Legal advice
Community Legal Service Direct
Tel. 0845 345 4 345
www.clsdirect.org.uk
Provides free information direct to the public on a range of common legal problems.
Human rights advice
Liberty
21 Tabard Street
London SE1 4LA
Tel. 0845 1232307
www.yourrights.org.uk
Provides general information on the Human Rights Act and particular human rights issues.
The AIRE (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) Centre
Third floor
17 Red Lion Square
London WC1R 4QH
Advice line: 020 7924 0927
(2pm–5pm Tuesday to Thursday)
www.airecentre.org
Advice on human rights in Europe.
General advice
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
www.nacab.org.uk
www.adviceguide.org.uk
The NACAB website provides details of your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau.
Advice Guide provides Citizens Advice Bureaux information online.
Complaints organisations dealing with human rights issues
Independent Police Complaints Commission
5th floor, 90 High Holborn
London EC1V 6BH
Tel. 020 7404 0430
www.ipcc.gov.uk
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Tel. 01625 545 745
www.ico.gov.uk
Health Service Ombudsman for England
Millbank Tower
Millbank
London W1P 4QP
Tel. 0845 015 4033
Text Tel. 020 7217 4066
www.ombudsman.org.uk
ohsc-enqu@online.rednet.co.uk
The Press Complaints Commission
Halton House
20/23 Holborn
London EC1N 2JD
Tel. 0845 600 2757
www.pcc.org.uk
Office of Communications
Ofcom
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 9HA
Tel. 020 7891 3000
www.ofcom.org.uk
Interest groups and lobbying bodies
National Association for Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO)
169 Clapham Road
London SW9 0PU
Tel. 020 582 6500
www.nacro.org.uk
communications@nacro.org.uk
Partners of Prisoners and Families Support Group (POPS)
Valentine House
1079 Rochdale Road
Blackley
Manchester M9 8AJ
Tel. 0161 702 1000
www.partnersofprisoners.co.uk
mail@parternsofprisoners.co.uk
Prisoners’ Advice Service
PO Box 46199
London EC1M 4XA
Tel. 020 7253 3323
Freephone advice line: 0800 018 2156
www.prisonersadviceservice.org.uk
admin@prisonersadviceservice.org.uk
Women in Prison
Unit 3b
Aberdeen Studios
22 Highbury Grove
London N5 2EA
Tel. 020 7226 5879
www.womeninprison.org.uk
INQUEST
89–93 Fonthill Road
London N4 3JH
Tel. 020 7263 1111
www.inquest.org.uk
inquest@inquest.org.uk
Rights of Women (ROW)
52–54 Featherstone Street
London EC1Y 8RT
Advice line: 020 7251 6577 (2pm–4pm, 7pm–9pm, Tuesday–Thursday, 12pm–2pm Friday)
www.rightsofwomen.org.uk
Stonewall Group
Tower Building
York Road
London SE1 7NX
Tel. 020 7593 1850
www.stonewall.org.uk
info@stonewall.org.uk
MIND
Granta House
Broadway
London E15 4BQ
Tel. 020 8519 2122
www.mind.org.uk
contact@mind.org.uk
Children’s Legal Centre
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex CO4 3SQ
Education Law Advice Line: 0845 456 6811
Tel. 01206 872466
www.childrenslegalcentre.com
clc@essex.ac.uk
The Advisory Council for the Education of Roman and Other Travellers (ACERT)
Moot House
The Stow
Harlow
Essex CM20 3AG
Tel. 01279 418666
The Gypsy Council for Education, Culture, Welfare and Civil Rights
8 Hall Road
Aveley
Romford
Essex RH15 4HD
Tel. 01708 868 986
thegypsycouncil@btinternet.com