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Benefits-social-security
Child Benefit Office GB.
Tel: 0845 302 1444
Textphone: 0845 302 1474
E-mail: Childbenefit@ir.gsi.gov.uk
www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Social services
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
Tel: 0207 210 4850
www.doh.gov.uk
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
Westminster
London
SW1P 3BT
Tel: 020 7925 6338
Tel: 0114 2591212
Email: Ema.enquiries@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
www.dfes.uk/ema
Child Support Agency- CSA
Tel: 08457 133 133
Equal opportunities
Equal Opportunities Commission- EOC
Arndale House
Arndale Centre
Manchester
M4 3EQ
Tel: 0870 730 0074
E-mail: info@eoc.org.uk
www.eoc.org.uk
The Commission for Racial Equality- CRE
St Dunstan’s House
201-211 Borough High Street
London SE1 1GZ
Tel: 020 7939 0000
Fax: 020 7939 0001
Email: info@cre.gov.uk
www.cre.gov.uk
Disability Rights Commission- DRC
The helpline is available between 8am and 8pm, Mon-Fri
Tel: 08457 622 633
Fax: 08457 778 878
Textphone: 08457 622 644
DRC helpline
Freepost MID 02164
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 9BR
Email: enquiry@drc-gb.org
www.drc-gb.org
Royal National Institute of the Blind
www.rnib.org.uk
This organization offers practical support and advice to anyone with
a sight problem.
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
www.rnid.org.uk
This organization represents deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
Community involvement
SOVA
Head Office
1st Floor, Chichester House
37 Brixton Road
London SW9 6DZ
Tel: 020 7793 0404
Fax: 020 7735 4410
E-mail: mail@sova.org.uk
www.sova.org.uk
This organization tries to increase the effective involvement of local communities in crime reduction, rehabilitation of offenders and community safety.
They also run community mentoring projects for young offenders, young people at risk of offending, young people leaving care and young disadvantaged people.
The Children’s Society
Edward Rudolf House
Margery Street
London
WC1X OJL
Tel: 020 7841 4400
E-mail: supporteraction@childrenssociety.org.uk
www.the-childrens-society.org.uk
This organization tries to tackle the root causes of the problems children and young people can face in the communities they live in.
Asboconcern
c/o K Falcon
4 Chivalry Road
London
SW11 1HT
E-mail: MattF@fishersolicitors.com
www.asboconcern.org.uk
This is a campaigning alliance concerned about the use of ASBOs.
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Child law support and Youth organization centers
Advisory Centre for Education- ACE
Unit 1C
Aberdeen Studios
22 Hibury Grove
London
N5 2DQ
Tel: 020 7704 9822
0808 800 5793
020 7704 3370
enquiries@ace.dialnet.com
www.ace-ed.org.uk
Education Law Association ELAS
33 College Road
Reading
RG6 1QE
01189 669866
E-mail: Secretary@educationlawassociation.org.uk
www.educationlawassociation.org.uk
You can contact them for an address of a solicitor that specializes in education law.
Legal Services Commission- including Community Legal Service CLS
85 Grays Inn Road
London
WC1X 8TX
Tel: 0845 608 1122
www.legalservices.gov.uk
Legal help and information
Independent Panel of Special education Advisers IPSEA
6 Carlow Mews
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 1DH
Tel: 0800 018 4016
www.ipsea.org.uk
Advice and advocacy for parents of children with special
educational needs.
Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal SENDIST
Secretariat
Procession House
55 Ludgate Hill
London
EC4M 7JW
Tel: 020 7029 9726
E-mail: tribunalqueries@sendist.gsi.gov.uk
www.sendist.gov.uk
National Children’s Bureau-NCB
8 Wakley Street
London EC1V 7QE
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7843 6000
Fax: 020 7278 9512
Early Childhood Unit Tel: 020 7843 6069
Children’s Residential Care Unit Tel: 020 7843 6090
Council for Disabled Children Tel: 020 7861 606
Sex Education Forum Tel: 020 7843 6052
www.ncb.org.uk
This organization advocates the participation of children and
young people in all matters affecting them and challenge disadvantage.
