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the advice centre

This page explains our work, gives opening times and provides links to other very useful websites.

We help people with advice on topics including housing and welfare benefits, immigration, employment, money advice, family and consumer issues. We offer a range of advice services through our drop-in centres including information, and casework. We can also arrange home visits, attendance at tribunals or court representations where necessary.

Areas of work covered

• Housing
  
• Welfare Benefits
  
• Immigration
  
• Employment
  
• Consumer and General Contract
  
• Family
  
• General civil litigation
  
• Money advice and debt
  
  
  

The level of advice work

• Information
  
• Assisted information
  
• General Help
  
• Casework
  
• Representation

East Hackney LAW continues to facilitate:

• Come and get it' drop-in sessions
  
• Over-spill session
  
• Appointments
  
• Casework
  
• Home visits
  
• Tribunal and court representation

You can telephone us to make an appointment or drop in your local advice centre to see an advice worker or you can call us if you need to arrange a home visit. And if we can't help you, we can also direct you to other advice services and people who can help you.

Links:
You may have an enquiry which could easily be answered. The websites listed below are useful to know about and may be able to help.

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/ihavearightto/- Know your rights. This is a great introduction to human rights by the BBC

www.bbc.co.uk/crime/law/ - Very helpful, general website with lots of links and detail sections on police, law and crime

www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/index_a.htm- A great all round website

www.poptel.org.uk/cab - A very helpful introduction

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