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Welcome to the National Legal Information page of the Community Information for Carers Website. Simply click on the heading in the contents section above to see the organisations related to that area.

Those organisations that are marked with a have been identified as having fact sheets and information that is in a easy format to print out.

Advice only

The Citizens Advice Bureau

The Citizens Advice Bureau helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from nearly 3,400 locations, and by influencing policymakers. Advice is available face-to-face and by telephone. Most bureaux offer home visits and some also provide email advice.

Their advice helps people resolve their debt, benefits, housing, legal, discrimination, employment, immigration, consumer and other problems and is available to everyone regardless of race, gender, sexuality, age, nationality, disability or religion.

For more information and to locate your local Citizens Advice Bureau visit the Citizens Advice Bureau website.

The Public Guardianship Office (PGO)

The Public Guardianship Office (PGO) is the administrative arm of the Court of Protection and part of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. They are responsible for providing services which promote the financial and social well being of people with mental incapacity. They do this by helping and advising the families and advisers of the person who is incapable, especially when they need to apply to the Court of Protection to protect the interests of the client or if they are managing the incapacitated person's financial affairs.

For more information visit the Public Guardianship Office (PGO) website.

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Services and Advice

Law Centres

Law Centres provide a free and independent professional legal service to people who live or work in their catchment areas. The Law Centres were set up to overcome the obstacles faced by people who need access to the legal system. They specialise in those areas of law including welfare rights, immigration and nationality, housing and homelessness, employment rights, and sex and race discrimination. Other areas of work vary according to local need and may include mental health, disability rights, education rights, juvenile crime and children's rights.

Details of the Law Centre in Wiltshire are included below:

Wiltshire Law Centre
115-118 Temple House
Commercial Road
Swindon
SN1 1SQ
Tel: 01793 486926
Email: wiltslawcentre@dial.pipex.com

The Wiltshire Law Centre provides advice on the following:

• Welfare & Benefits
• Housing Law
• Mental Health Law
• Immigration
• Training courses
• Social Policy work

For more information visit the Law Centres website.

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Contact Details

By Post

Social Care Help Desk
Wiltshire County Council
Department of Community Services
(Adult Social Care Services)
County Hall
Trowbridge
BA14 8LE

By Email

socialcarehelpdesk@wiltshire.gov.uk

By Telephone

01225 713001

By Fax

01225 713355

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