lincolnshire through the provision of paid staff (3 Independent Domestic Violence Advisors and 2 Independent Sexual Violence A) and volunteers.

1.GLOBAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROTECTION PROJECTS FOR DISPLACED VULNERABLE POPULATIONS/FOCUS ON WOMEN &CHILDREN/ELDERLY/VICTIMS OF TORTURE,SGBV,FOOD&AID BULK DISTRIBUTIONS IN CAMPS/LEGAL AID/CRITICAL MEDICAL CARE/EDUCATION/INTERPRETATION SERVICES. ADVOCACY/SIGNPOSTING/SUPPORT REFUGEES INTEGRATION/REFUGEE SINGLE MOTHER GRANT START UP BUSINESS GOAL OFF BENEFITS WITHIN 5 YRS.

The activities of Tower Hamlets Council forVoluntary Service include:One to one development work; training; information sharing; dissemination of best practice; policy briefings and responses to consultation; developing strategic partnerships; supporting partnerships and consortia; events and seminars; supporting forums and networks;advocacy, voice and representation.

Provides free legal advice in housing, debt, and welfare benefits

MS-UK provides information and support to people affected by Multiple Sclerosis. We host a wide range of online activities including exercise for all abilities, yoga, mindfulness, information sessions and peer support groups. We also run a national helpline, produce online and printed information booklets on all aspects of life with MS, and publish our magazine, New Pathways.

The provision of a generalist advice service and specialist casework to the communities of Swindon and District.

The Brain and Spine Foundation offers a UK-wide information service to people affected by neurological conditions. This information is available on the charity's website www.brainandspine.org.uk and in 25+ booklets. A freephone Helpline service is staffed by specialist neuroscience nurses to answer queries on conditions, symptoms and investigations linked to the brain and spine.

OUR MISSION IS :- TO PROVIDE THE ADVICE PEOPLE NEED FOR THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE- TO IMPROVE THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVESGCAB PROVIDES FREE, INDEPENDENT, CONFIDENTIAL AND IMPARTIAL ADVICE TO PEOPLE IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH AND SURROUNDING AREAS ON THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO SEAFARERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS ACROSS THE UK.

Southside supports individuals and families affected by intergenerational abuse, neglect and trauma. We provide long-term therapeutic support, home-based parenting support, therapeutic play, domestic abuse advocacy, counselling, community groups and peer support. We partner with other agencies to improve the response to people with complex needs.