Links to regional resources about Social Security
This is a maintained list of Internet sources related to, but not within,
the scope of the uk.gov.social-security
newsgroup. (There are lots more links,
organised mainly by the key discussion topics for the newsgroup, defined
by its charter).
| Regional
(but often providing more general information) |
| One
Parent Families Scotland |
One Parent Families Scotland has
been working since 1944 to help lone parents. They are a national
voluntary organisation, registered as a charity. Their members include
individual lone parents, various organisations working with lone parents
and others who just simply want to support the cause of lone parents. |
| Birmingham
Disablity Resource Centre |
Birmingham Disability Resource Centre
was the brainchild of a local disability rights organisation the Birmingham
Disability Rights Group. As an organisation controlled by disabled
people, they argued that disabled people’s experience of discrimination
and social inequality often resulted in the denial of the opportunity
and right of disabled people to speak on their own behalf and take
their own decisions. |
| Community
Care In Britain |
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| London
Advice Services Alliance |
An expert resource for advisors. |
| Merton
Unemployed Workers Centre |
The Centre is a voluntary not-for-profit
organisation which provides free advice and representation for benefits
and tax credits. Includes information on: Incapacity Benefit &
Incapacity Benefit Tips; Working Families Tax Credit & Disabled
Persons Tax Credit; Housing Benefit; & Benefit Rates). |
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