Child
Support Agency
Is responsible for running the child support system. It
assesses, collects and pays Child Support Maintenance, ensuring
that children whose parents do not live together are financially
supported.
Citizens Advice Bureau
The Citizens Advice Service helps people resolve their legal,
money and other problems by providing free, independent and
confidential advice.
Disability and Carers Service
Support disabled people and their carers, whether or not they
work. It is responsible for delivering Attendance Allowance,
Disability Living Allowance and Carer's Allowance.
The Homes and Communities Agency
(HCA)
The HCA is the government agency that funds new affordable
homes in England.
The
Tenant Services Authority (TSA)
The TSA regulate affordable housing, making sure that housing
associations are financially viable and well governed.
HM
Revenue & Customs
HMRC is responsible for collecting the bulk of tax revenue, as
well as paying Tax Credits and Child Benefits.
Jobcentre Plus
The Job Centre Plus website provides an integrated service to
people of working age. It offers help to people looking to move
into work and support for people who can't.
Communities and Local Government
The CLG want everyone to have a decent home at a price they can
afford whether they own or rent it. Their initiatives include help
with home ownership, reducing homelessness and tackling anti-social
behaviour.
The Pensions Service
This is a dedicated service for current and future pensioners.
It provides state financial support to over 11 million pensioners
delivered at a national and local level and in partnership with
other organisations. It also helps people to plan and provide for
retirement.
MIND
The Mid-Essex service started in Chelmsford, working from the
statutory alcohol & drug centre ‘Changes', in Chelmsford. On
March 21st 2005 we opened our own premises at 9 Coggeshall Road in
Braintree - our third at the time. We still offer a service in
Chelmsford providing keyworking, counselling and auricular
acupuncture for one day per week. All body therapies are available
at our Braintree site.
The
Rent Service
The Rent Service is a government agency providing a rental
valuation service to local authorities in England, supplying them
with a range of valuations to assist them in settling claims for
housing benefit.
Shelter
Shelter helps people in housing need through their
Housing Aid Centres and practical projects, plus on the phone and
the web. This website covers areas such as emergency help and
advice, homelessness, repossession, paying for a home, renting and
leasehold, eviction and families and relationships. Shelter is the
leading expert on housing in Britain. Their policy team are
constantly developing new, practical solutions to ending the
housing crisis.
Equality and Human Rights
On 1 October 2007 the three equality commissions merged into the
new Equality and Human Rights Commission:
Commission for Racial Equality Disability Rights Commission Equal
Opportunities Commission
This website has advice if you have been discriminated
against because of your age, religion or belief, disability,
gender, race or sexual orientation.
Domestic Violence Advice
Domestic Violence Advice for men, women and
children
A website offering support to all victims of domestic
violence
Women's Aid
Providing national and local support for women and families
suffering from domestic violence