Advice Services
We hope the information in this guide will be useful, and will point you in the direction of the services you need. If you want additional advice to help you decide what to do, the following organisations exist to provide that support. So feel free to get in touch with them. Some, such as Haringey's Customer Services Centres or the call centre, can help you with a wide variety of different issues and these are probably the best place to start.
Please note: This page contains external links which are not part of the Haringey Council website. Please read our legal disclaimer before using these links.
Information from Haringey Council
On the Haringey website you will find useful information about contacting Haringey Council, including:
- Services A-Z - addresses and telephone numbers of useful contacts for council departments
- Details of the Customer Services Centres in Haringey
- Complaints compliments and suggestions
- Out of office emergencies
- Report a problem online
- For a full list of Council services see the A to Z of Council Services.
Information, advice and advocacy
Age Concern Haringey (external link)
Tottenham Town Hall, Town Hall Approach Road
London N15 4RY
Tel: 020 8801 2444
Email: info@acharingey.org.uk
Age Concern offers information and advice on a wide range of issues. They will provide you with the facts and you can make choices and decisions knowing you have reliable information.
They can help you with:
- money matters
- housing rights
- health and social care
- leisure and social activities
- family and personal matters
- your rights to local services
- and most other things that affect your quality of life.
If they can’t help they can put you in touch with people who can.
Drop in service on Tuesdays 9.30am – 12.30pm and at Wood Green Library on Thursdays 9.30 – 12.30pm.
Welfare Benefits Advice Line: 020 8885 8352.
Age Concern Information Line (external link)
Tel: 800 00 99 66 - open 7 days a week from 8am - 7pm
The Help the Aged Seniorline service (external link) provides a wide range of regularly updated leaflets on financial information, housing and home safety, health and care, leisure and other issues. All the information is also easily accessible on line in PDF and plain text formats.
Tel 0808 800 6565 - Textphone 0800 26 96 26
Open Mon to Fri: 9am – 4pm
Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB)
You can get information and advice through telephone helplines or on line from the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (external link).
Citizens advice bureaux provide free and independent advice on benefits, housing and debt counselling online on the CAB Advice Guide website (external link).
Local Offices:
There are two CAB's in Haringey (note the Hornsey CAB office is currently closed to personal callers).
| Tottenham N15 | Turnpike Lane N8 |
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Town Hall Approach Road Tel: 0870 126 4030 | 14a Willoughby Road Tel: 0870 126 4030 |
Please phone in advance for opening times and to make an appointment.
Alternatively you can use the Find a CAB search on the nacab website (external website) which also includes up to date opening times.
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Community Legal Services (CLS)
Many services display the CLS quality mark. This means they work to a recognised standard. The Community Legal Service Fund (formerly Legal Aid) provides financial support to people who cannot afford legal advice services, as long as they meet certain conditions.
The website for the Community Legal Service (external website) is available in English, Welsh, Cantonese, Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati. You can use this site to find contact details for other local advice services that have been awarded the CLS quality mark.
Haringey Council funds the following organisations to provide information to the CLS quality mark.
- Tottenham Law Centre
754–758 High Road
London N17 0AL
Advice line: 020 8801 6064
General information: 020 8808 5354
and
- Hornsey Citizens Advice Bureau (see details above)
Rights of Women (external link) offers free and confidential legal advice on domestic violence, sexual violence, divorce and relationship breakdown, children and contact issues, discrimination and lesbian parenting.
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A large number of local community centres and organisations provide legal advice. Please see the clubs and community groups page for more information.
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Haringey Consortium of Disabled People and Carers
551b High Road
London N17 6SB
Tel: 020 8801 5757
Minicom: 020 8880 3570
Advocacy worker for people with learning disabilities 020 8801 6144
Offers a variety of services to carers and people with disabilities including a peer support network for carers.
Haringey Phoenix Group (external link)
Winkfield Resource Centre
33 Winkfield Road
London N22 5RP
Tel: 020 8889 7070
Email: haringeyphoenixgroup@yahoo.com
This group provides support to visually impaired people, their families and carers.
Disability Law Service (external link)
39–45 Cavell Street
London E1 2BP
Tel: 020 7791 9800
Minicom: 020 7791 9801
Email: advice@dls.org.uk
Offers legal advice and representation for disabled people.
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Update MePage Last Updated: 8 September 2008
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