Useful Links Directory
Links to useful websites and resources
A guide to the Law for Young People in Care
This is an information site for children and young people in care in England & Wales. It covers many topics from your rights in care to what happens when you leave care. It also explains how the law is different if you are 'accommodated', as opposed to being under a care order
Action for Prisoners Families
Action for Prisoners' Families (APF) works for the benefit of prisoners' and offenders' families by representing the views of families and those who work with them and by promoting effective work with families.
Cafcass
Cafcass looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings. We work with children and their families, and then advise the courts on what we consider to be in the best interests of individual children.
Care & Health Law
Welcome to Care and Health Law, the website which provides up-to-date news and information on law, policy and practice developments relating to social and health care provision in the UK.
Centre for Mental Health
Centre for Mental Health aims to help to create a society in which people with mental health problems enjoy equal chances in life to those without. We focus on criminal justice, employment, mental health at work, recovery and children, with supporting work on broader mental health and public policy.
CEOP Child Explotation and Online Protection Centre
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre is dedicated to eradicating the sexual abuse of children. That means we are part of UK policing and very much about tracking and bringing offenders to account either directly or in partnership with local and international forces.
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services
Cafcass looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings. We work with children and their families, and then advise the courts on what we consider to be in the best interests of individual children.
Criminal Justice Social Work
The Centre is an independent national resource providing a range of services to those working in, or concerned about, criminal and youth justice social work
Families and Social Services Information Team
Fassit provides a website containing information and advice for families with children experiencing frustration in working with Social Services in Child Protection Proceedings.
Family Rights Group
We are the charity in England and Wales that advises families whose children are involved with or need children’s services because of welfare needs or concerns. We promote policies and practices, including family group conferences, that help children to be raised safely and securely within their families, and campaign for effective support to assist family and friends carers, including grandparents who are raising children that cannot live at home.
Howard League for Penal Reform
The Howard League for Penal Reform is the oldest penal reform charity in the UK. It was established in 1866 and is named after John Howard, one of the first prison reformers. The Howard League for Penal Reform is entirely independent of government and is funded by voluntary donations and membership subscriptions.
Institute for Criminal Policy Research
Our aim is to improve criminal justice policy and to contribute to academic knowledge and public debate about crime and criminal justice. Our audiences include policy-makers and their advisors, practitioners, academics and the wider public.
International Juvenile Justice Observatory
The International Juvenile Justice Observatory, with its headquarters in Brussels, was founded in 2003 with the goal of encouraging a global juvenile justice without borders, and since then it has been gradually taking shape around different distinguishing features.
Resettlement Service Finder
Resettlement Service Finder is a FREE online directory of resettlement services in England and Wales. It lists over 10,000 housing, education, substance misuse and other services, which are constantly updated. It aims to help ex-offenders, youth offenders, people at risk of offending, vulnerable people and the agencies that work with them. Advice covers a range of resettlement issues including housing, education, training, employment and budgeting.
Rights of Women
Rights of Women have produced a number of information sheets on legal issues affecting women. You can download them here, free of charge. The information contained on this page is not legal advice. If you have a legal problem, you should talk to a lawyer or advisor before deciding what to do. The information given here is written for people resident in or affected by the laws of England and Wales.
Scottish Childrens Reporter Administration
SCRA’s vision is that vulnerable children and young people in Scotland are safe, protected and offered positive futures. This vision is supported by the Scottish Government and is underpinned by SCRA’s values, it ensures that the needs of children and young people are at the centre of everything we do.
The Barrow Cadbury Trust
The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent, charitable foundation, committed to supporting vulnerable and marginalised people in society. The Trust provides grants to grassroots voluntary and community groups working in deprived communities in the UK, with a focus on Birmingham and the Black Country. It also works with researchers, think tanks and government, often in partnership with other grant-makers, seeking to overcome the structural barriers to a more just and equal society.
The Centre for Health and Social Care Law
The Centre for Health and Social Care Law exists to promote research in the fields of Health and Social Care law. Its activities are carried out in relation to the theory and practice of substantive law concerning Health and Social Care Law, the focus being principally upon: The Legal Aspects of Medical Practice The Law and Psychiatry Social care law Community care law The impact of human rights and equality law on disabled and other socially excluded peoples