They also run Parent Partnership Network www.parentpartnership.org.uk
National Children’s Charity- NCH
Central Office:
85 Highbury Park
London
N5 1UD
Tel: 0207 704 7000
Fax: 0207 226 2537
www.nch.org.uk
This organization runs more than 500 projects for some of the UK's most vulnerable and excluded children and young people, and their families.
They promote the educational achievements of children and young people.
National Association for the
Care and Resettlement of Offenders- NACRO
169 Clapham Road
London
SW9 0PU
Tel: 020 7582 6500
Fax: 020 7735 4666
Email: communications@nacro.org.uk
www.nacro.org.uk
This organization provides many services are for young people, including:
- Outreach work with young people not currently participating in education, training or employment.
- Work with young people excluded from or not regularly
attending school.
- Youth training, improving basic skills and improving
vocational skills.
- Constructive activities for young people in
disadvantaged areas.
- Projects for young offenders.
National Youth Advocacy Service- NYAS
99-105 Argyle Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 6AD
Tel: 0151 649 8700
Freephone: 0800 61 61 01 for children and young people.
3.30 pm and 9.30 pm weekdays, and between 2pm and 8pm at
weekends, 365 days a year.
Fax: 0151 649 8701
Email: main@nyas.net
Web site: www.nyas.net
NYAS is a charity providing information, advice, advocacy and legal representation to children and young people aged up to 25.
It offers help to children and young people in despair, in care or leaving care, who are experiencing difficulties at school or whose parents are separated or divorcing etc
National Youth Agency
The National Youth Agency
17-23 Albion Street
Leicester
LE1 6GD
Tel: 0116 285 3700 (minicom available)
Fax: 0116 285 3777
Email: nya@nya.org.uk
Information services
Tel: 0116 285 3792
Minicom: 0116 285 3788
Fax: 0116 285 3775
Email: duty desk@nya.org.uk or info@nya.org.uk
www.nya.org.uk
Information toolkit for young people and those who work with young people:
This organization tries to promote young people’s personal and social development, and their voice, influence and place in society.
Voice for the Child in Care
Unit 4 Pride Court
80-82 White Lion Street
London
N1 9PF
Tel: 020 7833 5792
E-mail: info@vcc-uk.org
www.vcc-uk.org
Include
www.include.org.uk
This organization is working towards the social inclusion of all young people.
Inclusion- Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
www.cesi.org.uk
This organization promotes social justice and tackles disadvantage.
Western Sprit
www.westernsprit.org.uk
This is a young peoples charity tackling social inclusion
Coram Family organisation
www.coram.org.uk
This organization works with vulnerable children and young people to promote resilience, enabling them to take responsibility for their own lives and achieve their potential.
ParentlinePlus
520 Highgate Studios
53-79 Highgate Road
London
NW5 1TL
Freephone helpline: 0808 800 2222
E-mail: centraloffice@parentlineplus.org.uk
www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Offers support to anyone parenting a child
Children’s Legal Centre
The Children’s Legal Centre
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex CO4 3SQ
Tel: 01206 873820
Fax: 01206 874026
E-mail: clc@essex.ac.uk
The Children’s Legal Centre is a charity. It runs a free and confidential legal advice and information service covering all aspectsof law and policy affecting children and young people.
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Personal development and alternative education
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Head Office:
Gulliver House
Madeira Walk
Windsor
Berkshire
SL41EU
Tel: 01753 727400
www.theaward.org
This organization runs an award programme for young people between the ages of 14 and 25.
The programme is run in various settings, which include colleges, youth clubs, universities, businesses, national voluntary groups, probation day centres and pupil referral units.
Young people can get the opportunity to improve their basic skills, develop and be accredited for Key Skills or learn practical skills for the workplace.
Key skills covered include reliability, commitment, decision making, planning, communication, leadership and the ability to work as part of a team.
The Prince’s Trust
Freephone: 0800 842 842 for general enquiries
Minicom: 020 7543 1374
www.princes-trust.org.uk
The Prince’s Trust runs a similar programme to The Duke of
Edinburgh’s Award.
