Suggestions of further contacts for advice

• Legal Advice
  If you think you need more detailed legal advice you could telephone your solicitor who acted for you in the care proceedings or you can ring the Resolutions office telephone number 0345-585671 who keeps an up-to-date list of Children's Panel Solicitors (this will be charged at local rates).

• Social Services
  Your social worker should be able to help with most problems and you should be able to contact your social worker by telephone. If you don't know the telephone number of Social Services you can find out by ringing -118 500 and ask for the number of the local authority who has the care order over you. Ask for the number of that authority's social services department. If you ring Social Services you will probably be asked your name, address and birthday and the name of your social worker. If your social worker is not there and you need to speak to someone else you should ask to speak to the "duty" social worker who should be able to help if it is urgent or take a message for your social worker to contact you.

• ChildLine - free phone 0800-1111
  ChildLine is the free national 24 hour telephone help line for any child in trouble or danger. It is a confidential counselling service which offers information and help to children and young people. Child Line also runs a separate Help Line for children in Care on 0800 884 444 (3.30 p.m – 9.30 p.m Monday to Friday; 2 p.m – 8 p.m weekends).

• NSPCC (National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children)
  NSPCC Children Protection Helpline:- 0800 800 5000
  This is a free national 24 hour service which provides counselling, information and advice to anyone, including children concerned about a child at risk.

• Voice
  This is an organisation providing help to children in care. Its' representatives provide a volunteer visiting service to Secure Units, an Advocacy Service for children and young people looked after by Social Services Departments in the London area and a visiting representative service to Residential Homes.
  Unit 4, Pride Court, 80-82 White Lion Street, London. N1 6PF
  Telephone Number 020-7833 5792

• National Youth Advocacy Service
  National Youth Advocacy Service: Freeline phone now operates between 9 a.m and 7 p.m weekdays; 9 a.m – 2 p.m weekends. Their address is as follows:-
  99-105 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, Wirral CH41 6AD. Telephone 0151 649 8700. Fax 0151 649 8701.

• Advocacy Services In Wales
  1. Voice from Care
     25 Windsor Place, Cardiff. CF10 3BZ
     Telephone Number 029 2039 8214
     Fax 029 2022 7202

  2. The Wales Advocacy Unit,
     Telephone Number 029 20668 956

• Useful Websites

  For information on human rights and children's rights: www.geocities.com/hcrzone/