Advicenow
Advicenow is an independent charity providing user-friendly information on rights and legal issues.
We know that many people cannot access advice or representation to deal with their legal problems so we produce step-by-step self-help guides, tools and films to help you better manage them yourself.
We have lots of help for people dealing with family issues (divorce and separation, dealing with the financial agreement, arrangements for your children, domestic abuse, cohabitation). We have guides that show you what to do whether you are agreeing it yourselves or going to court. Through us you can also access low-cost, fixed fee legal advice about your family case via our Affordable Advice panel. See Family and children
We also have lots of help for people challenging benefit decisions - PIP, DLA, Universal Credit, ESA, sanctions and overpayments. Our tools that write the letter asking for a mandatory reconsideration for you, setting out your case are particularly helpful. We also have a tool that will write a submission for the tribunal for a Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance appeal so that you don't have to remember to say everything on the day. See Benefits
We have lots of help for people experiencing problems at work, and can show you how to use your work's grievance procedure to deal with the problem or take a case to employment tribunal - See Employment
We also have help for people going to court or tribunal about any issue. See Going to court or tribunal
We also have help for people dealing with problems with housing – dealing with disrepair, eviction, homelessness, guarantors and difficulty finding anywhere. See Housing and homelessness
We also have a whole series of guides for people who have to use the small claims court or the fast track process in the County court, including whether it is worth it and how to enforce the judgment. See Small claims and the civil court
We also have help for people who have received a Single Justice Procedure Notice and are unsure how or what to plead. See Single Justice Procedure Notice
We are adding new resources to help people all the time. And we also link to the best information on the law and rights from over 350 UK websites. We don’t use a search engine, every link has been hand-picked and summarised by our team of experienced advisers.
We also offer our very popular Legal advice and helpline finder – which supports our users to find national and local services where you can access further help and advice.
Advicenow is famous for the quality and helpfulness of our award-winning guides. Advicenow challenges injustice and inequality by equipping individuals and communities with the knowledge, confidence and skills needed to deal with the legal problems they face.
The Advicenow team can also be commissioned to write information on any area of legal need.
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Advicenow
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guides@advicenow.org.uk
- Website
- Advicenow
- Scan to visit this website
- Notes
We do not have a helpline. Our service is web based.
Where to go
- Name
- Advicenow
- Address
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4th Floor 18
Cross Street
London
- Postcode
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EC1N 8UNView EC1N 8UN on a map
- Notes
We provide assistance through the website only. We cannot provide advice or support in person or over the telephone.
Costs
- Associated Cost
- No
Availability
- Referral not required
Disclaimer
The role of this directory is to provide information; it is your responsibility to make sure that services are appropriate and meet your needs.
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided in this directory, "we" (Manchester City Council) do not accept any responsibility or liability for any errors that have occurred or if the information provided is not up to date. "We" are also not responsible for the content of third party websites / emails listed in the information / records visible on this website.
It is recommended that you always check with providers that their service or organisation meets your requirements. We offer an impartial service and we cannot recommend or endorse any providers listed.
Background checks
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For that reason it is important that you carry out your own independent checks and verifications and are entirely satisfied before acting on the basis of any information or other material supplied in the website.
For advice on how to make your own appropriate checks and verifications please read the checklist information below.
Checklist
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- Check that the staff have been appropriately vetted. For more information on this please visit DBS.gov.uk
- Check that the service has child protection procedures in place if they are directly involved with children.
- Check that the staff are qualified and trained in the specific area.
- Check that the service operates an anti-discriminatory practice.
- Check that the service protects children, young people and vulnerable adults where it is required to do so.
- Check that the service has a health and safety policy.
- Check that the service has a complaints procedure.
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