This organization helps young people to fulfil their potential.
It also helps people working with 14 to 30 year-olds
experiencing difficulty.
It runs xl clubs for 14 to 17 year-olds: A team-based personal
development course, equivalent to a GCSE for Year 10 and 11 students,
based in schools.
There are around 300 xl clubs across the UK helping young people who have difficulties at school, including those at risk of exclusion. Your child can volunteer to join the club.
The Leaving Care Initiative- for 16 to 21 year-olds, providing volunteer mentors to support and advise young people leaving care.
The Prince’s Trust works with over 40 organisations in the UK to support those who are leaving care or have left care.
Notschool.net
Ultralab APU
Victoria Road South
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1LL
Tel: 01245 345532
E-mail: enquiries@notschool.net
www.notschool.net/
This is a website offering children out of school the opportunity to re-engage with learning online.
The UK Home Support Internet mailing list
www.home-education.org.uk
From Boyhood To Manhood Foundation
Trinity College Centre,
1, Newent Close,
Camberwell Green,
London, SE15 6EF
Tel: 020 7703 6415
E-mail: officeman@fbmf.co.uk
Education Otherwise
PO Box 7420
London
N9 9SG
Tel: 0870 730 0074
E-mail: enquiries@education-otherwise.org
www.education-otherwise.org
This is a self-help organization that supports home based education.
UK Youth
www.ukyouth.org
This organization supports and delivers high quality youth work and informal educational opportunities for all young people.
Rathbone CI
4th Floor Churchgate House
56 Oxford Street
Manchester
M1 6EU
Tel: 0800 917 6790
E-mail: advice@rathbone-ci.co.uk
www.rathbone-ci.co.uk
This organization runs projects for excluded young people
i.e. vocational education
Flexi-schooling
http://flexitimeschooling.info/
Free range education
www.free-range-education.org.uk
Housing
Centrepoint
Neil House,
7 Whitechapel Road,
London, E1 1DU.
Tel: 020 7426 5300
www.centrepoint.org.uk
Runs emergency shelters, hostels and other forms of accommodation schemes for homeless young people in London.
Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and transgender
Gender Trust
www.gendertrust.org.uk
This UK charity offers information and support to transsexual people, their families and partners, and professionals.
Stonewall
www.stonewall.org.uk
This is a lobby group for gay and lesbian rights.
Single parenting
Gingerbread
www.gingerbread.org.uk
This organization offers support for lone parent families.
Refugee/asylum seekers and new immigration law
For advice, news and new immigration law etc
Refugee Council
Bondway House
3 Bondway
London
SW8 1SJ
Tel: 020 7346 6700
E-mail: info@refugeecouncil.org.uk
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
This organization gives practical help to asylum seekers and refugees
and advances their rights both in the UK and abroad.
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
115 Old Street
London
EC1V 9RT
020 7251 8708
E-mail: info@jcwi.org.uk
www.info@jcwi.org.uk
Advice on immigration/nationality issues including unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
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Mentoring
National Mentoring Network
First Floor Charles House
Albert Street
Eccles
Manchester
M30 OPD
Tel: 0161 787 8600
E-mail: enquiries@nmn.org.uk
www.nmn.org.uk
Professionals and Carers
Carers National Association
Ruth Pitter House
20-25 Glasshouse Yard
London
EC1A 4JT
Tel: 020 7490 8818
E-mail: info@ayme.org.uk
www.ayme.org.uk
National Youth Agency
www.nya.org.uk
This organization supports individuals working with young people.
Who Cares? Trust
Kemp House
152-160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NP
Tel: 020 7251 3117
E-mail: mailbox@thewhocarestrust.org.uk
www.thewhocarestrust.org.uk
This organization is concerned about children in care.
NSPCC- National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
www.nspcc.org.uk
This organization works to protect children from abuse and helps those
who have already become victims.
Childline
www.childline.org.uk
Free 24-hour confidential telephone counselling service, open to all
callers on: 0800 1111.
Adult education
Online courses
Directgov www.direct.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/AdultLearning/
City of London
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
Contact Education Office for information: 020 7332 3542
For help with basic skills.
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