Links to Other Websites

Adviceguide	Adviceguide, developed by Citizens Advice, provides information on your rights, including benefits, housing and employment, and debt, consumer and legal issues.
Age Concern	is concerned with the needs and aspirations of older people and provides information and advice on a range of issues.
Blackpool Council	Blackpool Borough Council web page
Blackpool Council for Voluntary Service	Mission statement: to enrich the communities of Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde by providing support and information to assist the development of the voluntary sector and to represent their views and ideas.
Carers UK	Carers UK web page
Child Poverty Action Group	Has online articles from "Poverty" as well as details of training courses offered.
Department of Work and Pensions	The Department is responsible for delivering benefits to people of working age, employers, pensioners, families and children and disabled people.
Disability	This site helps people to find out about their civil rights and to see how useful the Internet can be as a source for information.
Disability Alliance	publishers of the Disability Rights Handbook, regarded as a leading authority on social security benefits for disabled people.
Inland Revenue	News and information on tax and national insurance matters. A new tax credits website tells you whether you qualify for tax credits and allows you to claim online.
Community Legal Advice	Community Legal Advice is a free and confidential service paid for by legal aid. We help people tackle their legal problems through our telephone helpline / website / digital TV service / centres & networks / call back service.
Lasa Multikulti	information and advice in 10 community languages. Translations cover 6 key areas: welfare benefits, housing, immigration & asylum, health, employment and debt.
Rightsnet	Provides access for advisers to information, discussion forums, news and law updates in relation to all aspects of benefits.
The Appeals Service	The Service arranges and hears appeals on decisions on: Social Security, Child Support Housing and Council Tax Benefit Vaccine Damage, Tax Credit and Compensation Recovery.
The Pension Service	The Pension Service is part of the Department for Work and Pensions. It has been set up to improve the service you receive, whether you are already a pensioner or are planning for your retirement, no matter how far off it might be.
Service Personnel & Veterans Agency	The Service Personnel & Veterans Agency Free Helpline is the single point of contact within the Ministry of Defence for providing information & advice on issues of concern to veterans and their families. The Agency also administers the War Pensions Scheme, this entails considering claims for War Disablement Pensions and War Widow(er)s Pensions and provides support and advice to war pensioners and widow(er)s via the War Pensioners' Welfare Service.