An entry for the mindguide
Run by the Law Society, Find a Solicitor is a free service for anyone looking for information about organisations or people providing legal services in England and Wales that are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
If people are not eligible for legal aid, Community Legal Advice can still find ways to help by putting them in touch with the right agency or advice organisation.
Helping you deal with relationship breakdown. Offering guidance and advice in terms of children and parenting, legal and mediation, relationship and conflict, money and work, health, and housing.
Advocate is the Bar’s national charity, enabling barristers to make a contribution to the community. Facing court can be bewildering and frightening event: no one should have to experience it alone. Advocate matches members of the public who need free legal help with barristers who are willing to donate their time and expertise in deserving cases for those who are unable to obtain legal aid and cannot afford to pay.
Website: www.weareadvocate.org.uk
The Financial Ombudsman Service is a free and easy-to-use service that settles complaints between consumers and businesses that provide financial services. They resolve disputes fairly and impartially, and have the power to put things right.
National Family Mediation Service OXFORD are a motivated professional organisation offering high-quality, confidential mediation services in Oxford to assist you resolve family and other domestic disputes without the need of suffering the stress and indignity of going to court. Their qualified mediators deliver a constructive unbiased approach that is flexible and can be arranged in Oxford that is convenient to you, and with the use of video or Skype conferencing, they are able to commit to clients in a wider range of locations.
Resolve Mediation offers mediation services across Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Their team of specialist mediators works with individuals and families to resolve conflict in neighbourhood, family and workplace settings. They guide and empower people in conflict to come up with their own solutions to the problems they are experiencing and to engage in open and positive communication. Clients are usually referred and funded via specific routes e.g. housing providers or local authorities.
Age UK Oxfordshire is an independent local charity supporting older people to maintain their independence and live life to the full.
The charity provides a range of services including local information, advice and support, practical assistance, and social, creative and physical activities..
OCD Action is the largest national charity focusing on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). We provide support and information to anybody affected by OCD, work to raise awareness of the disorder amongst the public and front-line healthcare workers, and strive to secure a better deal for people with OCD.We are a dedicated charity with a clear vision, solid objectives and a real understanding of OCD. The charity is recognised as both a strong voice for people with OCD and a vital source of help. More importantly, we have the volunteers, trustees and staff to turn our vision into reality and make a real and lasting difference to anyone affected by OCD.
OCD Action Advocacy Service provides telephone, email or face-to-face advocacy to adults with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related conditions such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Advocates are available in Oxfordshire to provide short-term advocacy support to individuals who have a specific issue (e.g. housing, employment, education, accessing care and treatment) which is related to their OCD/BDD and that they are struggling to resolve on their own.
Advice on debt, benefits and housing issues. It is provided on a drop-in basis for people in the Rose Hill and Donnington area. Does not deal with immigration issues.
Benefits:
We tell you your entitlements.
We help you make applications.
We help you appeal.
We represent you at hearings.
Debt:
We help you draw up a budget.
We help with repayment schedules.
We help with Debt Relief Orders.
We help with bankruptcy.
Housing:
Rent arrears.
Evictions.
Mortgage repossessions.
The Kidlington and District Information Centre provides advice and information on local services, employment, consumer rights, benefits, legal, housing, social services, health and sickness. Provides assistance with form filling and directing people to third party sources of advice – no appointment needed. Self-referral or Red Cross and Social Services referral.
The Good Neighbour Scheme-
This scheme has been operating since June 2010, is open to anybody over 60 or disabled. We have volunteers that have all been DBS checked and are ready to help.
Assistance can be arranged with gardening, small household tasks, dog walking, prescription collection, etc.
Befriending services can also be organised.
