Sure Start centres give help and advice on child and family health, parenting, money, training and employment. Some centres also provide early learning and full day care for pre-school children.
Advocacy Resources
In this section we provide links to a wide range of useful national resources which you can use to help you advocate for yourself. Use the filter to select a subject. Click on the title of an item to see it in full then click on link to go to the website.
We will check resources regularly, but please contact us if you find an error or a broken link as it will help us to fix it quickly.
Disclaimer: We aim to keep the information in this section up to date and correct. However we do not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of the information or services. Any reliance you place on this information is therefore strictly at your own risk. Where we provide links to other websites, Connected Voice has no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Provides help and support to victims of crime.
Victim Support website
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) provides information and resources about making a complaint about the Police.
IOPC website
Offers one to one, confidential advice, information and deaf advice services nationwide.
Deafplus website
Your local Food Bank can provide you with food. Go to the Trussell Trust and search for your local food bank.
Trussell Trust website
Provides support, community and advocacy for all those parenting or supporting children who cannot live with their birth parents.
Provides information about domestic violence and abuse including:
Supports people who face court proceedings alone
Information about benefits and how to claim them
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) offers support to adult survivors of childhood abuse and training for those who support them.
NAPAC website
Provides free advice for disabled people and fights injustice.
Disability Law Service website
Information about benefits including:
