General Advice Agencies

The organisations in this sub-category offer general advice and support.
Advice and Community Resource Centre

General advice centre offering free and confidential advice on welfare rights, debt, consumer issues, employment, health, housing and some legal problems.

Advice Centre - MMSU

Advice for MMU students on a whole range of matters including accommodation, legal and lifestyle matters.

Advice for All

An online newsletter providing advice for everyone. Published by Manchester Advice

Adviceguide

The online CAB service that provides independent advice on your rights

AdviceKit Manchester

Provides information and interactive advice on benefits, housing, debt, consumer, employment, immigration for people who live in the City of Manchester

Advicenow

How to make sense of the law and your rights

Association of Lipspeakers

Aims to promote lipspeaking and its good practice and encourage the further development of lipspeaking as a communication service

Births, Marriages and Deaths

Online information about the registar's offices in Salford

Bolton Citizens Advice Bureau

Find out more about Bolton CAB, how to contact us, get on-line information, find out about volunteering at the CAB, our social policy work and the projects we run.

Cheetham Hill Advice Centre

Provides confidential help, advice, information to the people of Cheetham and Crumpsall

Cheetham Hill Housing Advice

Advice by appointment only for tenants of private landlords, and owner occupiers

Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector ...

Organisations. An organisation working to develop resources for Black and Minority Ethnic communities

Deaf Services

Services for people in Bury who are deaf or hard of hearing

Deafness Research Uk

The UK's only national charity dedicated to helping hearing impaired people through medical research and education

deafsign

Provides information contacts and discussion on issues related to deafness and sign language

End the Fear

A free and confidential service for women having problems with housing, welfare benefits or debts as a result of domestic violence. Available to all women who live or work in Manchester.

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Champions equality and human rights for all, working to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect human rights and to build good relations, ensuring that everyone has a fair chance to participate in society.

Gaddum Centre

Gaddum Centre provides services to individuals, families, agencies, local and health authorities, the professions and companies

Google Translate

A quick and easy translation site

Gorton Gateway

The project offers help & guidance on * Adult learning * ESOL * filling in forms 4 jobs * free computer access * help with CV's * interview tips * job search * small business advice We are open Mon-Fri

Greater Manchester Road Safety

Provides information relating to the services that the group provides both individually and in partnership

Health & Safety Executive

Ensuring that risks to people's health and safety from work activities are properly controlled

Information Commissioner's Office

An independent supervisory authority with an international role as well as a national one

Just Ask! The website of the CLS

The first port of call for on-line legal information and advice

Law Centres Federation

Encourages development of publicly funded legal services

Manchester Advice

Provides advice on different matters particularly money

Manchester Citizens Advice Bureau

Provides information, guidance and support to enable people to make informed decisions about their lives, so that they can solve their own problems, using their own skills and abilities.

Mentoring and Befriending Foundation

National body for mentoring and befriending, based in Manchester

Miles Platting Advice Centre

Advice centre offering advice on various issues from money and benefits to housing

Missing People

Works with young runaways, missing and unidentified people, their families and others who care for them.

The National Association of Deafened People

Provides information and support for deafened people who have lost all or most of their useful hearing

Northmoor Community Association

Northmoor Community Association will work towards improving the quality of life for people living or working within the Northmoor area through the promotion of charitable purposes to relieve poverty, promote health, advance education and provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation. Our aims are: to establish, maintain and manage a community building. to promote and run training, vocational training, workshops, advice sessions, events and other activities in furtherance of our objectives. to assist local charitable activities through the provision of a small grants scheme for local charitable bodies. to undertake any other activities considered appropriate in furtherance of the above objectives. The Community Association is made up of many different people as well as the Board. We have paid staff who help run and manage the centre on a day to day basis as well as a team of hard working volunteers who help provide services in the Community Centre.

Oxfam

A development, advocacy and relief agency working to put an end to poverty world-wide

RaceActionNet

Bring together expertise and experience in tackling racial harassment and racist attacks

Registration of Births

Online information on how to register the birth of a baby

Registration of Deaths

Provides information on how to go about registering a death

Registration of Marriage

Information on how to arrange a civil marriage

Remark! Access

Acts as the catalyst between the Deaf community and service providers

RightsNet

This website provides support, and information about welfare rights to advice workers

The Royal Association for Deaf

Helps Deaf people get the most out of life

Royal British Legion

Safeguarding the welfare, interests and memory of those who have served in the Armed Forces and their dependants

T&G

The UK’s biggest general union with a long and proud tradition of representing members in the workplace

The TUC

The voice of Britain at work

UK Council on Deafness

The national umbrella organisation for Charities and Professional Bodies working in the field of deafness

Unison Manchester

Unison Manchester works to defend jobs, conditions and decent local services

The United Road Transport Union

Information on this union and details of how to join

University of Manchester Union - Advice service

Welfare information for Manchester University students

The Vegetarian Society

Promoting the health, environmental and animal welfare benefits of a vegetarian diet

Working Well Together

The online centre of excellence for information, advice and guidance for everybody involved in the Construction Industry

Worksafe

A registered charity providing free occupational health and safety advice information and training

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