Check through regularly as you might be surprised at what new useful links you find.
Cancer
A huge subject. Two good links are NHS Choices and Macmillan (the cancer support charity) which also has a helpline - 0808 808 00 00 - which should be free via most UK fixed and mobile lines. Macmillan's helpline runs from 9am to 8pm, Monday to Friday.
Carers UK & Carers Wales
Guidance and information on help available to carers, including young people, is available at www.carersuk.org & www.carerswales.org
Child Safety & Security (sub-list)
Childline = 0800 1111
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre = http://ceop.police.uk
CEOP’s advice, help and report centre = http://ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
Children’s Legal Centre = www.childrenslegalcentre.com / 01206 714650
“We provide free legal information, advice and representation to children, young people, their families, carers and professionals, as well as training and consultancy on child law and children’s rights.”
Missing People: www.missingpeople.org.uk
A charity that helps to find missing people and provide support for their family and friends
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children = www.nspcc.org.uk
If worried about a child, you can call their free 24/7 NSPCC helpline to speak to a trained counsellor at 0808 800 5000
The NSPCC also has a page entitled ‘Keeping you child safe’ with assorted useful advice. It is best located via the site map which can be found in the footer of their home page at nspcc.org.uk/
It also provides a dedicated 24/7 helpline on FGM at 0800 028 3550
Child safety advice from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is at http://www.rospa.com/childsafety/
Runaway Helpline (24hr part of Missing People above) for anyone who has run away from home or care, or has been forced to leave home: 0808 800 7070
Citizens Advice Bureau
CAB offer free, confidential and impartial advice and more information on their wealth of resources is available via their site at www.adviceguide.org.uk
Computer safety (sub-list)
See main sub-list below at ‘Online Safety’. Key resource = Get Safe Online
Community Legal Advice – www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk
Offers free confidential legal advice and can help with finding a a legal adviser or solicitor near you. (Tel 0845 3454345 M-F 9am-8pm, sat 9am-12.30pm).
Note If you have motor, household or other insurance you might already be covered for certain legal expenses and an enquiry via this route might be favourable.
Company Checks (Sub-list)
You may wish to check the status of company or director, either as a business or an individual. Whilst there is a fair amount of information available, it will often be out of date, or not paint the whole picture. Therefore, by all means, use various services, but research and understand their limitations/ Listed here are the main Companies House portal and one or more of potentially hundreds of other services, offering generic business information. Remember also there are a host of sector specific oversight bodies, such as the Financial Conduct Authority and the National Housebuilders’ Confederation, skills and trades registers, such as the Competent Persons Register, and over avenues including web searches and first-hand checks of references that might also be considered. At the end of the day however, all business involves a degree of risk. However, whilst serial fraudsters are very good at hiding their activities and appearing to be attractive business prospects, most people and business are broadly well meaning. In essence, if it looks to good to be true, it maybe is.
Companies House - http://companieshouse.gov.uk/
Company Check UK – www.companycheck.co.uk
Consular assistance if arrested abroad
website only with drop down search facility for specific resources by country – see also our page http://www.securitycheck.co.uk/2014/08/uk-government-support-abroad.html
Consumer Rights: https://www.gov.uk/consumer-protection-rights
Poor replacement for an earlier Consumerdirect service, See also, Citizens Advice, above
The Council of Europe: www.coe.int
Works in support of human rights, democracy and the rule of law
(HM) Courts & Tribunals Service – http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmcts/
A government web site offering information and advice about UK courts and tribunals
Credit checks (sub-list)
See also Financial and Consumer Support (below) The web site moneysavingexpert.com at http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/loans/check-free-credit-report has a very useful page on checking credit scores, including how to check for free. This is a recommended first read. The three key sites Credit Reference agencies are listed below. See also Company Checks.
Equifax - http://www.equifax.co.uk/
Experian - http://www.experian.co.uk/
Call Credit - http://www.callcredit.co.uk/consumer-solutions/your-credit-report
Crime stoppers: 0800 555 111: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/about-us/
As described on their site, an independent charity helping law enforcement to locate criminals and solve crimes. Anonymous information can be volunteered on their 0800 number, 24/7, they also have ways to submit information anonymously on-line forms and, in certain situation they will also offer rewards. At http://gameoffraud.crimestoppers-uk.org/ they also list and explain various types of fraud, from courier and advanced fee fraud, to bogus trader and social engineering fraud, that it is possible to fall victim to.
Crime, Justice & the Law: https://www.gov.uk/browse/justice
The section of the new ‘.gov.uk’ network of sites dealing with this topic
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/criminal-injuries-compensation-authority
Manage compensation claims from people who have been physically or mentally injured because they were the blameless victim of a violent crime in England, Scotland or Wales.
Tel 0800 358 3601 M-F 8.80 – 8, Sat 9.30 - 1
Cruse Bereavement Care - the UK's largest bereavement charity. Has a charged helpline (costs roughly 7 pence per minute plus network provider's charges) at 0844 477 9400, M-F 9:30 - 5PM.
Cycling safety (sub-list)
NEWS! St John Ambulance have a free 'First aid for Cyclists' app on Google Play and the AppStore (#SAVEACYCLIST) See also their other entry, and app, under First Aid, below
Other (of many) key sites on cycling safety..
NHS Choices Cycling safety advice: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Roadsafety/Pages/Cyclists.aspx
Transport for London Driving & Cycling safety tips: https://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/safety/road-safety-advice/driving-and-cycling-safety-tips
The UK Government’s Think! Campaign for road safety: http://think.direct.gov.uk/cycling.html (This site has obviously had massive resources poured into it)
RoSPA = http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/adviceandinformation/cycling/
British Cycling = http://www.britishcycling.org.uk
Sustrans cycling advice http://www.sustrans.org.uk/change-your-travel/get-cycling/road-safety-cyclists
Highway Code – rules for cyclists: https://www.gov.uk/rules-for-cyclists-59-to-82
And Bicyclesafe = www.bicyclesafe.com
Note. Many of the nation’s local authorities either publish their own safe cycling tips or offer free or subsidised cycle training.
These listings are subject to revision according to feedback and periodic research.
Check through regularly as you might be surprised at what new useful links you find.
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