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Turn2us is a national charity that can help people by offering to check benefit entitlement, search for grants and information and help on financial matters.

We want to stop people being swept into poverty and give practical help to anyone already struggling to cope.

We help people find financial support such as welfare benefits, charitable grants and other support so that they can get their lives back on track.

So people can build financial sustainability and thrive, Turn2us gives people the information and support they need in the face of life-changing events, and collaborates to tackle the causes and symptoms of poverty.

Helping you deal with relationship breakdown. Offering guidance and advice in terms of children and parenting, legal and mediation, relationship and conflict, money and work, health, and housing.

Run by the Law Society, Find a Solicitor is a free service for anyone looking for information about organisations or people providing legal services in England and Wales that are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

If people are not eligible for legal aid, Community Legal Advice can still find ways to help by putting them in touch with the right agency or advice organisation.

POhWER delivers information, advice, support and advocacy services throughout England. They aim to support people who face difficult issues and want to make their voice heard. All POhWER’s services are free, independent and confidential.

We look at everyone who needs a helping hand through advocacy to lead independent lives and to uphold their rights.

Our mission is to empower people to have a voice and make a real difference to their lives. We do this by speaking for them when they can’t and supporting them to speak for themselves when they can.

POhWER aims to enable all who need it to have a voice, to achieve empowerment and self-help so they win respect, uphold their rights and get their essential needs met. We focus on the most excluded members of society, so they are listened to when decisions are being made about them or the services that they need.

Advocate is the Bar’s national charity, enabling barristers to make a contribution to the community. Facing court can be bewildering and frightening event: no one should have to experience it alone. Advocate matches members of the public who need free legal help with barristers who are willing to donate their time and expertise in deserving cases for those who are unable to obtain legal aid and cannot afford to pay.

This service is free for consumers and covers the following issues;

  • Bank accounts, payments and cards
  • Payment protection insurance (PPI)
  • Home, car, travel and other types of insurance
  • Loans and other credit, like car finance
  • Debt collection and repayment problems
  • Mortgages
  • Financial advice, investments and pensions

National Family Mediation Service OXFORD are a motivated professional organisation offering high-quality, confidential mediation services in Oxford to assist you resolve family and other domestic disputes without the need of suffering the stress and indignity of going to court. Their qualified mediators deliver a constructive unbiased approach that is flexible and can be arranged in Oxford that is convenient to you, and with the use of video or Skype conferencing, they are able to commit to clients in a wider range of locations.

Age UK Oxfordshire provides a range of support services for older people and their carers throughout the county. This includes information and advice on benefits, community care, powers of attorney, wills, care homes and rights; and community-based services such as home support, befriending, memory clinics, mental health care services, generation games (physical activities), bereavement support groups and help for carers through Carers Oxfordshire. They also provide a directory of services for older people.

Resolve Mediation offers mediation services across Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Their team of specialist mediators works with individuals and families to resolve conflict in neighbourhood, family and workplace settings. They guide and empower people in conflict to come up with their own solutions to the problems they are experiencing and to engage in open and positive communication. Clients are usually referred and funded via specific routes e.g. housing providers or local authorities.

OCD Action is the largest national charity focusing on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). We provide support and information to anybody affected by OCD, work to raise awareness of the disorder amongst the public and front-line healthcare workers, and strive to secure a better deal for people with OCD.We are a dedicated charity with a clear vision, solid objectives and a real understanding of OCD. The charity is recognised as both a strong voice for people with OCD and a vital source of help. More importantly, we have the volunteers, trustees and staff to turn our vision into reality and make a real and lasting difference to anyone affected by OCD.

OCD Action Advocacy Service provides telephone, email or face-to-face advocacy to adults with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related conditions such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Advocates are available in Oxfordshire to provide short-term advocacy support to individuals who have a specific issue (e.g. housing, employment, education, accessing care and treatment) which is related to their OCD/BDD and that they are struggling to resolve on their own.